CTV is Canada's largest privately-owned English language television network.
Officially the letters "CTV" do not stand for anything, but most viewers simply take them to mean "Canadian Television." The network's promotional campaign(s) appear to support this viewpoint.
History
In
1958,
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government passed a new Broadcasting Act, establishing the
Board of Broadcast Governors (forerunner to the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) as the governing body of Canadian broadcasting, thus ending the
CBC's dual role as regulator and broadcaster. The new board's first act was to take applications for "second" television stations in
Halifax,
Montreal,
Ottawa,
Toronto,
Winnipeg,
Calgary,
Edmonton and
Vancouver in response to an outcry for another programming choice. Calgary and Edmonton were served by privately-owned CBC affiliates; the other six by owned-and-operated CBC stations.
More on
[ CTV television network ]
Canada :: North America
CTV - The main network site. Contact information, schedules for most stations, and links to other holdings (eg. cable channels).
Meta Description: [ CTV News on CTV - Canadian television's online home for news and entertainment ]