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| Type | Terrestrial television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | Canada parts of the Northern United States via cable or antenna |
| Affiliates | See § CTV stations |
| Headquarters | 9 Channel Nine Court, Agincourt, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BCE Inc. |
| Parent | CTV Inc. (Bell Media) |
| Key people | Wade Oosterman President, Bell Media Karine Moses Senior Vice-President, Content Development and News Wendy Freeman Vice-President, CTV News |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1, 1961 |
| Founder | Spence Caldwell |
| Former names | Canadian Television Network (CTN) (pre-launch name) |
| Links | |
| Website | ctv |
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV (an acronym of Canadian Television since the logo ident of 1998), is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned television network and is now a division of the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE.[1] It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network consisting of 22 owned-and-operated stations nationwide and two privately owned affiliates, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets.
Bell Media also operates additional CTV-branded properties, including the 24-hour national cable news network CTV News Channel and the secondary CTV 2 television system.
There has never been an official full name corresponding to the initials "CTV"; prior to CTV's launch in 1961, it was given the proposed branding of "Canadian Television Network" (CTN), but that branding was dropped before the network's launch when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) objected to it, claiming exclusive rights to the term "Canadian".[2][3]
- ^ "About CTV". CTV Television Network. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ Gittins 1999, p. 63
- ^ Gittins 1999, pp. 45–51