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Encyclopedia > CTV Newsnet
CTV Newsnet
Type Cable television specialty channel
Country Flag of Canada Canada
Availability National
Owner CTV Television Inc. (Bell Globemedia)
Launch date October 17, 1997
Website Official Site

CTV Newsnet is a Canadian 24-hour headline news cable television channel which went onair on October 17, 1997. It is operated by CTV and owned by Bell Globemedia. Download high resolution version (4455x1407, 657 KB)CTV Newsnet logo. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... A specialty channel or specialty service is a television channel, generally not available through conventional broadcast television, which consists of programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific demographic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Bell Globemedia Inc. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CTV is a TLA that may stand for: CTV Television Network - a Canadian English language television network Channel Television - the main television broadcaster in the Channel Islands Chukyo TV. Broadcasting - a Japanese TV station in Nagoya This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Bell Globemedia Inc. ...


It was originally known as CTV News 1, and its news anchors sat at a desk which would periodically, while the anchor was not speaking, spin in a circle for dramatic effect. This gimmick was widely mocked, and soon abandoned. A news anchor (US,Can. ...


At first, the service's licence restricted it to broadcasting the latest news headlines, weather, sports news, financial news and entertainment news, plus advertisements, in 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 breaking news more audaciously. CTV decided that Newsnet's licence did not prevent it from airing live events provided the anchor broke in at least once during a given 15-minute wheel to read items drawn from most or all of the categories noted above. News is any new information or current events. ... Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. ... Finance addresses the ways in which individuals, business entities and other organizations allocate and use monetary resources over time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Recreation. ... Breaking News is also the name of a Hong Kong movie. ...


CTV progressively sought amendments to this condition to allow greater coverage of breaking news, longer-form news-oriented discussion, and other programming, and was met with mixed decisions from the CRTC. On April 7, 2005, the Commission removed previous conditions mandating a 15 minute news cycle, substituting new but much more liberal conditions. [1] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

CTV News 1 Logo
CTV News 1 Logo

On August 22, 2005, CTV Newsnet introduced a new, full screen format and improved their late afternoon and prime-time programming, with increases to their anchor, reporting, and production teams, and a greater emphasis on general news from the main anchor desk, reducing sports and business coverage. The network hoped to capitalize in part on the lockout which had nearly obliterated news programming on CBC Television (outside Quebec) and CBC Newsworld. Image File history File links CTV_News_1. ... Image File history File links CTV_News_1. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBC Television is the primary English language television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... CBC Newsworld is a Canadian 24-hour cable news television channel operated by the CBC. It broadcasts into over 10 million homes nation-wide, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. It is the worlds third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in...


Along with CTV Newsnet-originated newscasts, and weekday Mike Duffy vehicles Mike Duffy Live and Countdown with Mike Duffy, the network carries the CTV News with Lloyd Robertson and the weekend edition with Sandie Rinaldo, as well as the parent network's Sunday public affairs series Question Period. Michael D. (Mike) Duffy (born 1946 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian television journalist. ... CTV National News is CTVs flagship newscast, which airs at 11:00pm local time on the main network across Canada, and live at 10:00pm on CTV Newsnet, CTVs 24-hour cable news channel. ... Sandie Rinaldo is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor. ... Question Period is a Canadian television newsmagazine, which airs weekly on CTV. The program, which takes its name from the parliamentary process of Question Period, is an interview and panel discussion series on Canadian politics, similar in format to the American Meet the Press. ...


Before the 2005 format change, sports segments were co-branded with TSN, and business news with Report on Business Television. Both share common ownership with CTV and Newsnet. Earlier in the network's history, weather reports were provided by The Weather Network, which is independently owned, and sports segments were once co-branded with Headline Sports, and then later by CTV Sportsnet, which CTV owned before it acquired TSN. TSN may also refer to The Sporting News, The Sierra Network, Team Sportscast Network, or taxonomic serial number. ... Report on Business Television logo. ... Morning on-air personalities Kim MacDonald and Chris Murphy on December 9, 2005. ... The Score is a Canadian cable television sports news specialty channel launched in 1997. ... Rogers Sportsnet is a Canadian cable television specialty channel with programming featuring sports, operating four regional feeds and one national high-definition feed. ...

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Anchors

  • Ravi Baichwal anchors CTV Newsnet Morning weekdays from 6am-10am
  • Kate Wheeler anchors CTV Newsnet Afternoon weekdays from 10am-4pm
  • Dan Matheson anchors CTV Newsnet Late Afternoon/Evening weekdays from 4pm-8pm
  • Sandra Jansen anchors CTV Newsnet Primetime weeknights from 8pm-12am
  • Scott Laurie anchors CTV Newsnet Weekend Primetime weekends from 8pm-12am
  • Mike Duffy anchors Mike Duffy Live at 5&8pm
  • Cindy Burgess
  • Samantha Houston
  • Marcia MacMillan
  • Marci Ien
  • Sandie Rinaldo
  • Lloyd Robertson

Ravi Baichwal is a Canadian news anchor for CTV Newsnet Morning weekdays from 6 AM to 10 AM since 2002. ... Kate Wheeler is a Canadian daytime news anchor for CTV Newsnet since February 2001. ... Dan Matheson is a Canadian journalist and news anchor currently presenting the news in the primetime hours on CTV Newsnet, since September 2001. ... Scott Laurie is a Canadian news reporter and news anchor for CTV Newsnet and CTV News since May 2000. ... Michael D. (Mike) Duffy (born 1946 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian television journalist. ... Marci Ien is a Black Canadian news anchor for CTV Newsnet and Canada AM. She also substitutes as host for each programme. ... Sandie Rinaldo is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor. ... Lloyd Robertson, O.C. (born January 19, 1934 in Stratford, Ontario) is the Chief Anchor and Senior Editor of The CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson. ...

Network Reporters

  • David Akin
  • Denelle Balfour
  • Todd Battis
  • Avis Favaro
  • Robert Fife
  • Alan Fryer
  • Sarah Galashan

Avis Favaro is a Canadian medical correspondent for CTV News since 1992. ... Lisa LaFlamme is a Canadian correspondent for the CTV network. ... Jill Macyshon is a Canadian reporter for CTV News, based in Manitoba. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Foreign correspondents

Steve Chao, previously stationed in Toronto, joins a long list of respected journalists who have reported from China, including Dennis McIntosh, former Vice-President of CTV News, Robert Hurst, President of CTV News and Tom Clark, Host of CTVs W-FIVE among others. ... Tom Clark is a Canadian television journalist. ... Joy Malbon is an award-winning Canadian journalist for CTV National News, based in Washington D.C. A veteran of more than 20 years in television, Malbon has covered a variety of major events first hand including the death of Princess Diana, the second Palestinian Intifada, the fall of the...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
CTV Newsnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (480 words)
CTV Newsnet is a Canadian 24-hour headline news cable television channel which went onair on October 17, 1997.
CTV progressively sought amendments to this condition to allow greater coverage of breaking news, longer-form news-oriented discussion, and other programming, and was met with mixed decisions from the CRTC.
Sandra Jansen anchors CTV Newsnet Primetime weeknights from 8pm-12am
November 18, 2004 - CTV Newsnet Renews Call for Fair Competition in Wake of Fox News Approval (451 words)
CTV Newsnet offers a perspective that is distinctly Canadian, bringing viewers both quality and immediacy with reports from around the world.
A part of the CTV News family, CTV Newsnet draws on the resources of CTV's national, international and local news operations, including 21 stations across the country, as well as nine foreign and seven domestic network news bureaus.
CTV Newsnet is wholly owned by CTV Inc., a division of Bell Globemedia, which also owns The Globe and Mail.
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