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21-596: VisionTV is currently owned by ZoomerMedia , a company controlled by Moses Znaimer . VisionTV's funding comes from cable subscription fees, viewer donations, advertising revenues and the sale of airtime to faith groups. Licensed in December 1987 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the channel was launched on September 1, 1988 under the ownership of a nonprofit organization that eventually evolved into S-VOX . It

42-573: A new logo and on-air identity for the channel with the tagline, "Zoomer Television" (Zoomer being a word coined by Znaimer meaning " boomers with zip"), emphasizing its focus on more general entertainment programming for the 45 and older demographic. In August 2013, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) denied Vision's application to continue mandatory carriage which had required all Canadian cable systems to carry

63-678: A pilot episode for the winning proposal. Two noted Canadian series, Lord Have Mercy! and Da Kink in My Hair , have been developed from pilots commissioned by VisionTV. VisionTV also commissioned and aired 2010 comedy series She's the Mayor . On March 23, 2017, ZoomerMedia launched VisionTV HD, a 1080i high definition simulcast of the standard definition feed. The HD feed is currently available on Bell Satellite TV , Bell Fibe TV , Bell Aliant Fibe TV , Rogers Cable , Optik TV , and Shaw Direct . ZoomerMedia ZoomerMedia Limited

84-519: A television system known as Joytv until August 2013 when CIIT was rebranded as "Hope TV" and dropped all non-religious programming. As Joytv, they were licensed as religious television stations that air religious-based programs in addition to other family friendly and entertainment programs. Both were previously owned by S-VOX. They had previously been a part of the Omni Television system, having been previously owned by Trinity Television before

105-643: Is a Canadian media company controlled by Moses Znaimer , the founder of the Citytv network. Originally focusing on properties targeting what the company calls "zoomers", or the 45+ demographic, in 2022, the company began expanding the company's target audience by acquiring youth-focused properties BlogTO and Daily Hive . ZoomerMedia was formed in December 2007 following Znaimer's acquisition and merger of Kemur Publishing, publishers of CARP Magazine, and website operator Fifty-Plus.Net International. It provides marketing, membership, and other services to CARP (formerly

126-405: Is the last to suffer a loss due to the lower bandwidth requirements. Standards that support digital SDTV broadcast include DVB , ATSC , and ISDB . The last two were originally developed for HDTV , but are also used for their ability to deliver multiple SD video and audio streams via multiplexing . The two SDTV signal types are 576i (with 576 interlaced lines of resolution, derived from

147-467: The "ZoomerMedia" group. These included southern Ontario classical music radio stations CFMZ-FM and CFMX-FM ( Classical 96.3 and Classical 103.1 respectively), adult standards station CFZM Toronto ( AM 740 ), and the annual IdeaCity conference. In June 2009, ZoomerMedia Limited announced a deal to acquire the broadcasting assets of S-VOX , which includes conventional stations CHNU-TV and CIIT-TV along with specialty channels VisionTV and One:

168-923: The Body, Mind & Spirit channel , for $ 25 million. As part of the transaction and a related private placement , Znaimer also merged MZ Media into ZoomerMedia. Following the transactions (which required the approval of minority shareholders and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Znaimer owns 66% of the combined company, and insurance company Fairfax Financial owns 28%. All of these transactions were completed on June 30, 2010. Later, on September 28, 2010, ZoomerMedia relocated its headquarters to 64 Jefferson Avenue. In 2022, ZoomerMedia began acquiring more youth-focused online properties, including BlogTO and Daily Hive . On February 8, 2024, Bell Media announced that it would sell its Owen Sound adult hits station CJOS-FM to ZoomerMedia. ZoomerMedia's two conventional stations were part of

189-535: The Canadian Association of Retired Persons), of which Znaimer serves as executive director, and publishes Zoomer Magazine (the renamed CARP Magazine). The company also operates several Internet properties including a portal and a social networking site, all targeted to older adult audiences. In addition, Znaimer previously personally owned a variety of other assets through his privately held company, MZ Media, that were also unofficially considered part of

210-566: The European-developed PAL and SECAM systems), and 480i (with 480 interlaced lines of resolution, based on the American NTSC system). SDTV refresh rates are 25, 29.97 and 30 frames per second , again based on the analog systems mentioned. In North America, digital SDTV is broadcast in the same 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio as NTSC signals, with widescreen content often being center cut . In other parts of

231-517: The actual image and 16 pixels are reserved for horizontal blanking, though a number of broadcasters fill the whole 720 frames. The display ratio for broadcast widescreen is commonly 16:9 (pixel aspect ratio of 40:33 for anamorphic ); the display ratio for a traditional or letterboxed broadcast is 4:3 (pixel aspect ratio of 10:11). An SDTV image outside the constraints of the SMPTE standards requires no non-proportional scaling with 640 pixels (defined by

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252-595: The channel. In the spring of 2021, a similarly branded and programmed channel, Zoomer TV, launched in the United States on the online streaming service, Distro TV. The channel broadcasts programming aimed at the 45 and over demographic. VisionTV's programming consists of two programming streams: Mosaic and Cornerstone . Its Mosaic block consists of faith related programming representing 75 faith groups within various religious denominations, including Catholics , Protestants , Muslims , Sikhs and Hindus . While

273-408: The image. Nominal analog blanking should not be confused with overscan , as overscan areas are part of the actual 4:3 or 16:9 image. For SMPTE 259M-C compliance, an SDTV broadcast image is scaled to 720 pixels wide for every 480 NTSC (or 576 PAL) lines of the image with the amount of non-proportional line scaling dependent on either the display or pixel aspect ratio . Only 704 center pixels contain

294-414: The sale to Rogers. Rogers sold the two stations to S-VOX on March 31, 2008. Standard-definition television Standard-definition television ( SDTV ; also standard definition or SD ) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition . Standard refers to offering a similar resolution to the analog broadcast systems used when it

315-900: The station sells time to several television evangelists , most of its Christian programming tends to originate from more mainstream denominations such as the United Church of Canada and the Catholic Church - although United Church of Canada stopped producing its weekly program in 2008 due to a poor time slot, high costs of airtime and lack of viewership. VisionTV's Cornerstone programs include music, feature films, dramas, comedies, documentaries and programming on social issues that explore spirituality, morality, and cultural diversity as well as other general entertainment programming. The network also sponsors an annual Canadian drama competition, which solicits television series proposals revolving around faith and cultural diversity and then funds

336-528: The video into a pillarbox . The pixel aspect ratio is the same for 720- and 704-pixel resolutions because the visible image (be it 4:3 or 16:9) is contained in the center 704 horizontal pixels of the digital frame. In the case of a digital video line having 720 horizontal pixels (including horizontal blanking), only the center 704 pixels contain the actual 4:3 or 16:9 image, and the 8-pixel-wide stripes on either side are called nominal analog blanking or horizontal blanking and should be discarded when displaying

357-468: The world that used the PAL or SECAM color systems, digital standard-definition television is now usually shown with a 16:9 aspect ratio , with the transition occurring between the mid-1990s and late-2000s depending on the region. Older programs with a 4:3 aspect ratio are broadcast with a flag that switches the display to 4:3. Some broadcasters prefer to reduce the horizontal resolution by anamorphically scaling

378-492: Was criticized in 1997 for moving Vision to Channel 59 on its Toronto system, rendering it inaccessible to many apartment residents because 59 is the channel most commonly overridden by the lobby camera service in apartment buildings. After Vision protested, Rogers offered to put Vision on channel 78 as well, but Vision turned that down because many of its viewers' sets can't reach that far. Network vice-president Rita Deverell , who hosted interstitial segments between programs,

399-438: Was initially one of Canada's more popular cable channels. However, with the proliferation of new cable channels, it has been moved up the dial by carriers and become less available to audiences, causing a drop in its viewership. VisionTV lacked clout with cable carriers as it was then a one-channel operation owned by a not-for-profit organization rather than a large commercial entity operating many channels. Notably, Rogers Cable

420-645: Was introduced. SDTV originated from the need for a standard to digitize analog TV (defined in BT.601 ) and is now used for digital TV broadcasts and home appliances such as game consoles and DVD disc players. Digital SDTV broadcast eliminates the ghosting and noisy images associated with analog systems. However, if the reception has interference or is poor, where the error correction cannot compensate one will encounter various other artifacts such as image freezing, stuttering, or dropouts from missing intra-frames or blockiness from missing macroblocks . The audio encoding

441-464: Was the network's most prominent on-air personality from its launch until she left in 2002 to work for APTN . In June 2009, S-VOX announced it would sell its broadcasting assets to ZoomerMedia , a company controlled by Moses Znaimer . The sale was approved by the CRTC on March 30, 2010. ZoomerMedia assumed control of S-VOX's broadcasting assets on June 30, 2010. In December 2010, ZoomerMedia introduced

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