86-498: Beerland is a television series about beer broadcast by Viceland starring Meg Gill . This article relating to a non-fiction television series in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to a television series about food and drink is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Viceland Viceland (stylized in all caps; also known as Vice TV in
172-448: A rebooted version (which premiered in early-2019). In 2019, Viceland began to pivot its U.S. operations to include a larger focus on news programming: on February 29, the network launched Vice Live— a two-hour " variety show " aired Monday–Thursday nights from Vice's Brooklyn headquarters, which featured coverage of the day's trends, reports from Vice's international bureaus, guest appearances, as well as other freeform content. The show
258-523: A 49% minority stake and control of international expansions, except in Australia ; where the channel is wholly-owned and operated by the SBS . The American version is operated by a joint venture with A&E Networks , (itself a stake owner of Vice Media ) and originally replaced H2 . A month after its initial launch, the U.S. version of the network announced a second slate of shows, including Traveling
344-634: A CDN$ 100 million joint venture with Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications , to build a studio in Toronto 's Liberty Village neighborhood for producing original content. Rogers holds the minority 30% stake of the Vice Canada Studio in Toronto. Rogers also announced an intent to launch Vice-branded television and digital properties in Canada in 2015. Rogers CEO Guy Laurence described
430-852: A Sunday night game of the week hosted by Ron MacLean . Hometown Hockey moved from Citytv to Sportsnet for the 2015-16 season. Individual stations are normally branded on-air as simply "Citytv" (from 2012 to 2018, the stations were referred to as "City"); the location may be added, for example "Citytv Toronto", if disambiguation is necessary. The list also mentions which stations had been owned by either CHUM Ltd. or Rogers, depending on affiliation. Like most Canadian networks, Citytv stations are generally available as distant signals on most cable and satellite providers nationwide. The Citytv brand has been licensed to local television stations in Bogotá , Colombia and formerly in Barcelona , Spain. Toronto's CITY-DT
516-699: A Toronto studio it co-founded with Rogers); Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi stated the programs were being produced Viceland would view its Canadian productions as being of global interest, as opposed to a regulatory obligation of little interest of non-Canadians; one-third of the network's first slate of original programming are Canadian productions from the new facility. In November 2017, Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported that Rogers intended to cease providing funding to Viceland in early 2018, citing inside reports of low viewership and unprofitability. Representatives of both companies declined to comment. On January 22, 2018, Rogers and Vice jointly announced
602-535: A coincidental development, that same day, BCE Inc. , owner of Bell Globemedia and the parent company of CTV , announced it would buy CHUM Limited. Bell Globemedia had intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM's A-Channel stations and Alberta cable channel Access to get the CRTC to approve the acquisition. In October 2006, Citytv launched a daily national newscast, CityNews International , which
688-465: A diversity policy in hiring its on-air staff, actively seeking out people of colour , people with disabilities, and other minority groups to work as on-air journalists. Znaimer described the policy as wanting the station to "look like Toronto". Beginning in 1983, Citytv began to produce a New Year's Eve special live from Nathan Phillips Square in Downtown Toronto . Most recently known as
774-479: A domestic version of former A&E sibling, Bio ) operated as a Category A -licensed specialty channel majority-owned by Rogers Media ; it was discontinued on March 31, 2018. Operating under the creative direction of film director Spike Jonze , Viceland was a lifestyle-oriented channel that primarily aired documentary and reality series aimed towards millennials , with new original series, along with adaptations of and reruns of existing Vice web series . Some of
860-487: A joint venture between Rogers Communications and the now-defunct Shaw Media prior to the latter's merger with Corus Entertainment ; and has been compared to the latter company's StackTV service. Live linear feeds of most Citytv stations, as well as CityNews 24/7 , also became available to Amazon Prime subscribers at no additional cost through Prime Video. CityNews 24/7 is a headline news channel, similar to those offered online by Global News , and an indirect successor to
946-423: A large following since its debut in 1977. Other stations around the world have imitated its format to varying degrees of success. However, Citytv itself was unsuccessful in expanding its audience to other Canadian markets, as evidenced by the eventual cancellation of the other stations' traditional newscasts. Flagship station CITY-DT, along with Jim Pattison Group-owned affiliates CFJC-TV , CKPG-TV and CHAT-TV are
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#17327836562541032-528: A long battle with cancer. The Citytv system began to phase in a modified branding in October 2012, with a new logo consisting only of the name "City", and some promotions using the verbal branding "City Television" (later also switched to simply "City") instead of "Citytv". The change marked the first major alteration to the "Citytv" brand since its introduction in 1972. The network adopted the name "City" on December 31, 2012, during its New Year's Eve special. For
1118-788: A new control room, becoming one of the first fully HD broadcasters in Canada. On March 2, 2010, CKVU-TV in Vancouver launched its HD simulcast. CKEM-TV in Edmonton began testing its digital signal on May 26, 2010, and began regular HD broadcasts on June 29, 2010. CITY-DT-3 in Ottawa began testing its digital feed on June 12, 2010, and regular digital broadcasts on June 18, 2010. CKAL-TV began testing its high definition signal on August 31, 2010. By August 31, 2011 , all Citytv owned-and-operated stations had their primary transmitters and most retransmitters broadcasting exclusively in digital. Citytv HD
1204-654: A new long-term output deal with Bell Media , with its programming being aired by Bell platforms such as Crave and Much . On March 9, 2016, Vice Media announced that it would launch Viceland in the United Kingdom in September 2016 as part of a partnership with Sky , marking its first international launch. This includes carriage on its satellite and over-the-top Now TV services, access to Vice apps on Sky Q set-top boxes, and timed exclusivity for video-on-demand/ Sky Go access. Sky will handle advertising sales for
1290-485: A one-hour special hosted by Vice Canada's head of content Patrick McGuire ), and on the same day at 6:00 a.m. ET in the United States, broadcasting a countdown clock to the official launch later in the evening, accompanied by footage of Vice executives answering the viewer-contributed calls as voice mail . The first program following the countdown was the series premiere of Noisey , following hip-hop musician Kendrick Lamar . In June 2016, Shane Smith announced at
1376-535: A second 10% investment of $ 200 million in Vice Media to support the production of new programming. Thirty different programs were developed for Viceland, including original series and expanded versions of existing Vice's web series. Original programs announced for the initial slate included Thomas Morton 's Balls Deep , Flophouse — a series where Lance Bangs follows the lives of up-and-coming comedians at underground stand-up events, F**k, That's Delicious —
1462-431: A series in which Gloria Steinam features the lives of different women around the world, and VICE Does America — which Abdullah Saeed and two Vice co-workers explore forgotten places of the world. In October 2016, the network launched a late-night talk show , Desus & Mero , hosted by Desus Nice and The Kid Mero . The program ran through June 2018, when it was cancelled after the duo signed with Showtime to host
1548-455: A station that went on the air in September 28, 1972, in the former Electric Circus nightclub in which became known for an intensely local format based on newscasts aimed at younger viewers, nightly movies, and music and cultural programming. The Citytv brand first expanded with then-parent company CHUM Limited 's acquisition of former Global owned-and-operated station CKVU-TV in Vancouver, followed by its purchase of Craig Media 's stations and
1634-454: A sufficient scale in Canada at the time. The company believed that Rogers' investment in Vice helped to better achieve these goals. Viceland's programming consists primarily of lifestyle-oriented documentaries and reality series aimed towards millennials , directed in Vice's trademark style of "character-driven documentaries". Creative director Spike Jonze stated that his goal for Viceland
1720-529: A television version of the food-oriented web series starring Action Bronson , Gaycation — a series in which Elliot Page explores the LGBT cultures of different regions, Huang's World — featuring Eddie Huang "exploring identity using food as an equalizer", King of the Road— a series following skaters on Thrasher Magazine's annual scavenger hunt, States of Undress — a series focusing on fashion weeks around
1806-546: A termination of their partnership, with the Viceland channel discontinued on March 31, 2018. Vice inherited complete ownership of the Toronto production studio and the original content produced for the channel as the Vice website will stream Viceland's programming in Canada. Plans for a French-language channel were also dropped; V Media Group will feature Vice content in French on its channels. On August 16, 2018, Vice announced
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#17327836562541892-524: A time, the service also featured exclusive programs not airing on the broadcast network. On April 12, 2022, Rogers announced the launch of Citytv+ (pronounced Citytv Plus ), an add-on channel for Amazon's Prime Video . The service includes most of the programming available on Citytv and its siblings, including Omni Television , as well as recent and selected past programming aired by the Canadian FX and FXX networks. The service succeeds Shomi ,
1978-753: A week for CJNT (including a local edition of Breakfast Television ), and agreed to contribute funding and programming to a new independent multicultural station in Montreal. Citytv is well known for its unconventional approach to news and local programming. There is no news desk (anchors read the news standing up, or on stools), and cameras are sometimes hand-held. Citytv also pioneered the concept of videojournalism, where reporters often carry their own camera report and videotape their own stories. Citytv calls its videojournalists "videographers", but unlike many stations in American television markets that try to conceal
2064-757: Is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable. It is also available for free over-the-air using a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner (included in most new television sets) via the following stations and retransmitters: Video on demand access to Citytv programming has been available in various forms, such as through TV provider's set-top boxes, or streaming media through the network's website and mobile apps. In June 2018, Rogers announced it would launch an expanded service called Citytv Now (stylized Citytv NOW ) for authenticated customers of partnered TV service providers, such as corporate sibling Rogers Cable. Citytv Now features fulls-season (and several past season) availability of shows airing on Citytv. For
2150-605: Is broadcast on a number of cable television providers in the Caribbean. In Barbados, Citytv is carried on channel 507 of the terrestrial subscription service known as Multi-Choice TV . Italicized channel numbers indicate a digital channel allocated for future use by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . In 2003, CHUM Limited launched a high definition simulcast of its Toronto station CITY-TV . In October 2006, Citytv installed
2236-502: Is now available on Virgin Media channel 219. A temporary duplicate launched on channel 191 on Virgin Media at midnight on July 22, 2018, a slot previously vacated by W HD prior to the UKTV channels' removals, until the network was restored on August 11, 2018. The channel was removed from Virgin Media on July 20, 2020. The channel closed on May 1, 2021. Viceland started broadcasting in
2322-516: Is now the largest gap in City's local coverage area, and there are few remaining realistic options for Rogers to purchase or affiliate with existing stations in the region. This had led Rogers to attempt, unsuccessfully, to request simultaneous substitution privileges for Citytv Toronto on its cable systems in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador . Prior to the CRTC's decision to refuse
2408-507: The 2018–19 television season , the network reintroduced its original "Citytv" branding, and its social media accounts. The Jim Pattison Group announced in July 2009 that its three television stations in western Canada ( CKPG-TV , CFJC-TV , and CHAT-TV ), formerly affiliated with E! , would join Citytv starting on September 1, 2009. These stations do not carry the Citytv branding; instead,
2494-455: The ATV system of CTV affiliates, and cable-only channel ASN . Many Citytv programs were aired on ASN during this period, effectively making ASN an unbranded Citytv O&O. Both ATV and ASN were acquired by Baton Broadcasting (now Bell Media) in 1997; ASN continued to air much of the Citytv schedule until it became part of the A (now CTV 2 ) television system in 2008. This means that Atlantic Canada
2580-706: The Cannes Lions Festival that Vice Media had reached deals with local broadcasters to expand into 44 countries with the launch of editorial properties and localized Viceland networks. These include the Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), Econet Media (sub-Saharan Africa), The Times Group (India), Moby Media Group (Middle East), Multi Channels Asia (Southeast Asia), Sky Network Television (New Zealand), V Media Group (Canada, French-language), Canal+ (France), Ziggo (Netherlands) and Telenet (Belgium). Vice holds
2666-614: The City New Year's Eve Bash , the yearly concert special expanded to include a second event in Calgary, Alberta for its 2012–13 edition. In 2013–14, Citytv began simulcasting ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve instead of airing its own full special, though it continued to sponsor (and air some coverage of) the New Year's event in Toronto. Citytv Toronto's CityNews , which used to be known as CityPulse , had developed
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2752-484: The Great Movies block; as Citytv transitioned to a primetime lineup consisting of mainly domestic and American series during the 2000s, Great Movies was scaled back, then replaced in 2008 by reruns, reality shows and infomercials. The station attracted attention and controversy by airing The Baby Blue Movie , a softcore pornography film showcase on Friday nights after midnight. Although this programming block
2838-506: The Netherlands and Flanders on March 1, 2017, initially exclusively to the cable-operator Ziggo , owned by VodafoneZiggo . Viceland had concluded a deal with Liberty Global , 50% owner of VodafoneZiggo. On June 15, 2017, Viceland started with the local cable operator Caiway . Only on July 18, 2018, Viceland managed to obtain distribution with KPN , a national provider and competitor to Ziggo, resulting in nationwide availability. At
2924-541: The Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) from 3 p.m.-6 a.m. CT daily, beginning on January 2, 2012. This program block followed the national program grid of Citytv and was known on-air as "Citytv on SCN". Shortly after, on January 17, 2012, Rogers announced its intent to acquire SCN from Bluepoint. The deal gave the Citytv system stations in all provinces west of Quebec and south of the federal territories of Northern Canada . The sale
3010-591: The Citytv stations have been sparse over the years. Between 2005 and 2014, the predominant sports property on Citytv was coverage of the National Football League . Craig Media (then-owners of the current Citytv stations in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary) owned the rights to Monday Night Football in the early 2000s, and these rights moved to Citytv for MNF ' s final season on ABC in 2005, before being moved again to TSN in 2006. Following
3096-548: The Pattison stations began to carry 90% of Citytv's primetime programming and the majority of its morning and daytime programming from the programming grid of CKVU-DT, including simulcasts of the Vancouver edition of Breakfast Television . Unlike CKVU, the Pattison stations continue to produce midday and evening local newscasts. Meanwhile, on December 20, 2011, Bluepoint Investment Corporation announced an affiliation agreement with Rogers Communications to air Citytv programming on
3182-587: The Sportsnet channels: the 2012 Rogers Cup , and the 2012 Davis Cup World Group Play-off between Canada and South Africa . On November 26, 2013, Rogers announced a 12-year, $ 5.2 billion deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder to the National Hockey League in the 2014–15 season . Beginning in October 2014, Citytv began to broadcast NHL games produced by Sportsnet as part of Hockey Night in Canada , and Rogers Hometown Hockey ,
3268-492: The Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch 'Ancient Aliens' —a series in which Action Bronson watches episodes of Ancient Aliens with guests whilst smoking marijuana, Black Market — a series in which Michael K. Williams explores underground economies around the world, the U.S. premieres of Cyberwar and Dead Set on Life , Party Legends — a show about re-enactments of entertaining party stories, WOMAN —
3354-564: The United States) is a brand used for television channels owned and programmed by Vice Media . The brand launched on February 29, 2016, with two cable channels in North America. The American version (rebranded from H2 ) is a joint venture majority-owned by A&E Networks (who owns a stake in Vice Media, alongside a separate ownership stake by A&E's co-owner, The Walt Disney Company ). A Canadian version (rebranded from
3440-667: The Winnipeg and Edmonton editions of Breakfast Television ; in Winnipeg, it was replaced by a simulcast of the morning show from co-owned radio station CITI-FM , and the Edmonton edition was replaced by the spin-off Dinner Television , an evening newsmagazine and discussion program which did not feature original news reporting. On June 5, 2017, Rogers announced that it would relaunch local CityNews evening newscasts across its stations, which would air at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. nightly. The Edmonton and Winnipeg newscasts premiered on September 4, 2017, followed by Calgary, Montreal, and Vancouver on September 3, 2018. Sports broadcasts on
3526-485: The afternoon American Thanksgiving games until the 2017 season , when these rights were acquired by TSN. Under Rogers ownership, Citytv has aired occasional sports broadcasts as an overflow channel for co-owned Sportsnet, such as a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification group-stage match between Canada and Panama on September 11, 2012, in simulcast with Sportsnet One . It has also broadcast supplementary coverage of two tennis events that were primarily broadcast by
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3612-691: The air in October 2001 using the same format as CITY-TV. CKVU became known as "Citytv Vancouver" on July 22, 2002. Prior to CHUM's acquisition of CKVU, some Citytv programming were split between KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington , which is close to Vancouver, and CTV-owned CIVT-TV , during the 1990s and early 2000s when Citytv did not have a station in Vancouver; CHAN-TV , then a CTV affiliate, also aired some Citytv programs, such as CityLine . The WIC stations in Alberta (including CITV-TV and CICT-TV ) bought provincial rights to some Citytv programs prior to
3698-434: The cable-only Saskatchewan Communications Network and Montreal's CJNT-DT . At one point, Citytv also existed in Barcelona and San Juan, Puerto Rico . While patterned after the original station in Toronto, since the 2000s, and particularly since its acquisition by Rogers, Citytv has moved towards a series-based prime time schedule much like its competitors, albeit one still focused on younger demographics. The licence of
3784-474: The channel has featured less programming from Vice. A Canadian version launched concurrently with the U.S. version as a relaunch of The Biography Channel , with Rogers Media as a managing partner. Separately, plans were made with V Media Group to create a channel in French Canada. To comply with Canadian content regulations, it also produced some of its own programming (sourced primarily from
3870-601: The channel which is available in Ireland. Low ratings were reported of the British and Irish version, where some programs premiered to viewership so low that they failed to register ratings. A Sky representative defended the channel, noting the steady growth and accolades of the U.S. network. On July 17, 2017, Viceland launched a block of late night anime in partnership with Anime Limited . Viceland changed its name to Vice on TV in 2018. As of July 21, 2018, Vice on TV
3956-609: The channel's main goal was "trying not to be shitty". Viceland originally focused primarily on lifestyle content; in the U.S., Vice News content (including its series Vice News Tonight ) would remain largely exclusive to Vice's existing joint venture with HBO. Jonze stated that unlike the HBO content, Viceland would be "far from objective [reporting]". Vice Media plans to enter into similar partnerships in international markets to further expand Viceland. The Walt Disney Company , who co-owns A&E Networks with Hearst Corporation , made
4042-512: The company chose to retain CP24, and the channel was re-aligned with CFTO (CTV). As a replacement, Rogers received approval for, and launched, CityNews Channel in October 2011. The network was modelled on Rogers-owned radio station CFTR 680 , and featured news, weather, traffic reports, and other content drawing from the resources of Rogers properties such as Maclean's and Sportsnet . On May 30, 2013, as part of budget cuts, Rogers announced that
4128-419: The content produced for VBS.tv, resulting in the creation of television specials that compiled content from the service (in the U.S., these aired on MTV2 ). Vice later produced a series for MTV, The Vice Guide to Everything . In 2013, Vice premiered a self-titled newsmagazine series for HBO . The following year, HBO's parent company Time Warner expressed interest in acquiring a stake in Vice, and proposed
4214-625: The divestment, CTV would have exceeded the CRTC's concentration of media ownership limits. CTV announced on June 11, 2007, that it would retain the A-Channel stations, and sell the Citytv stations to Rogers Communications for $ 375 million. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28 and was completed on October 31, 2007. On September 8, 2009, CITY Toronto moved to its current location at Yonge-Dundas Square at 33 Dundas Street East . On December 6, 2010, CityNews Tonight Toronto anchor and continuity announcer Mark Dailey died after
4300-642: The fact that reporters are so-called "one-man bands", Citytv embraced the use of video journalism by highlighting the use of technology; Citytv 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. At one time, Citytv's Toronto flagship CITY-TV produced more local programs than any other television station in Canada, and more local programming than any other station in North America other than Boston 's WCVB-TV . Citytv produced shows such as Speakers' Corner , CityLine and
4386-705: The format when it acquired four Ontario stations 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. Until 1997, CHUM owned two television outlets in Atlantic Canada :
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#17327836562544472-610: The intention of making it a newest Citytv station. CHUM planned on spending $ 8.03 million on British Columbia-based independent productions, $ 5.95 million on local news and information programming, and $ 1.37 million on local culture, social policy, and talent development over a period of seven years. A similar application was filed in 1996 by the CRTC but was dropped in favor of Baton launching CIVT-TV in 1997. CHUM gained CRTC approval for its acquisition of CKVU on October 15, 2001. Meanwhile, CIVI-TV in Victoria, British Columbia went on
4558-590: The launch of CKAL and CKEM in 1997. On April 12, 2004, CHUM Limited announced a deal to purchase Craig Media for $ 265 million. The move came more than a month after the CRTC denied CHUM's applications for new Calgary and Edmonton stations, which they applied back in 2003, because the market did not have sufficient advertising revenue to support a new entrant. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004. CHUM had to sell off Toronto 1 because it already owned stations in Toronto and nearby Barrie ; Toronto 1
4644-619: The launch of the Dutch version on the national IPTV provider Proximus. In October 2017 also VOO (operator for French speaking Belgium) and provider Orange started distributing Viceland giving Viceland national distribution in Belgium. In the Netherlands and Flanders, the television channel was renamed to Vice TV on November 1, 2019. Vice TV ceased existing in the Netherlands and Flanders on August 24, 2020. A Viceland programming block
4730-481: The metropolitan areas of Toronto , Montreal , Winnipeg , Calgary , Edmonton , and Vancouver , a cable-only service that serves the province of Saskatchewan , and three independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities in Alberta and British Columbia . There is also one station using the brand name serving Bogotá , Colombia . The Citytv brand name originates from its flagship station, CITY-TV in Toronto,
4816-593: The morning and daytime hours. Due to the structural problems facing the conventional television industry in Canada and the Great Recession , Rogers Media announced cost-cutting measures at the Citytv stations on January 19, 2010, which included massive layoffs and the cancellation of the following newscasts: CITY-DT used to operate CP24 , a cable news channel covering the Greater Toronto Area . During CTVglobemedia's purchase of CHUM Limited,
4902-451: The network would be shut down. Citytv continued to produce Breakfast Television for all markets, and 6:00 p.m. and late-night CityNews Tonight in Toronto only (the evening newscasts in Toronto excluded weekend broadcasts until March 2011; the 5 p.m. newscast, meanwhile, would return in September 2011). 60 employees (including long-time Toronto news anchor Anne Mroczkowski ) were laid off across Canada. In 2015, Rogers cancelled
4988-450: The network's launch programs were hosted by existing Vice personalities such as Action Bronson and Thomas Morton , as well as notable figures such as Eddie Huang , Elliot Page , and Lance Bangs . Vice's first foray into television was VBS.tv , an online video joint venture with Viacom 's MTV Networks division (specifically, MTV and Logo TV ). As part of the venture, MTV Networks had international television distribution rights for
5074-662: The only Citytv stations producing midday or evening newscasts. The Pattison stations use their individual callsigns, instead of branding under the Citytv name and do not use the CityNews title for their weekday newscasts. Four of City's five other owned-and-operated broadcast stations (CKVU-DT, CKAL-DT , CKEM-DT and CHMI-DT ) only produce localized versions of the morning program franchise Breakfast Television . Citytv Saskatchewan, meanwhile, does not carry any local programming, and would be unable to broadcast Breakfast Television due to its mandate of airing educational programming in
5160-423: The original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC, was awarded in Toronto on November 25, 1971 by Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd., which consisted of – among others – Phyllis Switzer, Moses Znaimer , Jerry Grafstein and Edgar Cowan. The four principal owners raised over $ 2 million to help start up the station, with Grafstein raising about 50% of the required funds, Znaimer raising around 25%, and
5246-446: The possibility of Vice taking over its struggling cable news channel HLN , and revamping it as a millennial -focused service drawing from its own content. However, the deal fell through due to concerns regarding editorial control. On August 29, 2014, A&E Networks —a joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company —acquired a 10% minority stake in Vice Media for $ 250 million. On October 30, 2014, Vice announced
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#17327836562545332-437: The program's re-launch, the U.S. network was quietly renamed Vice TV . On November 15, 2016, Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) re-launched its SBS2 channel as SBS Viceland . The re-branded channel initially featured Viceland's programming and other newly commissioned content, alongside original news, entertainment, and sports programming carried over from its previous branding. In recent years,
5418-424: The proposed studio as "a powerhouse for Canadian digital content focused on 18- to 34-year-olds" which would be "exciting" and "provocative". In 2015, Rogers-owned television network City introduced Vice on City —an anthology series featuring short-form content produced by Vice's Canadian outlets and reporters. The Vice company had previously moved from Montreal to New York City due to difficulties in reaching
5504-545: The ratings of the stations with the new moniker. The change took effect on August 2 of the same year, when the A-Channel name was transferred to CHUM's NewNet stations. On July 12, 2006, CHUM announced that it would dramatically reduce its newsgathering operations in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg, as well as in several other cities. It laid off 281 part- and full-time employees, effectively cancelleing its supper-hour, late-night and weekend newscasts, laying off hundreds of news department staff among 281 job cuts. In
5590-547: The re-branding of its A-Channel system in Central Canada as Citytv in August 2005. CHUM Limited was acquired by CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media ) in 2007; to comply with Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ownership limits, the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers. The network grew through further affiliations with three Jim Pattison Group -owned stations, along with Rogers' acquisition of
5676-454: The remainder being accrued by Switzer and Cowan. CITY-TV began broadcasting on September 28, 1972 for the first time using the "Citytv" brand and initially operated as an independent station , and its transmitter operated at an effective radiated power of 31 kW . The station operated from studio facilities located at 99 Queen Street East, near Church Street, at the former Electric Circus nightclub. The station lost money early on, and
5762-494: The request, Rogers had hinted that a similar agreement had been tentatively reached with EastLink , the main cable provider in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island . In 2000, after Canwest Global Communications acquired the assets of Western International Communications which led to a network shuffle in Vancouver , CHUM applied to the CRTC to acquire CKVU-TV (Global Vancouver) on July 26, 2001 for $ 175 million, with
5848-448: The result of Industry Canada 's decision to reassign frequencies corresponding to high-band UHF channels 70 to 83 to the new AMPS mobile phone systems as a result of a CCIR international convention in 1982. In 1981, CITY was purchased outright by CHUM with the sale of Moses Znaimer's interest in the station. Znaimer remained with the station as an executive until 2003, when he retired from his management role but continued to work with
5934-490: The sale to Rogers, CKVU carried Sunday afternoon "late window" (4:00/4:15 p.m. ET, 1:00/1:15 p.m. PT) games during the 2007 season (as did Omni Television station CJMT in Toronto). From the 2008 season through 2013 , all Citytv stations carried Sunday late-window games. After rights to late games were acquired by CTV (who also airs early games), Sportsnet and Citytv maintained rights to Thursday Night Football and
6020-541: The same month, Citytv Toronto became the first television station in Canada to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . The following year on June 8, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the CRTC made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv, because there were already CTV owned-and-operated stations serving the same cities ( CFTO-TV Toronto, CIVT-TV Vancouver, CFCN-TV Calgary, CFRN-TV Edmonton, and CKY-TV Winnipeg). Without
6106-529: The same time distribution started with T-Mobile Thuis , another national operator. Viceland Nederland produces a few Dutch productions and was in the beginning of its existence in the news for having a documentary with Geert Wilders. In Belgium, Viceland Vlaanderen started with Telenet, the Flemish cableprovider majority owned by Liberty Global on March 1, 2017. Viceland Belgique, a French-speaking Belgian version of Viceland started on June 1, 2017, together with
6192-488: The station on some production projects. CITY and the other CHUM-owned television properties moved their operations to the company's headquarters at 299 Queen Street West in May 1987, which became one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city. On March 30, 1998, CHUM launched CablePulse 24 ( CP24 ), a local cable news channel whose programming used anchors from and featured reports filed by CITY-TV's news staff, rebroadcasts of
6278-664: The station's CityPulse newscasts and select programming from CITY and other CHUM stations. CHUM added CITY-TV's three rebroadcast transmitters in Woodstock (CITY-TV-2 on channel 31, which also served nearby London ) on September 1, 1986, while another transmitter was set up in Ottawa in 1996 (CITY-TV-3 on channel 65). CITY-TV's groundbreaking format became successful when CHUM dropped CKVR's longtime affiliation with CBC Television on September 1, 1995 and relaunched it as an independent station . Eventually, CHUM began to replicate
6364-412: The stations continue to use the same branding and logos they used as affiliates of the E! system. The Pattison-owned Citytv affiliates produce local newscasts, but do not produce their own versions of Breakfast Television nor title their midday and evening newscasts under the CityNews brand like the Citytv owned-and-operated stations do. Through a long-term affiliation renewal agreement on May 3, 2012,
6450-449: The system's first television station located east of the Greater Toronto Area . On December 20, 2012, the CRTC approved the acquisition of CJNT and Rogers' request to convert the station from multicultural to a conventional English-language station. The station began carrying the full Citytv schedule on February 4, 2013, turning Citytv from a television system into a full-fledged network. Rogers will produce 15.5 hours of local programming
6536-532: The thirty original programs planned were produced in Canada, including Cyberwar — which focuses on cyberterrorism , and Dead Set on Life — an expansion of Matty Matheson's food-oriented web series Keep It Canada . Prior to its North American launch, Vice ran newspaper ads for Viceland, containing only the network's name and a phone number that, when called, invited viewers to contribute answers to questions. Pre-launch programming for Viceland began on February 29, 2016, at 5:00 a.m. ET in Canada (with Bar Talk ,
6622-405: The world, the music documentary series Noisey , Vice World of Sports , and Weediquette — which focuses on the mainstream cannabis culture and industry. Blocks of existing short-form content from Vice ( Vice Lab ) are also featured, along with other, acquired content— such as Friday-night airings of cult films accompanied by Vice Guide to Film documentaries on their directors. Ten of
6708-517: Was aired on Outdoor Channel in Malaysia from August 2016. City (TV network) Citytv (sometimes shortened to City , which was the network's official branding from 2012 to 2018) is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications . The network consists of six owned-and-operated (O&O) television stations located in
6794-496: Was approved in late June 2012 by the CRTC and Rogers relaunched SCN as Citytv Saskatchewan on July 1. Rogers plans to invest in the station's infrastructure, and also launch a high definition feed. In Montreal, Rogers announced its intent to acquire multicultural station CJNT-DT from Toronto-based Channel Zero on May 3, 2012, and announced an affiliation agreement with the station, effective June 4, 2012. This gave Citytv stations in all provinces west of Atlantic Canada as well as
6880-459: Was cancelled on April 15. That month, Viceland also premiered Dark Side of the Ring , a documentary series on controversial events in professional wrestling . The series would become Viceland's highest-rated premiere, and was renewed for a second season. After HBO ended its partnership with Vice News, Vice News Tonight was subsequently picked up by Viceland. In February 2020, in the lead-up to
6966-533: Was discontinued in the 1980s, it was reinstated on CITY and CKVU throughout most of the 2000s, until its ownership change to Rogers Communications. This, along with the 'hide away' place on the UHF dial formed the basis of fictional station "CIVIC TV" (Channel 83, Cable 12) in David Cronenberg 's Videodrome , which is set in Toronto. Citytv was one of the first television stations in Canada to implement
7052-574: Was in debt by 1975. Multiple Access Ltd. (the owners of CFCF-TV in Montreal ) purchased a 45% interest in the station, and sold its stake to CHUM Limited , the parent company of CKVR-TV in Barrie , Ontario in 1978. On May 1, 1976, the station's main transmitter began broadcasting at 208 kW from the CN Tower . The station switched channel allocations on July 1, 1983, moving to UHF channel 57,
7138-419: Was produced in Toronto for broadcast on the western Canadian stations and on CHUM's Toronto news channel CP24 . The Edmonton and Calgary stations also began broadcasting a daily 30-minute magazine show, Your City , instead of a full-fledged newscast. The Vancouver news operation, which had operated for 30 years under various owners and station identities, was not maintained aside from Breakfast Television . In
7224-512: Was sold to Quebecor Media , owners of the media units TVA and Sun Media . In February 2005, CHUM announced it would align Craig's A-Channel stations with its existing major-market stations under the Citytv brand. No other significant changes were made, since the A-Channel stations's on-air look had always been very similar to that of Citytv; they initially retained their local programs, relaunched under Citytv's Breakfast Television morning brand and CityNews news brand. CHUM hoped to lift
7310-502: Was the original home of FashionTelevision , SexTV and MediaTelevision . Many of these series were not exclusively focused on Toronto – FT , for instance, consisted largely of foreign runway footage – and are easily syndicated to other outlets. The latter three shows are now owned by CTVglobemedia as a result of its takeover of CHUM and subsequent divestiture of the Citytv stations. CITY prominently broadcast feature films during primetime, in late night and on weekends as part of
7396-478: Was to make its lineup have "a reason to exist and a strong point of view", rather than be just a "collection of shows". Jonze explained that Viceland would continue to reflect Vice's core mission of "trying to understand the world we live in by producing pieces about things we're curious about or confused about or that we think are funny. And if it doesn't have a strong point of view, then it shouldn't be on this channel." Vice co-founder and CEO Shane Smith stated that
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