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Citytv
TypeBroadcasttelevision network
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaCanada
AffiliatesSee§ Citytv stations
Headquarters33 Dundas Street East,Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerRogers Communications
ParentRogers Sports & Media
Key peopleTony Staffieri - Rogers Communications Interim President & CEO
Jordan Banks - President of Rogers Sports & Media
Bart Yabsley - President, Sportsnet and NHL Network, Rogers Sports & Media
Sister channelsOmni Television
Sportsnet
OLN
FX
FXX
TSC
WWE Network
Citytv (Bogotá)
Former:
CP24(1998–2007)
NewNet/A-Channel(1995–2007)
ASN(1983–2008)
MuchMusic(1984–2007)
MuchMoreMusic(1998–2007)
Bravo!(1995–2007)
Star!(1999–2007)
FashionTelevision(2001–2007)
Access(1995–2007)
Space(1997–2007)
SexTV: The Channel(2001–2007)
BookTelevision(2001–2007)
Drive-In Classics(2001–2007)
History
LaunchedSeptember 28, 1972
(First aired inToronto)
July 22, 2002
(first national expansion)
February 4, 2013
(current national footprint)
FounderPhyllis Switzer,Moses Znaimer,Jerry Grafsteinand Edgar Cowan, among others
Former namesCity (December 2012–September 2018)
Links
Websitewww.citytv
Availability
Streaming media
Amazon PrimeOver-the-top TV

Citytv(sometimes shortened toCity,which was the network's official branding from 2012 to 2018) is aCanadiantelevision networkowned by theRogers Sports & Mediasubsidiary ofRogers Communications.The network consists of sixowned-and-operated(O&O) television stations located in the metropolitan areas ofToronto,Montreal,Winnipeg,Calgary,Edmonton,andVancouver,a cable-only service that serves the province ofSaskatchewan,and three independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities inAlbertaandBritish Columbia.

The Citytv brand name originates from its flagship station,CITY-TVin Toronto, 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 companyCHUM Limited's acquisition of formerGlobalowned-and-operated stationCKVU-TVin Vancouver, followed by its purchase ofCraig Media's stations and the re-branding of itsA-ChannelsysteminCentral Canadaas Citytv in August 2005. CHUM Limited was acquired by CTVglobemedia (nowBell Media) in 2007; to comply withCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) ownership limits, the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers. The network grew through further affiliations with threeJim Pattison Group-owned stations, along with Rogers' acquisition of the cable-onlySaskatchewan Communications Networkand Montreal'sCJNT-DT.

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.

History

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See also:2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment
299 Queen Street West,the previous home of Citytv Toronto from 1987 to 2009.

The licence of the original Citytv station, granted thecallsignofCITY-TVby the CRTC, was awarded in Toronto on November 25, 1971,[1]and began broadcasting for the first time using the "Citytv" brand on September 28, 1972, under the ownership of Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd. with its studios located at 99 Queen Street East near Church Street. The station was in debt by 1975. Multiple Access Ltd. (then-owners ofCFCF-TVinMontreal) purchased a 45% interest in the station, and sold its stake toCHUM Limitedthree years later. CHUM Limited acquired the station outright in 1981. Broadcasting onUHFchannel 79 during its first decade, the station moved to channel 57 in 1983, until moving to channel 44 with the digital transition (though mapping asvirtual channel57.1). In 1987, the station moved its headquarters to299 Queen Street West,formerly known as theRyerson PressBuilding (then known as the CHUM-City Building); one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city.

Citytv gained a second station in Vancouver when CHUM boughtCKVU-TVfromCanwest Global Communicationsin 2001. The station became known as "Citytv Vancouver" on July 22, 2002. Prior to CHUM's acquisition of CKVU, some Citytv programming was syndicated toKVOS-TVin nearbyBellingham, Washington.

Citytv Building atThe Forks,inWinnipeg,Manitoba.

In 2004, CHUM boughtCraig Media,parent of theA-Channelsystem inManitobaandAlberta.The Craig-owned A-Channel stations were relaunched as Citytv on August 2, 2005; the same date that CHUM's NewNet stations, includingCKVR-TV,CHWI-TVandCFPL-TV,were rebranded under the A-Channel banner.

Citytv news vehicle in Edmonton

CHUM Limitedannounced plans to sell its broadcasting assets toCTVparentCTVglobemediaon July 12, 2006. CTVgm intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM'sA-Channelstations and Alberta cable channelAccessto get the CRTC to approve the acquisition.[2]On the same day that the takeover was announced, Citytv cancelled its supper-hour, late-night and weekend newscasts at its local Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary & Winnipeg stations, laying off hundreds of news department staff.

In October 2006, Citytv launched a daily national newscast,CityNews International,which was produced in Toronto for broadcast on the western Canadian stations and on CHUM's Toronto news channelCP24.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 fromBreakfast Television.In the same month, Citytv Toronto became the first television station in Canada to begin broadcasting its local newscasts inhigh 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 CTVowned-and-operated stationsserving the same cities (CFTO-TVToronto,CIVT-TVVancouver,CFCN-TVCalgary,CFRN-TVEdmonton, andCKY-TVWinnipeg). Without the divestment, CTV would have exceeded the CRTC'sconcentration of media ownershiplimits. CTV announced on June 11, 2007, that it would retain the A-Channel stations, and sell the Citytv stations toRogers Communicationsfor $375 million.[3][4]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 atYonge-Dundas Squareat33 Dundas Street East.[5]

Logo used from 2012-2018 when branded as "City".

On December 6, 2010,CityNews TonightToronto anchor and continuity announcerMark Daileydied after a long battle with cancer.[6]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.[7]For the2018-19 television season,the network reintroduced its original "Citytv" branding,[8]and its social media accounts.[9]

Expanding into a national footprint

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TheJim Pattison Groupannounced in July 2009 that its three television stations in western Canada (CKPG-TV,CFJC-TV,andCHAT-TV), formerly affiliated withE!,would join Citytv starting on September 1, 2009.[10]These stations do not carry the Citytv branding; instead, 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 ofBreakfast Televisionnor title their midday and evening newscasts under theCityNewsbrand like the Citytv owned-and-operated stations do. Through a long-term affiliation renewal agreement on May 3, 2012, 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 ofBreakfast Television.Unlike CKVU, the Pattison stations continue to produce midday and evening local newscasts.[11]

Meanwhile, on December 20, 2011, Bluepoint Investment Corporation announced an affiliation agreement with Rogers Communications to air Citytv programming on theSaskatchewan Communications Network(SCN) from 3 p.m.-6 a.m.CTdaily, 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 thefederal territories of Northern Canada.[12]The sale 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.[13]

In Montreal, Rogers announced its intent to acquire multicultural stationCJNT-DTfrom Toronto-basedChannel Zeroon May 3, 2012 and announced an affiliation agreement with the station, effective June 4, 2012. This gave Citytv stations in all provinces west ofAtlantic Canadaas well as the system's first television station located east of theGreater Toronto Area.[14]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 atelevision systeminto a full-fledged network.[15]Rogers will produce 15.5 hours of local programming a week for CJNT (including a local edition ofBreakfast Television), and agreed to contribute funding and programming to a newindependent multicultural stationin Montreal.[16][17]

Programming

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Main article:List of programs broadcast by Citytv
Old version of the Citytv logo.

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 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 TorontoflagshipCITY-TV produced more local programs than any other television station in Canada, and more local programming than any other station in North America other thanBoston'sWCVB-TV.Citytv produced shows such asSpeakers' Corner,CityLineand was the original home ofFashionTelevision,SexTVandMediaTelevision.Many of these series were not exclusively focused on Toronto –FT,for instance, consisted largely of foreignrunwayfootage – and are easily syndicated to other outlets. The latter three shows are now owned byCTVglobemediaas a result of its takeover of CHUM and subsequent divestiture of the Citytv stations.

Jill Bellandcovering the 2007Calgary International Film Festivalfor Citytv.

CITY prominently broadcast feature films during primetime, in late night and on weekends as part of theGreat Moviesblock; as Citytv transitioned to a primetime lineup consisting of mainly domestic and American series during the 2000s,Great Movieswas scaled back, then replaced in 2008 by reruns, reality shows and infomercials.

The station attracted attention and controversy by airingThe Baby Blue Movie,asoftcore pornographyfilm showcase on Friday nights after midnight. Although this programming block was discontinued in the 1980s, it was reinstated onCITYandCKVUthroughout most of the 2000s,[18]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) inDavid Cronenberg'sVideodrome,which is set in Toronto.

Citytv was one of the first television stations in Canada to implement a diversity policy in hiring its on-air staff, actively seeking outpeople 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 aNew Year's Evespecial live fromNathan Phillips SquareinDowntown Toronto.Most recently known as theCity 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'sDick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eveinstead of airing its own full special, though it continued to sponsor (and air some coverage of) the New Year's event in Toronto.[19][20]

News

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Main article:CityNews
The CITY/OMNIbuilding
33 Dundas Street East,Toronto

Citytv Toronto'sCityNews,which used to be known asCityPulse,had developed 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 affiliatesCFJC-TV,CKPG-TVandCHAT-TVare 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 theCityNewstitle for their weekday newscasts. Four of City's five other owned-and-operated broadcast stations (CKVU-DT,CKAL-DT,CKEM-DTandCHMI-DT) only produce localized versions of the morning program franchiseBreakfast Television.Citytv Saskatchewan, meanwhile, does not carry any local programming, and would be unable to broadcastBreakfast Televisiondue to its mandate of airing educational programming in the morning and daytime hours.

Due to the ongoing structural problems facing the conventional television industry in Canada and theglobal economic crisis,Rogers Mediaannounced cost-cutting measures at the Citytv stations on January 19, 2010, which included massive layoffs and the cancellation of the following newscasts:

  • CityNews at Noonin Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto
  • Lunch Televisionin Vancouver
  • Your Cityin Calgary and Edmonton, which was an evening replacement for previous CityNews programming that was cancelled in 2006.
  • The satirical news programThe CityNews Listin Vancouver
  • CityOnline,CityNews at Fiveand all weekend news programming in Toronto (the latter two were restored in 2011)
  • City's national and international newscast,CityNews International

CITY-DT used to operateCP24,a cablenews channelcovering theGreater Toronto Area.During CTVglobemedia's purchase of CHUM Limited, the company chose to retain CP24, and the channel was re-aligned withCFTO(CTV). As a replacement, Rogers received approval for, and launched,CityNews Channelin October 2011. The network was modelled on Rogers-owned radio stationCFTR 680,and featured news, weather, traffic reports, and other content drawing from the resources of Rogers properties such asMaclean'sandSportsnet.On May 30, 2013, as part of budget cuts, Rogers announced that the network would be shut down.[21][22]

Citytv continued to produceBreakfast Televisionfor all markets, and 6:00 p.m. and late-nightCityNews Tonightin Toronto only (the evening newscasts in Toronto excluded weekend broadcasts until March 2011; the 5 p.m. newscast, meanwhile, would return in September 2011). Sixty Citytv employees (including long-time Toronto news anchorAnne Mroczkowski) were laid off across Canada.[23][24][25]

In 2015, Rogers cancelled the Winnipeg and Edmonton editions ofBreakfast Television;in Winnipeg, it was replaced by a simulcast of the morning show from co-owned radio stationCITI-FM,and the Edmonton edition was replaced by the spin-offDinner Television,which focuses on local events and does not feature original news reporting.[26][27][28]

On June 5, 2017, Rogers announced that it would expand theCityNewsbrand to its other O&O markets, reversing the 2008 discontinuance of conventional newscasts on City's stations outside of Toronto. The network was relaunched local evening newscasts (airing as one-hour broadcasts at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.) on its owned-and-operated stations in Edmonton and Winnipeg on September 4, 2017, followed by the launch of evening newscasts on its O&Os in Calgary, Montreal, and Vancouver in the winter of early 2018.[29]

Sports

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National broadcasts

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Sports broadcasts on the Citytv stations have been sparse over the years. Between 2005 and 2014, the predominant sports property on Citytv was coverage of theNational Football League.

Craig Media(then-owners of the current Citytv stations in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary) owned the rights toMonday Night Footballin the early 2000s, and these rights moved to Citytv forMNF's final season on ABC in 2005, before being moved again toTSNin 2006. Following the sale to Rogers,CKVUcarried Sunday afternoon "late window" (4:00/4:15 p.m. ET, 1:00/1:15 p.m. PT) games during the2007 season(as didOmni TelevisionstationCJMTin Toronto). From the2008 seasonthrough2013,all Citytv stations carried Sunday late-window games. After rights to late games were acquired byCTV(who also airs early games), Sportsnet and Citytv maintained rights toThursday Night Footballand the afternoonAmerican Thanksgiving gamesuntil the2017 season,when these rights were acquired by TSN.[30][31]

Under Rogers ownership, Citytv has aired occasional sports broadcasts as an overflow channel for co-owned Sportsnet, such as a2014 FIFA World Cup qualificationgroup-stagematchbetweenCanadaandPanamaon September 11, 2012, in simulcast withSportsnet One.[32]It has also broadcast supplementary coverage of twotennisevents that were primarily broadcast by the Sportsnet channels: the2012 Rogers Cup,and the2012 Davis Cup World Group Play-off between Canada and South Africa.[33][34]

On November 26, 2013, Rogers announced a 12-year, $5.2 billion deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder to theNational Hockey Leaguein the2014–15 season.Beginning in October 2014, Citytv began to broadcast NHL games produced bySportsnetas part ofHockey Night in Canada,andRogers Hometown Hockey,a Sunday night game of the week hosted byRon MacLean.[35][36]Hometown Hockeymoved from Citytv to Sportsnet for the 2015-16 season.[37][38]

Local/regional broadcasts

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  • In addition to NFL regular-season games, CITY also aired someBuffalo Billspreseason games (including those held at the Rogers Centre).
  • The Citytv stations in Alberta (while still branded "A-Channel" ) carried some regional NHL games during their first few years of operation. They occasionally carried regional broadcasts in the event of conflicts with other Sportsnet programming (Sportsnet West being the regional rightsholder to both theEdmonton OilersandCalgary Flames) until December 2009. Similarly, CKVU Vancouver carried two regionalVancouver Canucksbroadcasts during the 2009-10 season, again due to programming conflicts on Sportsnet Pacific. Sportsnet has since preferred the use of regional overflow feeds tied to the license ofSportsnet Onefor these purposes.
  • CITY-TV Toronto broadcast some regular-seasonbasketballgames during the inaugural season of theToronto Raptors.
  • On March 2, 2008, CITY-TV aired its first baseball game, aToronto Blue Jaysspring training game, against theCincinnati Reds.The Blue Jays, like City, are owned by Rogers.
  • CKVU occasionally carried broadcasts ofMajor League Soccer'sVancouver Whitecaps FCas part of Sportsnet's regional broadcast deal with the team from 2010 to 2013.
  • CJNT occasionally carried overflow broadcasts of theMontreal Canadiensas part of Sportsnet's regional broadcast deal with the team from 2014 through 2017.
  • CKEM carriedFC Edmontongames for a period.

Citytv stations

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299 Queen Street West,the headquarters forBell Media,formerly the home of Citytv Toronto. The CHUM and Citytv signs were removed after CTVglobemedia acquired control of CHUM Limited.

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.

Owned-and-operated stations

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City of license/market Station Channel
TV(RF) 		Year of
affiliation 		Owned since Notes
Toronto,Ontario CITY-DT 57.1 (18) 1972 1981 Original Citytv station, flagship
Calgary,Alberta CKAL-DT 5.1 (20) 2005 2004 Former A-Channel station
Edmonton,Alberta CKEM-DT 51.1 (17) 2005 2004 Former A-Channel flagship station
Montreal,Quebec CJNT-DT 62.1 (17) 2012 2013 Former multicultural station as well as former CH/E! station
Portage la Prairie/Winnipeg,Manitoba CHMI-DT 13.1 (13) 2005 2004 Former A-Channel station
Regina/Saskatoon,Saskatchewan Citytv Saskatchewan Cable-only 2012 2012 Licensed as an educational television service for the province of Saskatchewan, educational programming airs daily from 6 a.m.-3 p.m. CT.[13]
Vancouver,British Columbia CKVU-DT 10.1 (33) 2002 2001 Former Global station

Prior to 1997, CHUM owned two television outlets inAtlantic Canada:theATVsystem of CTV affiliates, and cable-only channelASN.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 (nowCTV 2) television system in 2008. This means that Atlantic Canada 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 requestsimultaneous substitutionprivileges for Citytv Toronto on its cable systems inNew BrunswickandNewfoundland and Labrador.[39]Prior to the CRTC's decision to refuse the request, Rogers had hinted that a similar agreement had been tentatively reached withEastLink,the main cable provider inNova ScotiaandPrince Edward Island.[40]

Other such gaps include parts of the B.C. interior and Northern Ontario. However, like most Canadian networks, Citytv stations are generally available as distant signals on most cable and satellite providers nationwide.

In the past, local rights to individual Citytv programs were sold to stations outside of the Toronto station's coverage area. In Vancouver, programs were split betweenKVOS-TVinBellingham, Washington,which is close to Vancouver, and CTV-ownedCIVT-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 asCityLine.TheWICstations in Alberta (includingCITV-TVandCICT-TV) bought provincial rights to some Citytv programs prior to the launch of CKAL and CKEM in 1997.

Affiliates and international franchises

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The Citytv brand has been licensed to local television stations inBogotá,Colombiaand formerly inBarcelona,Spain.Toronto'sCITY-DTis broadcast on a number of cable television providers in the Caribbean. InBarbados,Citytv is carried on channel 507 of the terrestrial subscription service known asMulti-Choice TV.

City of license/market Station Analog
channel 		Digital
RF channel1 		Year of
affiliation 		Owner
Kamloops,British Columbia CFJC-TV 4 43 2009 Jim Pattison Group
Medicine Hat,Alberta CHAT-TV 6 40 2009
Prince George,British Columbia CKPG-TV 2 34 2009
Lloydminster,Alberta/Saskatchewan CKSA-DT - 2 2021 Stingray Radio
Bogota,Colombia Citytv Bogotá 21 27 DVBT2 1999 El Tiempo Casa Editorial

1Italicized channel numbers indicate a digital channel allocated for future use by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Former franchises

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City of license Station Year of affiliation Year of disaffiliation Notes
Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain Citytv Barcelona 2001 2006 Licence agreement expired in 2006, station was renamed TD8 (now 8TV).
Fajardo, Puerto Rico WRUA-TV 2006 2007 Rogers Mediadiscontinued the licensing for WRUA after it took over Citytv, and the station now serves as a translator forWECNinNaranjito.Was the first Citytv franchise in a United States territory.
Halifax/Atlantic Canada ASN 1983 2008 Carried Citytv programming. Now known as CTV 2 Atlantic and owned byBell Media.

Citytv HD

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In 2003, CHUM Limited launched ahigh definitionsimulcast of its Toronto stationCITY-TV.In October 2006, Citytv installed a new control room, becoming one of the first fully HD broadcasters in Canada. On March 2, 2010,CKVU-TVin Vancouver launched its HD simulcast.CKEM-TVin 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-TVbegan testing its high definition signal on August 31, 2010. ByAugust 31, 2011,all Citytv owned-and-operated stations had their primary transmitters and most retransmitters broadcasting exclusively in digital.

Citytv HD is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable. It is also available for freeover-the-airusing a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner (included in most new television sets) via the following stations and retransmitters:

City Station OTA digital channel
(virtual channel)
Calgary,Alberta CKAL-DT 20 (5.1)
Edmonton,Alberta CKEM-DT 17 (17.1)
Lethbridge,Alberta CKAL-DT-1 29 (2.1)
Montreal,Quebec CJNT-DT 17 (62.1)
Ottawa,Ontario CITY-DT-3 17 (65.1)
Toronto,Ontario CITY-DT 18 (57.1)
Vancouver,British Columbia CKVU-DT 33 (10.1)
Victoria, British Columbia CKVU-DT-2 27 (27.1)
Winnipeg,Manitoba CHMI-DT 13 (13.1)
Woodstock, Ontario CITY-DT-2 31 (31.1)

Video on demand and streaming

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video on demandaccess to Citytv programming has been available in various forms, such as through TV provider's set-top boxes, orstreaming mediathrough the network's website and mobile apps.

CitytvNow

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In June 2018, Rogers announced it would launch an expanded service calledCitytv Now(stylizedCitytv NOW) forauthenticated customersof 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 a time, the service also featured exclusive programs not airing on the broadcast network.[41]

Citytv+

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On April 12, 2022, Rogers announced the launch ofCitytv+(pronouncedCitytv Plus), an add-on channel forAmazon'sPrime Video.The service includes most of the programming available on Citytv and its siblings, includingOmni Television,as well as recent and selected past programming aired by the CanadianFXandFXXnetworks.[42]The service succeedsShomi,a joint venture between Rogers Communications and the now-defunctShaw Mediaprior to the latter's merger withCorus Entertainment;and has been compared to the latter company'sStackTVservice.

Live linear feeds of most Citytv stations, as well asCityNews 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 byGlobal News,and an indirect successor to theCityNews Channel(which operated from 2011 to 2013, following the separation of Citytv andCP24in 2009).[42]

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  • In the 1983 filmVideodrome,a television station in Toronto which broadcasts sensationalistic programming is named CIVIC-TV; the name is in reference to flagship station CITY-TV. Additionally, a business partner of the station president in the film is named Moses, a possible reference to Citytv cofounderMoses Znaimer.

See also

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