Citytv
Sign in to saveCitytv (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 the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, a cable-only service that serves the province of Saskatchewan, and two independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities in British Columbia. There is also one station using the brand name serving Bogotá, Colombia.
Key facts
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- See
- Television channel.headquarters
- Rogers Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Television channel.language
- English
- Television channel.name
- Citytv
- Television channel.logo
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- Television channel.type
- Broadcast television network
- Television channel.country
- Canada
- Television channel.area
- CanadaColombia
- Television channel.sister_channels
- Omni TelevisionSportsnetBravoFXFXXTSCDiscovery ChannelInvestigation DiscoveryHGTVFood NetworkMagnolia NetworkCitytv (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)Cooking Channel (2001–2007)BookTelevision (2001–2007)Drive-In Classics (2001–2007)WWE Network (2014–2024)
- Television channel.former_names
- City (December 2012–September 2018)
- Television channel.owner
- Rogers Communications
- Television channel.parent
- Rogers Sports & Media
- Television channel.key_people
- Tony Staffieri - Rogers Communications Interim President & CEOJordan Banks - President of Rogers Sports & MediaBart Yabsley - President, Sportsnet and NHL Network, Rogers Sports & Media
- Television channel.founder
- Phyllis Switzer, Moses Znaimer, Jerry Grafstein and Edgar Cowan, among others
- Television channel.launch_date
- September 28, 1972, 53 years agoJuly 22, 2002, 23 years agoFebruary 4, 2013, 13 years ago
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- Amazon Prime
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- Over-the-top TV
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21 sectionsContents
- Early beginnings
- Expansion beyond Toronto
- Ownership changes
- Transformation into a television network
- Programming
- News
- Sports
- National broadcasts
- Local/regional broadcasts
- Citytv stations
- Owned-and-operated stations
- Affiliates and international franchises
- Former franchises
- Citytv HD
- Video on demand and streaming
- CitytvNow
- Citytv+
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
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 the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, a cable-only service that serves the province of Saskatchewan, and two independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities in 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, a station that went on the air in September 28, 1972, in the former Electric Circus nightclub, and 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 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's acquisition of the cable-only Saskatchewan Communications Network and Montreal's CJNT-DT. At one point, Citytv also existed in Barcelona and San Juan, Puerto Rico.