CTV Newsnet
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| CTV Newsnet | |
|---|---|
| Image:CTV Newsnet.png | |
| Launched | October 17, 1997 |
| Owned by | CTV Television Inc. (CTVglobemedia) |
| Country | Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Image:Flag of Ontario.svg Scarborough, Ontario |
| Formerly called | CTV News 1 |
| Website | newsnet.ctv.ca |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Bell ExpressVu | Channel 501 |
| Star Choice | Channel 391 |
| Cable | |
| Available on most Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
CTV Newsnet is a Canadian English language cable television headline news specialty channel that launched on October 17, 1997. It is owned and operated by CTV Television Inc, a division of CTVglobemedia.
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[edit] History
Licensed in 1996 as CTV N1, it was launched on October 17, 1997 as CTV News 1. In 1999, it was renamed CTV Newsnet. It originally began with its news anchors sitting 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.
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.
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 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). On April 7, 2005, the Commission removed previous conditions mandating a 15 minute news cycle, substituting new but much more liberal conditions. [1]
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, the weekend edition with Sandie Rinaldo, and the parent network's Sunday public affairs series Question Period.
Before the 2005 format change, sports segments were co-branded with TSN, and business news with Report on Business Television (now Business News Network). 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.
Since June 2007, CablePulse 24, a 24 hour news channel based in Toronto which currently shares the same staff and resources from Citytv Toronto (which is now owned by Rogers Media) is under the same ownership as CTV Newsnet, following CTVglobemedia's acquisition of CHUM Limited.
- Bridgitte Anderson 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
- Marcia MacMillian anchors CTV Newsnet Primetime weeknights from 8pm-12am
- Scott Laurie anchors CTV Newsnet Weekend Primetime weekends from 6pm-12am
- Mike Duffy anchors Mike Duffy Live at 5&8pm
- Cindy Burgess anchors CTV Newsnet Weekend Mornings from 6am-12pm
- Jacqueline Milczarek anchors CTV Newsnet Afternoon Edition 12pm-6pm
- Samantha Houston
- Marci Ien
- Sandie Rinaldo
- Lloyd Robertson
[edit] Network reporters
- David Akin
- Denelle Balfour
- Todd Battis
- Avis Favaro
- Robert Fife
- Alan Fryer
- Sarah Galashan
- Jed Kahane
- Lisa LaFlamme
- Jill Macyshon
- Peter Murphy
- Craig Oliver
- Roger Smith
- Larry Stout
- Kathy Tomlinson
- Rosemary Thompson
- John Vennavally-Rao
[edit] Foreign correspondents
- Steve Chao
- Tom Clark
- Tom Kennedy
- Janis Mackey Frayer
- Joy Malbon
- Matt McClure
- Murray Oliver
- Graham Richardson
- Linda Sims
