Editing CTV Television Network (section)

===Bell Canada era===
[[File:CTV logo 2018.svg|thumb|right|Updated CTV logo for the 2018–19 television season; the basic design of this logo, with minor modifications along the way, has been in use since 1966.]]
{{See also|2001 Vancouver TV realignment|2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment}}
In 2000, typical of the [[concentration of media ownership|ownership consolidation]] trend at the time, [[BCE Inc.]] acquired CTV, [[Netstar Communications]], and ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' newspaper, combining them into a media division known as Bell Globemedia (BGM). BGM also subsequently acquired a minority share in the French-language network [[Noovo|TQS]], which broadcasts in [[Quebec]].

CTV has legally been a "television service" in the eyes of the CRTC since 2000, when it allowed its network licence to expire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-235.htm |title=Decision CRTC 2000-235 |date=July 6, 2000 |work=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission |access-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref> CBC, [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio-Canada]], [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]] and [[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]] are the only official television networks in Canada (CTV was issued a separate network licence in 2001 to continue to provide programming to CHFD Thunder Bay, CJBN Kenora, and CITL Lloydminster).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-507.htm |title=Decision CRTC 2001-507 |date=August 21, 2001 |work=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission |access-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-509.htm |title=Decision CRTC 2001-509 |date=August 21, 2001 |work=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission |access-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref>

CTV lost significant coverage in [[British Columbia]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] at the beginning of the 21st century, starting with a [[2001 Vancouver TV realignment|major television realignment in Vancouver]]. In 2000, [[Canwest]] Global bought the television stations of [[Western International Communications]], which owned long-standing CTV affiliates CHAN in Vancouver and [[CHEK-DT|CHEK-TV]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]. A year later, after its CTV contract ran out, Canwest made CHAN the [[Global Television Network|Global]] owned-and-operated station for British Columbia, taking advantage of CHAN's massive network of repeaters that cover 97% of the province. CTV shifted its programming to [[CIVT-DT|CIVT-TV]], an [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] it already owned. Unlike CHAN, CIVT has only one transmitter covering the metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Victoria, and has to rely on cable and satellite to reach the rest of the province. CIVT is either carried on a higher channel number or unavailable altogether in the [[Mountain Time Zone]] portion of British Columbia, where CTV relies on [[CFCN-DT]] or [[CFRN-DT]] as its main carriers<!-- According to the Shaw.ca website -->.

Meanwhile, in 2002, [[CJON-DT|CJON-TV]] (known as "NTV") in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] dropped its 38-year CTV affiliation after the network attempted to alter its affiliation agreement in a way that Newfoundland Broadcasting found unfair. Since joining CTV, CJON had aired the base network schedule essentially for free since CTV paid it for the airtime. The station then bought additional CTV programming and sold all advertising. However, CTV tried to make CJON pay for the base schedule as well, with no possibility of airtime payments. It also increased the fees for additional CTV programming beyond what CJON claimed it could pay. Newfoundland Broadcasting also did not want to continue to carry CTV's national advertising during these programs. At the start of the 2002–03 season, CJON became an independent station and dropped most CTV programming except for national newscasts; in exchange, it provides news coverage of Newfoundland and Labrador events to CTV. In recent years, all of CTV's non-news programming has disappeared from the station, and since then virtually all primetime programs aired on that station are from rival Global. CTV does not currently have a ''de facto'' affiliate in that province, with most Newfoundlanders having to rely on cable and satellite (usually from CTV Atlantic) for its programming.

In September 2005, CTV announced an agreement with [[MTV Networks]] that saw the launch of [[MTV (Canada)|MTV Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CTV brings MTV brand back to Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/ctv-brings-mtv-brand-back-to-canada/article1124316/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=September 28, 2005}}</ref>

In July 2006, CTV parent Bell Globemedia announced plans to acquire [[CHUM Limited]], itself a former partner in CTV (via ATV), and at that point one of Canada's largest broadcasters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bell Globemedia makes $1.7B bid for CHUM |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bell-globemedia-makes-1-7b-bid-for-chum-1.583543 |work=CBC News |date=July 12, 2006}}</ref> While CTVglobemedia kept CHUM's radio stations along with the [[CTV 2|A-Channel]] television stations and most of CHUM's specialty channels, the [[Citytv]] stations were sold off to Rogers as required by the conditions the CRTC placed upon CTV when approving the CHUM purchase.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rogers Media snaps up 5 Citytv stations |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-media-snaps-up-5-citytv-stations-1.685324 |work=CBC News |date=June 12, 2007}}</ref> Bell Globemedia was renamed CTVglobemedia on January 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Grant |title=Bell Globemedia becomes CTVglobemedia Inc. |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bell-globemedia-becomes-ctvglobemedia-inc/article973140/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=December 15, 2006}}</ref> In March 2009, CTV became the first Canadian television network to offer its programming online in [[high-definition television|high definition]].

CTV affiliate [[CHFD-DT|CHFD]] in [[Thunder Bay]], Ontario left the network on February 12, 2010, after being unable to reach an agreement on new affiliation terms; CHFD instead became a full-time Global affiliate. CFTO was offered as part of the basic package to Thunder Bay cable subscribers for the duration of the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]; the station had otherwise been available only on the digital cable timeshifting package, leaving CTV without a presence on basic cable in the market.

On September 10, 2010, BCE Inc. announced it would purchase the remaining shares of CTVglobemedia for $1.3&nbsp;billion (CAD). On April 1, 2011, CTVglobemedia was officially renamed Bell Media. On December 1, 2011, [[CJBN-TV]] in [[Kenora]], Ontario dropped all CTV programming and became a full Global station, adopting a schedule similar to nearby Global station [[CKND-DT]] in Winnipeg. The move left [[CITL-DT]] in [[Lloydminster]] as the sole remaining CTV affiliate not owned by the network until 2014.<ref name="CJBNsched">{{cite web|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=17144|title=TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, where to watch TV shows - Zap2it.com|work=Zap2it|access-date=December 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308123551/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=17144|archive-date=March 8, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CKNDsched">{{cite web|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=13365|title=TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, where to watch TV shows - Zap2it.com|work=Zap2it|access-date=December 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308121211/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=13365|archive-date=March 8, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was announced in June 2014, that [[CKPR-DT]] in Thunder Bay, Ontario would change affiliations from [[CBC Television|CBC]] to CTV on September 1, 2014, resulting in Thunder Bay having a CTV affiliate again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/345418/CTV-set-to-return-to-CKPR-TV|title=CTV-set-to-return-to-CKPR-TV – Tbnewswatch.com Thunder Bay News|last=Lundmark|first=Jodi|date=June 18, 2014|work=tbnewswatch.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084528/http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/345418/CTV-set-to-return-to-CKPR-TV|archive-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref>

On May 20, 2015, [[Corus Entertainment]] announced an agreement with Bell Media to switch its three CBC affiliates in Ontario to CTV: [[CHEX-DT]] [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], [[CHEX-TV-2]] [[Oshawa]], and [[CKWS-DT]] [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]. The affiliation switch went into effect on August 31, 2015.<ref name="ctv">{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1540015/corus-entertainment-s-eastern-ontario-television-channels-enter-into-a-program-supply-agreement-with-bell-media-to-broadcast-ctv-programming|title=Corus Entertainment's Eastern Ontario Television Channels Enter into a Program Supply Agreement with Bell Media to Broadcast CTV Programming|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073532/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1540015/corus-entertainment-s-eastern-ontario-television-channels-enter-into-a-program-supply-agreement-with-bell-media-to-broadcast-ctv-programming|url-status=dead}}</ref> The stations would later become owned-and-operated Global affiliates on August 27, 2018, following the end of CTV's program supply agreements with the stations and Corus' acquisition of Global's former parent company [[Shaw Media]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4143739/move-over-dr-phil-ckws-tv-will-be-a-fully-global-station-starting-this-fall/|title=CKWS will be a fully global station this fall|access-date=September 23, 2018|work=Global News|publisher=[[Corus Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name="global">{{cite news |title=CHEX-TV newscasts rebranding as CHEX News on Global Peterborough |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8818775-chex-tv-newscasts-rebranding-as-chex-news-on-global-peterborough/ |work=Peterborough Examiner |date=August 14, 2018 |access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref>