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33 Dundas Street East is a studio complex located in "For television stations, it's hip to be on the square"
by Christopher Hume, ''Toronto Star'', October 17, 2009. First built in 2004, the building was home to Olympic Spirit Toronto, an
The building features three floors of television studio space for Citytv and Omni.
The building is located east of
City
OMNI Television
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Downtown Toronto
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, Ontario
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, Canada. The building was acquired by Rogers Media
Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties, such as the Citytv and Omni Television terrestrial television stations, Sportsnet, ...
in 2007 as the new home of its four Toronto television stations: CITY-DT
CITY-DT (channel 57) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television outlets CFMT-DT (chan ...
(Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The licence of the original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC on November 25, 1971 to Cable Television Ass ...
), CFMT-DT ( OMNI.1), CJMT-DT
CJMT-DT (channel 40) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of two flagship stations of the Canadian multilingual network Omni Television. CJMT-DT is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside sister Omni out ...
(OMNI.2) and formerly CityNews Channel
CityNews Channel was a Canadian English language Category B specialty digital cable television channel from 2011 to 2013. It was owned by the Rogers Media division of Rogers Communications, and primarily focused on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA ...
. CITY-DT moved into the building on September 8, 2009, followed by the Omni stations a month later on October 19.by Christopher Hume, ''Toronto Star'', October 17, 2009. First built in 2004, the building was home to Olympic Spirit Toronto, an
Olympic
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Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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-themed entertainment attraction, until 2006 and before that a three-storey Salvation Army
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building.
The building features three floors of television studio space for Citytv and Omni.
The building is located east of Yonge Street
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Once the southernmost leg of provincial Hi ...
on Dundas Square Dundas may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Dundas, New South Wales
* Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region
* Dundas, Tasmania
* Dundas, Western Australia
* Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828
* Shire o ...
, near the Toronto Eaton Centre
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and 10 Dundas East
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(formerly Toronto Life Square). It was previously known as 35 Dundas Street East, but the street number in the address was changed to 33 in 2009.
CITY-TV's previous headquarters were located at 299 Queen Street West
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, which continues to serve the operations of CHUM Limited
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's former speciality channels, such as CP24
CP24 is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc. and operated alongside the Bell-owned CTV Television Network's owned-and-operated television stations CFTO-DT (CTV Toronto) and CKVR-DT ( ...
, Much, CTV Life Channel
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, E!, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel
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The network was launched on October 17, 1997 as Space under its original pa ...
, all of which now owned by Bell Media
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Establishment (2011–13)
On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...
(previously CTVglobemedia
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Establishment (2011–13)
On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...
). CFMT and CJMT were previously located at 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West is a former media studio complex located along the harbourfront of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West.
The Art Deco building was designed by Toronto archite ...
, which continues to serve the operations of its Rogers-owned specialty channels such as OLN
OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel. OLN primarily broadcasts factual-based and adventure-related reality programming aimed at male audiences. OLN is wholly owned by Rogers Sports & ...
, The Biography Channel Canada and G4 Canada
G4 was a Canadian English-language specialty television channel owned by Rogers Media. The name was licensed from NBCUniversal, whose parent company Comcast formerly owned a minority stake in the channel. Based on the U.S subscription networks T ...
.
The Rogers Communications headquarters, where the company's other radio stations remain as well as Sportsnet
Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then ...
and Sportsnet One
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, are located at the Rogers Building at One Mount Pleasant Road.
In keeping with the layout of Dundas Square, 33 Dundas Street East is notable for its large billboard, usually used to advertise Citytv and OMNI's programming, along with a Jumbotron-style TV screen which relays Citytv broadcast programming to those in the square below.
References
External links
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OMNI Television
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