The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ...

History

Global Television first launched in 1974 with the launch of CKGN-TV, later CIII-TV, an independent channel based in Toronto and serving the province of Ontario with rebroadcasters. The station soon ran into difficulty, and was purchased by Izzy Asper, a Manitoba politician-turned-broadcaster who already owned an independent station in Winnipeg through his company then known as CanWest Capital. CIII is a television station owned by CanWest Global which serves most of the province of Ontario. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Israel Izzy Harold Asper (August 11, 1932 - October 7, 2003), Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate, was the founder of CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Area 647,797 km² (8th)  - Land 553,556 km²  - Water 64,241 km² (14. ...

Asper went on to acquire additional regional broadcast networks in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the Maritimes. Although Asper's regional networks always purchased programming rights as a collective, they did not share common branding until 1997, when the Global name was extended across the country. In the same year, Global broadcast in Quebec for the first time, when it acquired the assets of a former CBC affiliate in Quebec City, CKMI-TV, after the CBC took over CKMI's original VHF channel for its own English-language station. Initially a limited partnership with the French-language TVA network, Global Quebec was wholly acquired by the main network in 2002 [1]  (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2002/db2002-261.htm). Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell ( BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... The Maritimes or Maritime provinces are a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ... CKMI is the callsign for the Global Television Networks station in Quebec. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... This article needs cleanup. ... TVA is a private commercial French-language television network in Quebec. ...

In 2000, Global acquired the conventional television assets of Western International Communications (WIC), which owned a regional network in Alberta, and those stations were branded as Global on 4 September 2000. As well, WIC owned the CTV affiliates in Vancouver and Victoria. Since Global already owned a station in Vancouver, ownership of both would contravenene the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission guidelines on market penetration. However, the WIC station, CHAN-TV, was much more powerful and highly rated than Global's incumbent CKVU-TV, so Global placed CKVU-TV in trusteeship, kept CHAN as the new Global affiliate, and rebranded the Victoria station into the CH television system. The CTV affiliation moved to CIVT-TV, which was already owned by CTV but had previously operated as an independent station. CKVU was sold to Citytv. 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 might... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Victorias Inner Harbour with the Provincial Legislature in the background. ... 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. ... Chan can be variation of 陳 (Chen), a Chinese family name. ... CKVU (often referred to as Citytv Vancouver) is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a member of a trust, which can be set up for any of a variety of purposes, and is entrusted with the administration of property on behalf of others. ... CH is a system of three local television stations across Canada, owned by Global. ... CIVT, also known as BC CTV, CTV 9 and CTV British Columbia, is a Bell Globemedia television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a part of the CTV Television Network. ... Citytv is a system of two English language television stations in Canada, CITY in Toronto and CKVU in Vancouver. ...

Although Global network service is not available off-air in Newfoundland and Labrador, the independent station there, NTV, airs much of the Global network schedule. Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ... CJON is a privately-owned television station in Canada. ...

Since CanWest's purchase of Southam Newspapers and the National Post from Conrad Black in 2001, their media interests have been merged into Canwest Global under a policy of cross-promotion and synergy. Journalists from the Post and other Canwest papers have made frequent appearances on Global's news programs, passengers on the serial drama Train 48 have taken a habit of reading the Post, and Global programs are promoted in Canwest Global newspapers. Southam Newspapers is a Canadian newspaper chain owned by CanWest. ... The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born August 25, 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-born British biographer, financier and newspaper magnate. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... Synergy or synergism, most often refers to the phenomenon of two or more discrete influences or agents acting in common to create an effect which is greater than the sum of the effects each is able to create independently. ... Train 48 is a Canadian television show, broadcast on Global and CH. The show is broadcast daily, and recorded the same day. ...

News programming and controversies

In 2001 Global started a national newscast, Global National, anchored by Kevin Newman. Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada. ... Kevin Newman (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. ...

Some critics charge that Global's news programs have become more conservative, and in particular more supportive of Israeli and American government policy in the Middle East. Global television news has also developed links with the controversial Fox News Channel. Global's Middle East correspondent Martin Himmell's documentary Confrontation at Concordia, on conflicts between pro- and anti-Zionist students at Concordia University, was strongly criticised for bias and selective reporting but was aired serveral times in prime time by the network in 2003. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The FOX News Channel is a US cable and satellite news channel. ... This article is about Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ...

The network attracted controversy when its Manitoba station aired its usual programming schedule on the night of the 2003 provincial election rather than providing any special news programming, and its flagship Ontario station bumped its own election night newscast to CHCH in order to avoid pre-empting Survivor. CKND is a television station which broadcasts out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... CIII is a television station owned by CanWest Global which serves most of the province of Ontario. ... CHCH is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario that is part of the CH system. ... Survivor is a popular reality television program produced by many countries throughout the world. ...

Entertainment programming

Global has built its business on profitable entertainment programming produced in the United States, and has long been criticized for not investing enough in Canadian content. Canadian programming carried on the network, such as a revival of 1960s American science fiction series The Outer Limits, or the Chicago-set drama Zoe Busiek: Wild Card, has often avoided Canadian themes, presumably to focus on sales to United States and foreign cable or syndication markets. Canadian content or can-con refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters (including cable TV networks) must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The Outer Limits was an American science fiction anthology television series. ... Zoe Busiek: Wild Card is a Canadian television series broadcast since 2003 on Global. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast television programs to multiple television stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...

In recent years, Global has aired more identifiably Canadian entertainment programming, including the high finance drama Traders, the British-Canadian animated comedy Bob and Margaret, and the nightly improvised drama Train 48. In 2003, Global signed comedian Mike Bullard, host of the nightly Open Mike with Mike Bullard on CTV and the Comedy Network, to a multi-year contract for a new nightly talk show on Global, but The Mike Bullard Show was cancelled after 60 episodes amid poor ratings. Global has also purchased the rights to do a Canadian version of the popular American reality series The Apprentice. Traders was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Bob and Margaret was a Canadian animated television series that was also shown in the United States and United Kingdom. ... Improvisation is the act of making something up as you go along. ... Train 48 is a Canadian television show, broadcast on Global and CH. The show is broadcast daily, and recorded the same day. ... Mike Bullard is the former host of the late-night talk shows Open Mike with Mike Bullard on CTV and The Mike Bullard Show on Global. ... Open Mike with Mike Bullard was a Canadian late-night talk show which aired from 1997 to 2003 late-nights on CTV and on the Comedy Network in primetime. ... 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 might... Comedy Network is a Canadian specialty channel with comedy programming. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... The Mike Bullard Show was a Canadian late-night talk show which aired weeknights at 12:05 AM on Global from November 24, 2003 to March 11, 2004. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... The winning contestant of The Apprentice becomes the head of one of Donald Trumps companies. ...

Hit American shows currently airing on Global include first-run episodes of Survivor, Will & Grace, The Simpsons and Everybody Loves Raymond. The station often adds "on Global" during programs' opening credits. Survivor can mean different things in different contexts. ... Main cast of Will and Grace. ... The Simpsons. ... Ray, Robert, and Frank Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) is a long-running CBS sitcom in the US. Based on many of stand-up comedian Ray Romanos real experiences as a husband and father, it revolves around the family of Ray Barone, a Lynbrook, Long Island native. ...

In October 2004, Global started airing select American programmes in Widescreen HDTV, but it currently has no intention of producing in that format. High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ...

Global stations

• CHAN (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• CITV (Edmonton, Alberta)
• CICT (Calgary, Alberta)
• CISA (Lethbridge, Alberta)
• CFRE (Regina, Saskatchewan)
• CFSK (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
• CKND (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• CIII (Toronto, Ontario)
• CKMI (Quebec City, Quebec)
• CIHF (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Most of these stations serve their entire province through a network of relay stations as a part of the key station's license, and CIHF serves all three Maritime provinces. Chan can be variation of 陳 (Chen), a Chinese family name. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... CITV is an Canadian television station, licensed to, and serving Edmonton, Alberta. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Industry Integrity Progress City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Location. ... CICT is an Canadian television station, licensed to, serving Calgary, Alberta. ... Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ... CISA is an Canadian television station, licensed to, serving Lethbridge, Alberta. ... Lethbridge, a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, has a population of 73,000 people. ... Regina is the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, Canada and was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. ... Saskatoon nickname: The Bridge City, The Hub City Broadway Bridge in Saskatoon Area  - Total Metro. ... CKND is a television station which broadcasts out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Location. ... CIII is a television station owned by CanWest Global which serves most of the province of Ontario. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... CKMI is the callsign for the Global Television Networks station in Quebec. ... Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (Gift of God shall make prosper) Area: 547. ... CIHF is an Canadian television station, serving the Maritime provinces. ... Motto: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Area: 5,490. ...

CH system

Global also maintains a second system of independent stations, branded as CH. These stations are: CH is a system of three local television stations across Canada, owned by Global. ...

• CHEK (Victoria, British Columbia)
• CHCH (Hamilton, Ontario)
• CJNT (Montreal, Quebec)

In 2005, CKRD in Red Deer, Alberta will join the system, as it will disaffilate from the CBC. It is also planned for CHBC in Kelowna, British Columbia to disaffilate from the CBC and join the CH system, although no definite date for this affiliation switch has yet been announced. Both already carry some CH programming. CHEK-TV, Victoria (on Vancouver Island), British Columbia is a member of the CH television system, owned by CanWest Global, broadcasting on channel 6. ... Victorias Inner Harbour with the Provincial Legislature in the background. ... CHCH is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario that is part of the CH system. ... This article refers to the City of Hamilton, Ontario. ... CJNT is the callsign for an independent station in Montreal, Quebec. ... This article needs cleanup. ... CKRD (otherwise known as RDTV, The Heart of the West) is a television station in Red Deer, Alberta. ... This article is about the city of Red Deer. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... CHBC is a television station in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... Locator map for Kelowna, BC Kelowna (2001 population 96,288, metropolitan population 147,739) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. ...

Slogans

• 1974: "Your New Point of View"
• c. 1983-present: "Global's got it!"

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Global

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External link

• Global website (http://www.canada.com/globaltv)