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| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | Canada |
| Headquarters | 299 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CHUM Limited (1998–2007, 70.1% to 2004) Sun Media (1998–2004, 29.9%) CTVglobemedia (CTV Limited) (2007–2011, 80% to 2008) Rogers Media (2007–2008, 20%) BCE Inc. (2011–present) |
| Parent | Bell Media |
| Sister channels | TV: BNN Bloomberg, CTV News Channel, Much, CTV Drama Channel, Discovery, CFTO-DT, CKVR-DT (Barrie) Radio: CFRB, CHUM, CHUM-FM, CKFM-FM |
| History | |
| Launched | March 30, 1998 |
| Former names | CablePulse24 |
| Links | |
| Website | 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 (CTV 2 Barrie). The channel broadcasts from 299 Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto.
It was first originally launched on March 30, 1998, under the name CablePulse24 by its owners CHUM Limited and Sun Media. The channel was named as an extension of CITY-TV (Citytv Toronto)'s newscasts, which were then known as CityPulse. CHUM acquired Sun Media's interest in 2004 after acquiring the assets of Craig Media. In 2006, Bell Globemedia acquired CP24 and its parent CHUM Limited, but regulatory limits in media ownership forced CHUM to sell off the Citytv stations to avoid conflicts with CTV stations in the same markets. CTVglobemedia retained the ownership of CP24 and the small market A-Channel stations, but subsequently sold the Citytv stations including CITY-TV, to Rogers Media in mid-2007, which held a 20% stake until 2008.
The channel focuses on local news from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario, while also covering national and international news. It is distributed through cable in Southern Ontario and direct broadcast satellite nationally.
As of 2023, CP24 streams free worldwide on its website with no subscription required.