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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 breaking news.
In the fall, CTV’s first truly Canadian drama series was launched. “E.N.G.” revolving around a TV News Room in Toronto was a great hit even against very popular U. S. opposition. It ran in the 10:00 pm Thursday time slot for five years and contained all the missing factors that the CRTC had asked for over the years.
Mar 8, 2021 · On May 25th 2009, CTV announced that CTV Newsnet, originally licensed and launched in 1996, would be rebranded as CTV News Channel, effective May 26th. This specialty channel utilized the world-wide CTV news- gathering facilities to provide a 24-hour news service.
CTV News Channel is Canada's 24-hour all-news network, drawing on the vast resources of Canada's #1 news organization, CTV News, to deliver breaking news the moment it happens. Watch the...
The first CTV NEWS telecasts originated in Ottawa for the first few years and then moved to Toronto. Anchors were newspapermen converted to broadcasting, Peter Stursberg and Charles Lynch. Baden Langton and Peter Jennings eventually replaced them.
In 1998, shortly following the merger of the CTV network with Baton Broadcasting, local news branding on the CTV O&Os was unified with network news presentation, with newscast titles standardized under the format " (call sign) News", e.g. CFTO News for the Toronto station.
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