CTV Television Network facts for kids
Type | Broadcast television network |
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Country | Canada |
Availability | Canada (via cable or antenna) |
Founded | by Spence Caldwell |
Slogan | Naturally CTV |
Owner | Bell Canada (Bell Media Inc.) |
Key people | John Raisman, President, Programming and Sports Rick Brace, President, Production Wendy Freeman, President, News Mike Cosentino, Senior Vice-President, Programming |
Launch date | October 1, 1961 |
Former names | Canadian Television Network (CTN) – pre-launch name |
Sister channels | CTV Two |
Official website | CTV |
CTV Television Network (commonly referred to as CTV) is a Canadian English-language television network.
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CTV Stations
CIVT Vancouver, British Columbia
CKCK Regina, Saskatchewan
CICI Sudbury, Ontario
CKLT Saint John, New Brunswick
CJCH Halifax, Nova Scotia
CKCW Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
CJON St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Slogans
- 1961-1966 This is CTV
- 1966-1967 The Colour Network
- 1967-1974 It's Happening on CTV
- 1968-1969 Pleasure Isle (TV promos only)
- 1974-1985 For Those Who Want It All
- 1985-1987 CTV Entertains You
- 1987-1988 You'll See it All on CTV
- 1988-1989 The Choice of Canadians
- 1989-1990 Watch Yourself on CTV
- 1990-1994 Tuned In To You
- 1994-1997 This Is CTV
- 1997-2005 Canadian Television
- 2003-2005 Canada's Watching (alternate slogan)
- 2005-2009 Canada's #1 Network
CTV Two
Since the 2007 acquisition of A Channel by CTVglobemedia as part of the takeover of CHUM Limited, media analysts had speculated that CTV may potentially extend its market-leading CTV brand to that network. It was first rebranded as A in 2008, then as CTV Two on August 29, 2011.
Images for kids
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The logo in use in the 1970s and 1980s added the colours, still in use today, to the shapes, with the letters being rounded and a white half-square representing a television picture tube (1975–1985)
See also
In Spanish: CTV Television Network para niños