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65-452: On 1 September 2011, chief news anchor Lloyd Robertson retired after 35 years at the helm of the flagship. In September 2023 BellMedia celebrated long-time news anchor Sandie Rinaldo 's 50th year with the franchise. On 26 September 2024 CTV News admitted that it had altered or manipulated a clip of Pierre Poilievre broadcast the previous Sunday. It fired two news editors and apologized "unreservedly". On 2 October he ended his boycott of

130-494: A "work of fiction" during an appearance on Vancouver talk radio station CKNW . However, on the CTV National News broadcast of July 8, 2010, Robertson officially announced he would be leaving the anchor chair in the latter half of 2011 (although he did not say a specific date at the time, his last newscast was later announced to air on September 1, 2011). He has stated that he will continue on in various capacities at

195-471: A celebration of "50 years of local news" held by local CTV and A-Channel stations in April 2008. Neither the system nor any local CTV-owned station launched in 1958, although some of the stations that later joined CTV launched earlier in the decade. The celebration was not timed to any particular anniversary but rather to a CRTC review of regulations for local television stations also held that month. As A,

260-502: A current affairs program, Alberta Primetime , using resources from local CTV stations. Independent affiliates also air their own local newscasts, such as NTV (which despite dropping CTV's entertainment programming in 2002, still provides coverage of Newfoundland for CTV News and airs its national newscasts), and CITL-TV (which airs Prime Time Local News , a production shared with its sister station, Global affiliate (now Citytv affiliate) CKSA-TV ). Bell Media also operates CP24 ,

325-458: A dollar each, pending approval by the CRTC. However, it was reported on June 30, 2009, that Shaw had backed out of the deal and declined to complete the purchase, putting the stations' futures in serious doubt. On July 8, 2009, CTV announced that it would keep CHWI open after the CRTC announced policy changes to increase funding for small-market television stations, and following lobbying efforts by

390-415: A dollar. The deal was expected to close by December 31, 2009, pending CRTC approval; however, it was rejected on October 1, prompting the station to cease operations the following day. On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced it re-acquire the assets of CTVglobemedia and the A system for $ 3.2 billion. The overall deal was approved by the CRTC on March 7, 2011 and was finalized on April 1, 2011 when it

455-482: A few key genres, such as movies and local news, the types of programming carried by CTV Two has varied significantly over its history. As NewNet, the system mainly carried programs from what were then the two U.S. "netlets" ( The WB and UPN ), movies, a few syndicated series, and lower-rated offerings from the U.S. "big four" networks. Certain programs were timeshifted from their original airings on Citytv . During its early years, as with Citytv, NewNet's stations lack

520-675: A handful of first-run programs apart from late-night talk shows (simulcast from NBC ) and stations' local newscasts targeting younger demographics. It operates primarily in markets that overlap with the service area of an existing CTV station. CTV 2 broadcast covers all provinces in Canada except Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. The system began to develop in 1995, at CKVR-TV in Barrie , Ontario . In September of that year, owner CHUM Limited dropped CKVR's longtime affiliation with CBC Television and relaunched it as an independent station with

585-622: A more youthful image in order to generate interest from viewers in the neighbouring Toronto market, where CKVR had long been available on basic cable. This included adopting a news format similar to the CityPulse newscasts on sister station CITY-TV , replacing its various classic television shows with more contemporary series, and picking up a package of games for the Toronto Raptors , Toronto's then-new NBA franchise. The resulting station became known as "The New VR". The experiment

650-413: A newscast produced in one of the larger markets noted above, although some may also produce a shorter local news insert aired during a break in the main market's program, and some of these smaller stations produce their own noon newscasts. Through the purchase of CHUM Limited , Bell Media acquired A News which produced local newscasts mainly in smaller markets or alternate areas of larger markets. When

715-484: A no news desk (anchors read the news standing up, or on stools), and cameras are sometimes hand-held which included the concept of videojournalism, where reporters often carry their own camera report and videotape their own stories. The system calls its videojournalists "videographers", but unlike many stations in American television markets that try to conceal the fact that reporters are so-called "one-man bands", embraced

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780-905: A number of stations was World Beat News (for late-afternoon broadcasts) and Night Beat News (for late-night broadcasts). By late 2005 the O&;Os' local newscasts had been renamed CTV News . Beginning in February 2014, local programs were rebranded using region-specific on-air titles such as CTV News Toronto . On November 13, 2023, CTV replaced 5:30 p.m. newscasts with an evening edition of CTV National News. On February 8, 2024, Bell made major cuts to CTV's local newscasts. All noon newscasts outside of Toronto were cut, as well as weekend newscasts outside of Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. Bell will also expand multimedia journalist models to Atlantic Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan. National aggregate ratings published by BBM Canada refer to

845-496: A regional news channel focusing on the Greater Toronto Area and most of Southern Ontario , which was acquired through the purchase of CHUM Limited , and formerly aligned with Citytv Toronto . The channel airs news programs focused on the region, and as of June 2024, the station airs simulcasts of CFTO's 12 noon (weekdays); 6:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. newscasts. CTV News has bureaus across Canada and around

910-697: A roughly ten-minute national and international news summary, anchored by Heather Butts, which was embedded in CTV O&;Os' weekend early evening newscasts from November 2023 to February 2024, when the majority of local weekend newscasts were cancelled. In most markets, local CTV News programs air at 6 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. (CTV 2) or 11:30 p.m. (CTV) on weekdays. In selected markets, 5:00 p.m. newscasts, and weekend newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11:00 p.m./11:30 p.m., are also produced, and several CTV stations in western Canada (and some CTV Two stations in eastern Canada) produce local morning newscasts under

975-605: A shift towards a more traditional broadcasting model at these stations. On July 12, 2006, Bell Globemedia announced a friendly takeover bid to buy CHUM Limited. The company initially intended to keep CHUM's Citytv system, while divesting the A-Channel and Access stations in order for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to approve the acquisition. On April 9, 2007, Rogers Communications announced an agreement to purchase

1040-416: Is now the case for the CTV O&Os. Most of these stations are nevertheless required to separate their news operations from CTV stations in local and adjacent markets. This restriction does not apply to the cable-only channels CTV Two Atlantic, which has been co-owned with the local CTV stations since its launch (their news operations have been fully integrated since 1998), and CTV Two Alberta, which produces

1105-575: The CTV National News team. He co-hosted W5 from 2011 to 2016. Robertson has covered many major events throughout his career, including the 1967 opening of Expo 67 in Montreal, the 1969 Moon landing (along with Percy Saltzman ), many Olympic Games, Terry Fox 's Marathon of Hope, the patriation of the Constitution of Canada , both the 1980 Quebec referendum and the 1995 Quebec referendum on separation from Canada, many federal elections ,

1170-500: The National Hockey League 's Ottawa Senators . These games were generally seen on Thursday nights and were usually among CHRO's most popular programmes. These games have been reassigned to the team's cable home, Sportsnet , as of the 2008–09 season. Although CHRO no longer airs the games themselves, the station still produces and airs a post-game show. There may be some confusion about the system's launch date due to

1235-649: The Windsor City Council , local Members of Provincial Parliament Sandra Pupatello and Dwight Duncan , and federal Members of Parliament Brian Masse and Joe Comartin to keep the only local privately owned television station in Windsor on air. In the same announcement, CTV indicated its intention to file an application with the CRTC to convert CKNX into a rebroadcaster of CFPL once that station shut down on August 31. On July 16, CTV announced that it would sell CKX-TV to Bluepoint Investment Corporation for

1300-432: The "A" brand. Additionally, an HD feed for the system launched on August 31, 2011. As part of the relaunch, Bell expanded the system's coverage area. Alberta's provincial education channel Access (which had aired a limited amount of A programming) was renamed CTV Two Alberta and began carrying the full CTV Two primetime lineup excluding local CTV News programming. On June 17, 2011, Bell also filed an application with

1365-549: The A system was rebranded as "CTV Two" on August 29, 2011 (and later CTV 2 ), its newscasts switched to the CTV News branding, likely because "CTV Two News" might be seen as connoting a second-class newscast. The CTV News broadcasts on the CTV 2 stations previously used the main CTV logo as their logo bug during these newscasts as did the main CTV network, but they currently use the regionally branded titles such as CTV News Barrie as

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1430-433: The A television system as A Atlantic , and began to carry the entire A program lineup. In addition, Alberta 's Access also adopted a new A-styled logo and began to feature the A lineup in certain prime time hours. On February 25, 2009, CTV announced that, given what it saw as ongoing structural problems facing the conventional television sector in Canada and the current global economic crisis , it would not seek to renew

1495-532: The A-Channel stations with a new look and new logo, becoming known as simply "A" (originally stylized as "'A'", then as "/A\" to mimic the visual style of its logo). In anticipation of the format change, A-Channel's press materials began using the "A" name that same month, and on-air personalities began referring to the local newscasts as A News instead of A-Channel News . The on-air relaunch from A-Channel to A took place on August 11, 2008. On that same date, Atlantic Canada 's Atlantic Satellite Network also joined

1560-520: The A-Channel stations, along with the CBC Television affiliate in Brandon, Manitoba ( CKX-TV ) and several cable channels being put up for sale as part of the CTV transaction. The CRTC announced its approval of the purchase of CHUM Limited by what was now known as CTVglobemedia, on June 8 of the same year, but added a condition that CTVgm must sell off CHUM's Citytv stations to another buyer. At

1625-676: The CBC, thanks to his bass voice. Robertson applied for CBWT-TV in Winnipeg , Manitoba in 1956, his first-ever TV job. He mostly did local television until December 25, 1956, which was his first national broadcast. After four years in Winnipeg, Robertson auditioned for CBOT-TV in Ottawa , Ontario . After two years, he moved to Toronto to host CBC Weekend in the late 1960s, and later anchor of The National from 1970 to 1976, before joining

1690-543: The CRTC and Industry Canada to establish additional repeaters for CKVR-DT to expand its signal farther into the Golden Horseshoe area; on UHF 42 in Fonthill , serving Niagara Falls , Fort Erie and St. Catharines , and a repeater on UHF 35 on CHCH-DT 's Tower , serving Hamilton , Oakville , Haldimand County , Caledonia , Brantford , Milton and Cambridge . These applications were later approved by

1755-448: The CRTC. On October 28, 2015, the CRTC made public an application by Bell to disaffiliate CJDC-TV and CFTK-TV from CBC Television effective February 22. Bell and the CBC agreed to an early termination of the affiliation agreements on October 5. Programming from CTV Two began on the date of disaffiliation from CBC. Beginning the 2018-19 television season, the network re-branded as "CTV 2" under CTV's new brand identity. Aside from

1820-547: The CTV Television Network in October that year. One of the reasons he left the CBC was his frustration at union regulations which confined news anchors to the role of announcer — prohibiting them from writing their own scripts or participating in editorial decisions concerning the news broadcast. From 1976 to 1984, Robertson co-anchored the CTV National News with Harvey Kirck . When Kirck retired from

1885-490: The Canadian Pacific Railway, while his mother was a homemaker. His father was of Scottish descent, while his mother emigrated from England. Robertson had a somewhat rough childhood; his mother suffered from mental-health problems which eventually resulted in her undergoing a prefrontal lobotomy, while his father, who was 60 at the time of Robertson's birth, frequently battled cancer and died when Robertson

1950-617: The acquisition of four Baton Broadcasting stations in Southern Ontario , followed by the launch of CIVI-TV in Vancouver Island . NewNet was rebranded to A-Channel in 2005 after acquiring the assets of Craig Media . In 2007, CHUM Limited was acquired by CTVglobemedia; to comply with Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ownership limits, the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers Media , while

2015-410: The anchor desk in 1984, Robertson became the senior news anchor for CTV. Since 2004, Robertson has also served as one of the hosts of CTV's current affairs program W5 , alternating with CTV's lead weekend anchor Sandie Rinaldo . Robertson's signature sign-off of each news broadcast is, "And that's the kind of day it's been." In February 2010, Robertson denied rumours of his impending retirement as

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2080-478: The broadcaster. CTV's national news division produces the following programs which air on the main CTV network: Additionally, CTV News operates the national 24-hour news channel CTV News Channel and the 24-hour national business news channel BNN Bloomberg , both of which are available across Canada on cable and satellite. The news division produced the weekday morning news and entertainment program Canada AM from 1972 to October 2015, when responsibility for

2145-528: The death of Diana, Princess of Wales , the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the power outage crisis on both sides of the border of August 14, 2003. On the scene, he has covered the construction of the Berlin Wall , the deaths of four former Canadian prime ministers, the elections of nearly half of Canada's prime ministers, state funerals , and royal , papal , and U.S. presidential visits. His name

2210-565: The first two years of its run, but switched places with The Late Late Show with James Corden (which aired on CTV Two since its March 2015 debut) in February 2016. Like all other CHUM-owned properties, the system also aired several local programs inheirited from Citytv and other CHUM channels such as CityLine , FashionTelevision , The NewMusic , Speakers Corner , MediaTelevision and Great Movies . Late at night, NewNet also aired Baby Blue Movies , SexTV , Naked News and Ed's Night Party . After relaunching as A-Channel,

2275-399: The late Peter Jennings to become the longest-serving network news anchor in television history; he is also one of the longest-serving news anchors on English-language North American television (network or local) along with KTRK-TV (Houston)'s Dave Ward , WNBC (New York)'s Chuck Scarborough , WPVI (Philadelphia)'s Jim Gardner , and KING-TV (Seattle)'s Jean Enersen . Robertson, who

2340-477: The licence of Brandon's CKX-TV beyond its August 31, 2009 expiration. CTV announced further cuts on March 3, 2009. The A Morning programs produced separately at CKVR and CFPL were cancelled outright effective March 4 and were replaced by repeats of the previous evening's newscasts, while CIVI replaced its A Morning show with a simulcast of CTVglobemedia's Victoria-based radio station CFAX (1070 AM), although those stations retain their evening newscasts. On

2405-548: The licences of Wheatley 's CHWI-TV (and its rebroadcaster in Windsor ) and Wingham 's CKNX-TV . The stations were not expected to be converted to rebroadcasters of London's A station ( CFPL ) upon the expirations of their existing licences in August 2009; however, CTV had said news coverage for both areas would be provided by CFPL and CKCO . In addition, CTV also announced on February 19, 2009, that it would not apply to renew

2470-440: The local broadcasts collectively as CTV Evening News , CTV Late News , CTV Noon News , etc., although these titles are not used on-air. Since most CTV affiliates are owned by the network, CTV offers the opportunity to buy national ads on local programming across its O&Os, making these aggregate ratings useful for advertisers. Local CTV News programs are produced in the following markets: CTV O&Os in smaller markets air

2535-567: The main network, to A-Channel. Later in the fall, CTV also replaced A-Channel's daily entertainment newscast, Star! Daily , with MTV e2 and strip reruns of Degrassi: The Next Generation , although new episodes of that series continued to air on CTV. On July 26, 2007, CTVglobemedia named Richard Gray the head of news for the A-Channel stations and CKX-TV . Gray would report to the CTVgm corporate group, not CTV News, to preserve independent news presentation and management. Gray began to oversee

2600-477: The network and in public life including being host of W5 . On September 1, 2011, after 41 years as a national news anchor at both the CBC and CTV, Robertson anchored CTV News for the last time. The newscast concluded with him reminiscing about the stories he covered, such as natural disasters and royal weddings, while calling his news anchor run a rare privilege to have "a front row seat to history. " He also thanked his audience watching and supporting him over

2665-561: The network would also serve as an alternate outlet for CTV programming in the event of scheduling conflicts with other programming, major breaking news, and special events such CTV's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics . Conversely, in markets where CTV Two is not available, some CTV affiliates may sometimes carry some CTV Two programming, although this is rare. Notes: These stations are also owned and operated by Bell Media and carry most CTV 2 programming, but are locally branded. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of

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2730-616: The network's primetime schedule was revamped again, positioning A as the cutting-edge counterpart to the main CTV network. Most of the schedule consisted of anticipated new series such as Eleventh Hour and Fringe , and critically acclaimed or high-buzz (but lower-rated) sophomore series such as Gossip Girl , Mad Men , Private Practice , and Pushing Daisies , although a few older holdovers such as AFV and America's Next Top Model (previously on Citytv) remained in primetime. Talk shows such as Ellen , Tonight , and Late Night remain, while Wheel , which moved to CBC Television ,

2795-596: The news at midnight before he signed off. Robertson completed high school and continued to work at CJCS until he moved to CJOY in Guelph in 1954. On the advice of one of his colleagues in Guelph, he auditioned to work at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). After his audition was over, Robertson thought, "I'm never going to see this building again. " Despite this, he got hired by

2860-448: The news departments for CKVR, CHRO, CFPL, CKNX, CHWI, CIVI and CKX. Shortly after CTV took control of A-Channel and most of the other assets owned by CHUM, media analysts began to speculate that the A-Channel stations would be renamed in 2008. Viewer surveys in 2007 and 2008 suggested that the names "Much TV" and "CHUM TV" were under consideration. At its fall upfronts presentation on June 2, 2008, CTV announced that it would reformat

2925-552: The non-Citytv stations were relaunched as A in 2008 then again as CTV Two in 2011 with two former Astral Media stations in British Columbia joining the system in 2015. Although patterned after the original station in Barrie and since its acqusition by Bell, CTV 2 provides complementary programming to Bell Media's larger CTV network , though since the late 2010s it has increasingly aired repeats in primetime, with only

2990-512: The other hand, CHRO saw its A Morning program expanded from three hours daily to four hours daily, and launched a two-hour Saturday edition of A Morning , while cancelling its evening newscasts (which trailed those of CTV network station CJOH-TV ). In all, 118 people, or 23% of all A employees, were laid off. No cuts were announced for A Atlantic, which is already tightly integrated with CTV Atlantic . On April 30, 2009, Shaw Communications announced that it would purchase CKX, CKNX, and CHWI for

3055-523: The other in Alberta (the latter formerly being the provincial educational channel in that province under the name Access Alberta). The CTV 2 system began in 1995 as NewNet , which was originated from the station CKVR-TV , owned by CHUM Limited , who disaffiliated from the CBC and modeled its format aimed at younger viewers after its Citytv station, CITY-TV in Toronto. The NewNet system expanded with

3120-623: The program was transferred to Bell Media In-House Productions, the division responsible for CTV's other daytime lifestyle programming, until the program's cancellation in June 2016. Canada AM' s replacement Your Morning is produced by Bell Media Studios, with news content provided by CTV News. On February 8, 2024, Bell announced the cancellation of CTV's long-running newsmagazine W5 as part of budgetary and staff cuts. The brand will still be used for investigative journalism across CTV News properties. The national news operation also briefly produced

3185-466: The relationship between Global and E! , CTV radically adjusted A-Channel's announced schedule over the summer of 2007 to make room for several series that could not be accommodated on the main network's fall schedule. Notably, A-Channel picked up CTV's rights to 30 Rock , Scrubs , Two and a Half Men , The Big Bang Theory and Jeff Ltd. In October, CTV also moved Dirty Sexy Money and Big Shots , both of which had originally premiered on

3250-548: The same time, it was permitted to keep the A-Channel stations, in effect cancelling the planned sale of A-Channel to Rogers. On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia finalized its purchase of the CHUM Limited stations, while the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers. The company initially intended to keep the A-Channel stations' branding and programming independent from the CTV Television Network . However, as with

3315-496: The station's callsign (e.g., "The New WI" for CHWI, "The New RO" for CHRO, "The New PL" for CFPL, etc.) On March 15, 2005, CHUM announced that the NewNet stations would be relaunched as A-Channel by that fall. The rebrand took place on August 2, 2005, the same date that the former A-Channel stations in Winnipeg , Edmonton and Calgary , recently acquired by CHUM from Craig Media, were relaunched as Citytv . The change reflected

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3380-628: The system shifted towards a more traditional mix, including game shows and more traditional U.S. sitcoms and dramas while retaining airings of library of programming from Citytv and its parent CHUM. Some of the American shows aired during this era included Supernanny , America's Funniest Home Videos , Smallville , The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Wheel of Fortune , as well as Tonight and Late Night . Notable Canadian shows include Degrassi: The Next Generation and CityLine . A few original productions, such as 11 Somerset and Charlie Jade , have aired on A-Channel. The drama series Missing

3445-408: The title CTV Morning Live . In 1998, shortly following the merger of the CTV network with Baton Broadcasting, local news branding on the CTV O&Os was unified with network news presentation, with newscast titles standardized under the format "( call sign ) News", e.g. CFTO News for the Toronto station. Prior to this, the local O&Os used various titles, though one used in the late 1970s by

3510-544: The use of video journalism by highlighting the use of technology; its videographers often carry a second home video camera to record images of them videotaping on the scene. The low-grade video is then incorporated into the story to show viewers how the story was recorded. Throughout most of the network's existence, CTV Two has aired NBC's The Tonight Show and Late Night since the mid–1990s under hosts Jay Leno , Conan O'Brien , Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers . However, Late Night with Seth Meyers aired on CTV for

3575-577: The world, but many were closed to cut costs (most recently those in London , Los Angeles , Moscow , and Kampala ) and replaced with reporters sent to locations from the existing bureaus. A list of current bureaus: In 2008, the CTV News website introduced My News , a citizen journalism feature allowing citizens to upload their images or videos relating to current events. Viewers may also upload media for any station or program. NewsDay and NewsNight aired weekly on Quibi exclusively in Canada. It

3640-589: The years. In 2020, he narrated a portion of the 8th Canadian Screen Awards . Robertson married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Barrett, in July 1956. They have four daughters (Lisa, Nanci, Susan, and Lynda) and seven grandchildren. On March 29, 2018, Robertson was involved in a multi-vehicle collision on the Don Valley Parkway . He was uninjured. Robertson outlasted Kirck, the late Walter Cronkite , Dan Rather , Bob Schieffer , Tom Brokaw , and

3705-634: Was 21. During his childhood, Robertson was also frequently cared for by his half-siblings, especially his twin siblings Irvin and Ethel. He first became interested in broadcasting when he was 12 years old, watching soldiers from The Perth Regiment marching home from World War II, and heard the commentators from CJCS talking about it. According to Robertson, "I realized I was in the centre of something very important...something much bigger than myself. " Robertson started his broadcasting career in 1952 at CJCS radio. He started working after school on Saturdays as an operator, spinning 78 rpm records, and read

3770-702: Was 77 years old at the time of his retirement from the CTV News team, also holds the record of being the oldest TV news anchor in network television and the oldest news anchor in Canada. CTV 2 CTV 2 is a Canadian English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The system consists of four terrestrial owned-and-operated television stations (O&Os) in Ontario , one in British Columbia and two regional cable television channels, one in Atlantic Canada and

3835-487: Was added into the system at its launch in October 2001. CHUM informally referred to these stations as the "NewNet". That name was never used on-air on any of these stations; rather it served as a common identifier for the stations to advertising buyers (it was also used on news vehicles in Southwestern Ontario ). On-air, each station was known as "The New XX ", with XX representing the last two letters of

3900-546: Was also the basis for the satirical news anchor character Floyd Robertson , portrayed by Joe Flaherty on the Canadian TV comedy series SCTV . Robertson was born in Stratford, Ontario , the son of Lillie Francis and George Henderson Robertson. His father had eight children with his first wife; after she died, he remarried and had two sons, Gordon and Lloyd; Lloyd was the youngest child. Robertson's father worked for

3965-443: Was carried over from the former Craig Media-owned A-Channel (now Citytv ) stations. Following the acquisition by CTVglobemedia, CTV would occasionally bump one of its programs over to A-Channel to make room for a different show; during the summer, A-Channel would often carry repeats of CTV series, freeing up CTV to carry original programming. For several seasons, CHRO-TV also produced and broadcast 20 regular-season games per year of

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4030-533: Was hosted by Heather Butts and Reshmi Nair. Quibi was shut down on December 1, 2020. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of the CRTC. Lloyd Robertson Lloyd Robertson OC (born January 19, 1934) is a Canadian journalist and former news anchor who is special correspondent on CTV 's weekly magazine series, W5 . Robertson served as the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV's national evening newscast, CTV News with Lloyd Robertson , from 1984 to 2011, when he retired from

4095-574: Was relaunched as Bell Media. On May 30, 2011, Bell Media (in conjunction with its contractor, the Troika Design Group) announced that it would extend the CTV brand to the A television system, for the start of the 2011-12 television season. As such, A was relaunched as CTV Two on August 29, 2011, with local newscasts in most markets rebranded from A News to CTV News , and the morning shows produced in Ottawa and Atlantic Canada becoming CTV Morning Live , ending nearly three years of

4160-427: Was replaced by TMZ . As part of its relaunch as CTV Two, the primetime schedule focused on highly anticipated new series, including results shows for The X Factor (the performance shows aired on CTV), Up All Night , and Man Up! . Additionally, CSI: Miami , Criminal Minds and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit also moved to CTV Two. Since its acquisition by CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media ),

4225-596: Was successful enough that CHUM replicated CKVR's format on stations it had acquired from Baton Broadcasting in 1997, namely CHRO in Pembroke , CFPL-TV in London , CKNX-TV in Wingham , and CHWI-TV in Windsor . Most of these stations were also former CBC affiliates, and in markets where CKVR's sister station, CITY-TV, was already or subsequently became available on basic cable. CIVI-DT in Victoria, British Columbia

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