CTV News Channel is a

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news channel owned by

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(a wholly owned subsidiary of

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). It broadcasts national and international news headlines, breaking news, and information. The channel is headquartered at

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in the Agincourt neighbourhood of

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History

In September 1996, CTV Television Network Ltd. (a division of CTV) was granted a broadcast licence by the

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(CRTC) for CTV N1, a national English language specialty television service that would broadcast "news, weather and sports reports, as well as business, consumer and lifestyle information", in a 'headline news' format on a 15-minute news wheel. The channel was launched on October 17, 1997 as CTV News 1. Under the terms of this licence, the channel broadcast news and information on a 15-minute wheel, beginning a new cycle every 15 minutes using a pre-recorded, server-hosted configuration. Not long after its launch, however, it began covering more

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. CTV News 1 used news segments from

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and local CTV and BBS affiliates. The channel began with its

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s sitting at a desk which would periodically, while the anchor was not speaking, spin in a circle to change the background in front of which the anchor sat. This gimmick was criticized, and soon abandoned. The channel included a large on-screen

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that provided news updates, weather, sports scores, stock trading data, among other information. For many years, the network has aired the

at 10 pm Eastern – or 11 pm Atlantic, when the newscast begins its nightly run across the network (it airs at 11 pm local time over the air, or 11:30 pm in Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador). It is repeated every hour until 2 am Eastern, or 11 pm Pacific. At launch, this channel was carried to cable companies. The network added a sports news format for sports updates like

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On September 8, 1999, the channel was renamed CTV Newsnet, after the launch of then-sister channel,

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. CTV sought amendments to the channel's condition of licence that had restricted it to a 15-minute news wheel, in order to allow greater coverage of breaking news, longer-form news-oriented discussion and other programming. These requests were met with mixed decisions from the CRTC. On April 7, 2005, the CRTC removed the condition mandating a 15-minute news cycle, substituting new but much more liberal conditions including the allowance of a small percentage of airtime devoted to long-form discussion programming. On August 22, 2005, CTV Newsnet unveiled a new, full screen format with a considerably smaller news ticker broadcasting only news headlines, and revamped its late afternoon and primetime programming, with increases to its anchor, reporting and production teams, and a greater emphasis on general news from the main anchor desk, eliminating sports and business coverage. The network hoped to capitalize in part on the lockout which had nearly eliminated news programming on

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(outside

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) and

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. Before the 2005 format change, sports segments were co-branded with TSN, and business news with Report on Business Television (now

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). These channels are owned by the same companies as CTV and Newsnet. Earlier in the network's history, weather reports were provided by

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, which is independently owned, and sports segments were once co-branded with

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, and then later by CTV Sportsnet, which CTV owned before it acquired TSN. CTVnewschannel

CTV Newsnet was renamed CTV News Channel on May 26, 2009, though at the time no channel format or schedule change occurred. On September 10, 2010,

(a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD. The deal, which acquired CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011 and closed on April of that year, CTVglobemedia was renamed Bell Media on April 1, 2011. On October 3, 2011, CTV News Channel unveiled a new weekday programming lineup, which added three new news segments to the schedule (''Direct'', ''Express'' and ''National Affairs'') and introduced four new news anchors. On December 19, 2011, CTV News Channel underwent a major overhaul which consisted of a new logo, a new on-air presentation designed by Troika Design Group, and a newly renovated studio set as the channel began production in

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for the first time. An HD feed was launched on the channel's co-owned Bell Fibe TV service in February 2012. The set still consists of the traditional CTV newsroom background. On July 5, 2017, CTV News Channel relaunched with a new look and automation package utilizing Super Ticker and Brando provided by Bannister Lake Software, a software application company located in

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Programs

CTV News Channel broadcasts as an all-news format, consisting of local, regional, national and international news. The channel draws contents from the CTV News newsrooms across Canada. It simulcasts ''

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'' from the main CTV channel on weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., ''

'' nightly at 10:00 p.m. and weekends at 11:00 p.m., ''

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with

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'' on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. with an encore at 5:00 p.m., and the investigative journalism show ''W5'' on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. It also provides by itself public affairs show ''

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'' weeknightly at 5:00 p.m. with an encore at 8:00 p.m., and the late night newscast ''CTV News Overnight'' weeknights at 10:30 p.m. Live rolling news programming are provided by rotating anchors at all other times, with weekend coverage being branded as ''CTV News Weekend''. CTV News Channel starts looping programming (''

'' on the hour and ''CTV News Overnight'' at half past) after 11:00 p.m. weekdays and 11:30 p.m. weekends.

Revenue

According to the Canadian Communication's Monitoring Report - Broadcasting System 2014, there were 8.4 million subscribers to the channel and revenue of $26 million.

Notable current on–air staff

Anchors

Todd van der Heyden Todd van der Heyden (born October 16, 1973) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor with CTV News in Toronto, Ontario. Education Van der Heyden was born in Montreal, Quebec. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Carleton University in ...

Marcia MacMillan Marcia MacMillan is a Canadian news anchor for CTV News Channel broadcasting the weekday evening news. She started working for CTV News in November 2005. MacMillan started her broadcasting career as a reporter for MCTV in Sudbury, Ontario th ...

Sandie Rinaldo Sandra Rinaldo, née Brycks (born 16 January 1950) is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News. She is the daughter of survivors of the Holocaust and is of the Jewish faith. Youth and education She was born in Toronto, and was fi ...

Omar Sachedina Omar Sachedina (born August 21, 1982) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor for CTV News. He is currently serving as the chief anchor and senior editor for CTV's national evening newscast ''CTV National News'' since September 5, 2022. Previo ...

Beverly Thomson Beverly D. Thomson (born April 15, 1966) is a Canadian journalist and correspondent with CTV News Channel. Along with Seamus O'Regan, Thomson was co-host of ''Canada AM'', CTV's former national morning show, from 2003 to 2016. In 2006, she re ...

Reporters

* Avis Favaro – medical specialist *

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– Ottawa bureau chief *

Lloyd Robertson Lloyd Robertson (born January 19, 1934) is a Canadian journalist and former news anchor who is special correspondent on CTV's weekly magazine series, '' W5''. Robertson served as the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV's national evening ne ...

– chief correspondent (semi-retired; also the former voice-over of CTV News Channel)

Foreign correspondents

Joy Malbon Joy Malbon is a Canadian journalist with CTV National News, based in Washington, D.C. A veteran of more than 20 years in television, Malbon has covered a variety of major events first hand including the death of Princess Diana, the second Palestini ...

– Washington, D.C. bureau chief * Paul Workman – London bureau chief

Notable former on–air staff

* Tom Kennedy – former London bureau chief *

Dan Matheson Dan Matheson is a Canadian journalist and news anchor who formerly anchored the news during primetime hours on CTV News Channel, starting from September 2001. On November 17, 2015, his employment with CTV/Bell Media was terminated, along with scor ...

Lisa LaFlamme Lisa LaFlamme (born July 25, 1964) is a Canadian television journalist, and formerly the chief anchor and senior editor of ''CTV National News''. She replaced Lloyd Robertson in this role on September 5, 2011. LaFlamme previously served as the ...

* Roger Smith – former Ottawa bureau chief (retired) *

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* Don Martin * Craig Oliver – former chief political correspondent *

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– Beijing bureau chief (now at

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High-definition feed

On December 19, 2011, CTV News Channel began broadcasting in

, although a dedicated HD feed was not launched until February 16, 2012. It is available on all major television providers in the country.

References

External links

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