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| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Canterbury |
| Headquarters | 12 Venture Place Christchurch |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Star Media |
| Sister channels | VTV Visitor Television |
| History | |
| Launched | June 1991 |
| Former names | CHTV, NOW TV |
| Links | |
| Website | CTV [dead link] |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital (Ceased 16 December 2016 11:59pm NZDT) | Freeview Channel 40 Canterbury |
| Analogue (Ceased 28 April 2013 2:00am NZST) | UHF Channel 48, 687.25 MHz (later channel 44 655.25 MHz) from Sugarloaf |
Canterbury Television was an independent television station broadcasting in Canterbury, New Zealand.
The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand. CTV produced and screened more than twenty hours of locally based programming every week. It also screened overseas programming from Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera. It was broadcast from the Sugarloaf transmitter on the Port Hills. The transmitter, on UHF channel 48, was an NEC 2kW transmitter and the radiated EIRP was 25kW.
On 22 February 2011 Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake and the CTV Building collapsed killing 16 staff members and destroying all of CTV's equipment. On 18 April 2011 CTV resumed service in a new base location at the Mainland Press building in the Christchurch suburb of Harewood.
As of 18 March 2013, CTV commenced digital free-to-air transmissions on Freeview logical channel 40. CTV was also on Vodafone Channel 199. The station ceased broadcasting on Friday, 16 December 2016 at midnight. CTV now operates as a web-based platform as of 19 December 2016 under the Star Media brand.