CTV News Channel is a

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specialty news channel owned by Bell Media (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 9 Channel Nine Court 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

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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 news ticker 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 Sky Sports News.

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

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, and business news with Report on Business Television (now BNN Bloomberg). These channels are owned by the same companies as CTV and Newsnet. Earlier in the network's history, weather reports were provided by The Weather Network, 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 Evan Solomon'' 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 '' Power Play'' 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

* Andrea Bain *

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* Merella Fernandez * Todd van der Heyden * Lois Lee *

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 the ...

* Sandie Rinaldo *

Omar Sachedina Omar Sachedina (born August 21, 1982) is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for Bell Media. He is the chief news anchor and senior editor for CTV's national evening newscast ''CTV National News'' since September 5, 2022. Previously, Sac ...

* Angie Seth *

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* Akshay Tandon * Beverly Thomson

Reporters

* Creeson Agecoutay - Halifax bureau chief * Geneviève Beauchemin - Montreal bureau chief * Bill Fortier - Edmonton bureau chief *

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– medical specialist * Merella Fernandez – Toronto correspondent * Vanessa Lee - Montreal correspondent * Jill Macyshon - Winnipeg bureau chief * Richard Madan – Washington Correspondent * Glen McGregor - Parliamentary correspondent * Melanie Nagy - Vancouver bureau chief * Joyce Napier - Ottawa bureau chief * Craig Oliver – chief political correspondent * Lloyd Robertson – chief correspondent (semi-retired; also the former voice-over of CTV News Channel) * John Vennavally-Rao - Toronto correspondent * Donna Sound - Reporter, Toronto

Foreign correspondents

* Daniele Hamamdjian – London reporter *

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– Beijing bureau chief * Richard Madan – Washington, D.C. correspondent *

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 Palestin ...

– Washington, D.C. bureau chief * Tom Walters – Los Angeles bureau chief * Paul Workman – London bureau chief

Notable former on–air staff

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– 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 ...

*Amanda Blitz *

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*Scott Laurie *Sarika Sehgal * Roger Smith – former Ottawa bureau chief (retired) *

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* Don Martin

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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CTV News
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