CTV News

CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name CTV News is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations, which are closely tied to the national news division.

National programs

CTV News (the national news organization) produces the following national programs:

• CTV National News, the nightly newscast anchored by Lloyd Robertson (weekdays) and Sandie Rinaldo (weekends);
• Canada AM, a weekday morning news and entertainment program;
• Good Morning Canada, a weekend morning program with rotating anchors;
• W-FIVE, a weekly newsmagazine series;
• Question Period, a weekly news and interview series.

CTV News also operates the 24-hour news channel CTV Newsnet and the 24-hour business news channel Business News Network, both of which are available across Canada on cable and satellite, as well as the regional news channel CablePulse 24 in Toronto.

Local programs

Chopper 9, CTV British Columbia's full time news helicopter.

Local programs use the title CTV News on the air. In most markets, local CTV News programs air at noon, 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on weekdays, as well as local news updates during Canada AM, and at 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on weekends.

National aggregate ratings published by Nielsen Media Research refer to the local broadcasts collectively as CTV Evening News, CTV Late News, CTV Noon News, etc. Since most CTV affiliates are owned by the network, CTV offers the opportunity to buy national ads on local programming across its O&Os, making these aggregate ratings useful for advertisers.

Local CTV News programs are produced in the following markets:

• Calgary (CFCN)
• Edmonton (CFRN)
• Greater Sudbury (CICI)
• Halifax (CJCH)
• Kitchener (CKCO)
• Montreal (CFCF)
• Ottawa (CJOH)
• Regina (CKCK)
• Saskatoon (CFQC)
• Toronto (CFTO)
• Vancouver (CIVT)
• Winnipeg (CKY)

CTV O&Os in smaller markets air a newscast produced in one of the larger markets noted above, although some may also produce a shorter local news insert aired during a break in the main market's program.

CTV's private affiliates in Lloydminster and Thunder Bay produce their own local newscasts, which are not branded as CTV News, although they do air CTV's national news programming. One American station, WZRA in Oldsmar, Florida, also carries Canada AM and CTV National News.

CTVglobemedia also owns CablePulse 24 (CP24), a local 24-hour news channel based in Toronto which is available across Southern Ontario via cable and across Canada via satellite. As of December 2008 the only CTV News program that's simulcast on CP24 is CTV News at Six.

News bureaus

CTV News has bureaus across Canada and around the world, but many were closed to cut costs and replaced with reporters sent to locations from the existing bureaus.

A list of current bureaus:

National

• Ottawa
  • Bureau Chief: Robert Fife
  • Deputy-Bureau Chief: Rosemary Thompson
  • Chief Parliamentary Correspondent: Craig Oliver
  • Ottawa Editor: Mike Duffy
  • Parliamentary Correspondent: Graham Richardson
  • Other Reporters: Roger Smith

• Halifax
  • Bureau Chief: Denelle Balfour

• Montreal
  • Bureau Chief: Genevieve Beauchemin

• Toronto
  • National Affairs Correspondent: Lisa LaFlamme
  • Health Reporter: Avis Favaro
  • Health Contributor: Dr. Marla Shapiro
  • Investigative Reporter: Alan Fryer
  • Other Reporters: Scott Laurie, John Vennavally-Rao

• Winnipeg
  • Bureau Chief: Jill Macyshon
  • Other Reporters: Murray Oliver

• Calgary
  • Bureau Chief: Janet Dirks

• Vancouver
  • Bureau Chief: Rob Brown

International

• London - Europe
  • Bureau Chief: Tom Kennedy

• Washington - United States
  • Bureau Chief: Tom Clark
  • Correspondent: Joy Malbon

• Los Angeles - United States West Coast
  • Bureau Chief: Tom Walters

• Beijing - Far East and Southeast Asia
  • Bureau Chief: Steve Chao

• New Delhi - South Asia
  • Bureau Chief: Paul Workman

• Jerusalem - Middle East
  • Bureau Chief: Janis Mackey Frayer

• Moscow - Eastern Europe
  • Bureau Chief: Vacant

• Kandahar - Middle East
  • Rotating Correspondents

• Kampala - Africa
  • Bureau Chief: Vacant

My News

In 2008, the CTV News website introduced a citizen journalism feature allowing for citizens to upload their images or videos relating to current events. Viewers may also upload media for each station and programmes.

External links

• CTV News