CTV News

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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 (O&Os), which are closely tied to the national news division. Local newscasts on the secondary CTV Two] are also branded as CTV News, although in most cases they are managed separately from the newscasts on the main network.

National programs

CTV's national news division produces the following programs:

• CTV National News, the nightly newscast anchored by Lisa LaFlamme (weekdays) and Sandie Rinaldo (weekends);
• Canada AM, a weekday morning news and entertainment program;
• W5, a weekly newsmagazine series;
• Question Period, a weekly news and interview series.

CTV News also operates the national 24-hour news channel CTV News Channel and the 24-hour national business news channel Business News Network, both of which are available across Canada on cable and satellite.

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 11:00 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. on weekdays, and at 6 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. on weekends.

National aggregate ratings published by BBM Canada 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:

• Barrie (CKVR)
• Calgary (CFCN)
• Edmonton (CFRN)
• Greater Sudbury (CICI)
• Halifax (CJCH / CTV Two Atlantic)
• Kitchener (CKCO)
• London (CFPL)
• Montreal (CFCF)
• Ottawa (CJOH / CHRO)
• Regina (CKCK)
• Saskatoon (CFQC)
• Toronto (CFTO)
• Vancouver (CIVT)
• Victoria (CIVI)
• Winnipeg (CKY)
• Windsor (CHWI)

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, and some may produce their own Noon newscast.

Bell Media's A system, which operated primarily in smaller markets (or alternate areas of larger markets) produced similar local newscasts known as A News. When the A system re-branded as CTV Two on August 29, 2011, the stations switched to the CTV News branding.

Private affiliates also air their own local newscasts, such as NTV (which despite dropping CTV's entertainment programming in 2002, still provides coverage of Newfoundland for CTV News and airs its national newscasts), and CITL-TV (which airs "Newcap News", a production shared with its sister station, private CBC affiliate CKSA-TV).

Bell Media also operates CP24, a regional news channel focusing on the Greater Toronto Area, which was acquired through its purchase of CHUM Limited, and formerly aligned with CITY-TV. The channel airs news programs focused on the region, and currently airs simulcasts of CFTO's 6:00pm and 11:30pm newscasts.

News bureaus

CTV News has bureaus across Canada and around the world, but many were closed to cut costs (most recent being the ones in Moscow and Kampala) and replaced with reporters sent to locations from the existing bureaus.

A list of current bureaus:

National

• Ottawa
  • Bureau Chief: Robert Fife
  • Chief Parliamentary Correspondent: Craig Oliver
  • Parliamentary Correspondent: Richard Madan, Roger Smith, Daniele Hamamdjian

• Halifax
  • Bureau Chief: Todd Battis

• Montreal
  • Bureau Chief: Genevieve Beauchemin

• Toronto
  • National Affairs Correspondent: Lisa LaFlamme
  • Health Reporter: Avis Favaro
  • Medical Contributor Contributor: Dr. Marla Shapiro
  • Investigative Reporter: Paula Todd, Victor Malarek
  • Other Reporters: Scott Laurie, John Vennavally-Rao, Omar Sachedina

• Winnipeg
  • Bureau Chief: Jill Macyshon

• Calgary
  • Bureau Chief: Janet Dirks

• Vancouver
  • Bureau Chief: Sarah Galashan

International

• London - Europe
  • Bureau Chief: Tom Kennedy

• Washington - United States
  • Bureau Chief: Paul Workman
  • Correspondent: Joy Malbon

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

• Beijing - Far East and Southeast Asia
  • Bureau Chief: Ben O'Hara-Byrne

• New Delhi - South Asia
  • Bureau Chief: Janis Mackey Frayer

• Jerusalem - Middle East
  • Bureau Chief: Martin Seemungal

My News

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

External links

• CTV News