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- Although there were only 146 000 television sets in the country when CBC began broadcasting from Toronto and Montreal in 1952, this number ballooned to an estimated 2.3 million by 1956. It was during the 1950s that CBC attained what some consider the height of its golden age with audiences tuning in to all formats of Canadian programming.
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Since the first Canadian stations (CBFT in Montreal and CBLT in Toronto) signed on in September 1952, television developed differently in Canada than in the United States because it was introduced and developed in a different context.
Feb 24, 2010 · By the 1960s, television had become a prominent feature in nearly every Canadian household. In 1965, 92% of households owned television sets, which surpassed the percentage of households that owned telephones, automobiles and even installed baths and showers.
Sep 6, 2016 · Then, on September 6, 1952, the first TV station in Canada went on the air in Montreal, the French language public broadcaster Radio-Canada CBFT.
In 1958, the National Community Antenna Television Association of Canada (NCATAC) was launched. Around the same time, the movie company subsidiary Famous Players Canadian Corp. decided to experiment with the first pay TV system in Canada, planned for London, Ontario.
1952. On September 6th, CBFT Montreal had the honour of being the first Canadian TV station to begin regular broadcasting, programming in both French and English. CBLT Toronto followed two days later.
In 1949, the Canadian Government decided that it was in the best national interest for television in Canada to be essentially Canadian. As a result, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was encouraged to, and did produce often spectacular and purely Canadian productions.
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In Canada, the first television sta-tion, VE9EC, was an experimental one based in Montreal, Quebec.2 It broad-cast between October 9, 1931, and 1935, showing neon red and black pictures. The station was owned by La Presse and radio station CKAC.
