CourtTV Canada

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CourtTV Canada
Image:Court TV Canada Logo.svg
Launched	September 7, 2001
Owned by	access media group (CTVglobemedia)
Country	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Broadcast area	National
Website	www.courttvcanada.ca
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu	Channel 528
Star Choice	Channel 592
Cable
Available on many other Canadian cable systems	Check local listings

CourtTV Canada is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel with programming related to law, police, forensic and rescue and emergency medicine. CourtTV Canada is owned by access media group a division of CTVglobemedia.

Contents 1 Programming 1.1 Noted programs 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Programming

CourtTV Canada consists mainly of trial coverage from its American counterpart TruTV (formerly CourtTV) during the daytime schedule along with a variety of dramas, films, documentaries, talk shows and more during primetime. In-camera coverage of Canadian trials are not done due to the traditional ban on television cameras in Canadian courtrooms.

CourtTV Canada also produces a variety of interstitial programs that are featured throughout the day between its full length programs such as Duty Calls, Crime Files, The Beat and more as well as producing or co-producing full length programs such as Legal Briefs and Eddie Greenspan: Reel Justice.

[edit] Noted programs

• 72 Hours: True Crime
• America's Dumbest Criminals
• Booked
• The District
• FBI Files
• Haunting Evidence
• Homicide File
• House of Clues
• Parco P.I.
• Psychic Detectives

[edit] History

CourtTV Canada was licensed as The Law & Order Channel by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2000, and was launched on September 7, 2001 as CourtTV Canada under the ownership of CHUM Limited. This channel replaced the US CourtTV which was available on most service providers in Canada. On June 22, 2007, CTVgm gained control of CourtTV Canada as a result of its takeover of CHUM Limited.

[edit] See also

• TruTV (U.S.)

[edit] External links

• Official website

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