CTV Television Network
Canadian television network
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January 1 2025 | Animal Planet, Discovery Science, and Discovery Velocity are relaunched as CTV Wild Channel, CTV Nature Channel, and CTV Speed Channel respectively. |
2024 | CTV exclusively aired 7 CFL games during Saturday afternoons in the Fall, and simulcast the Eastern Semi-final, Eastern Final, and 111th Grey Cup with TSN. |
October 2024 | Bell Media announces the relaunch of Warner Bros. Discovery factual networks as CTV Wild Channel, CTV Nature Channel, and CTV Speed Channel. |
July 2020 | New CTV app is released, unifying streaming platforms for CTV channels and Bell Media networks. |
September 12 2019 | Four specialty channels are relaunched under CTV branding: CTV Drama Channel, CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel. |
2018 | CKWS-DT, CHEX-TV-2, and CHEX-DT leave the CTV network and become Global owned-and-operated stations. |
December 2018 | Bell launches two ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) services: CTV Movies and CTV Throwback, with content primarily from Sony Pictures Television. |
September 24 2018 | CTV introduced a new flat 'digital' logo with brighter colors and refined letter shapes, along with a new promotional campaign 'Get into it'. |
June 2018 | Bell Media announces plans to rename existing specialty channels under the CTV branding. |
2015 | CKWS-DT in Kingston, CHEX-TV-2 in Oshawa, and CHEX-DT in Peterborough become CTV affiliates. |
May 20 2015 | Corus Entertainment announced an agreement with Bell Media to switch three CBC affiliates in Ontario (CHEX-DT, CHEX-TV-2, and CKWS-DT) to CTV affiliations, effective August 31, 2015. |
June 2014 | Announcement that CKPR-DT in Thunder Bay, Ontario would change affiliations from CBC to CTV on September 1, 2014. |
October 2012 | CFRN-DT in Edmonton upgraded local news production to high definition. |
October 2011 | CFCN-DT in Calgary began broadcasting local newscasts in high definition. |
September 1 2011 | CTV launched HD simulcast of CKY-DT Winnipeg on MTS and CKCO-DT Kitchener on Rogers. |
August 29 2011 | CTV Two officially launches, consisting of over-the-air and regional cable-only channels in Ontario, British Columbia, Atlantic Canada, and Alberta. |
May 30 2011 | Bell officially announces the rebranding of A-Channel to CTV Two. |
May 11 2011 | CTV launched HD simulcast of CJCH-DT Halifax on Eastlink. |
April 1 2011 | CTVglobemedia was officially renamed Bell Media. |
January 28 2011 | CTV launched free-to-air HD feed for CFCF-DT Montreal. |
January 8 2011 | CTV launched HD simulcast of CFCN-DT Calgary on Shaw. |
September 10 2010 | BCE Inc. announced it would purchase the remaining shares of CTVglobemedia for $1.3 billion (CAD). |
February 12 2010 | CTV affiliate CHFD in Thunder Bay, Ontario left the network after being unable to reach new affiliation terms. |
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