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| Type | Broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | Canada Colombia |
| Affiliates | See § Citytv stations |
| Headquarters | 33 Dundas Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Parent | Rogers Sports & Media |
| Key people | Tony Staffieri - Rogers Communications Interim President & CEO Jordan Banks - President of Rogers Sports & Media Bart Yabsley - President, Sportsnet and NHL Network, Rogers Sports & Media |
| Sister channels | Omni Television Sportsnet Bravo FX FXX TSC WWE Network Citytv (Bogotá) Former: CP24 (1998–2007) NewNet/A-Channel (1995–2007) ASN (1983–2008) MuchMusic (1984–2007) MuchMoreMusic (1998–2007) Bravo! (1995–2007) Star! (1999–2007) FashionTelevision (2001–2007) Access (1995–2007) Space (1997–2007) SexTV: The Channel (2001–2007) BookTelevision (2001–2007) Drive-In Classics (2001–2007) |
| History | |
| Launched | September 28, 1972, 51 years ago (First aired in Toronto) July 22, 2002, 22 years ago (first national expansion) February 4, 2013, 11 years ago (current national footprint) |
| Founder | Phyllis Switzer, Moses Znaimer, Jerry Grafstein and Edgar Cowan, among others |
| Former names | City (December 2012–September 2018) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Amazon Prime | Over-the-top TV |
Citytv (sometimes shortened to City, which was the network's official branding from 2012 to 2018) is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The network consists of six owned-and-operated (O&O) television stations located in the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, a cable-only service that serves the province of Saskatchewan, and three independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities in Alberta and British Columbia. There is also one station using the brand name serving Bogotá, Colombia.
The Citytv brand name originates from its flagship station, CITY-TV in Toronto, a station that went on the air in September 28, 1972, in the former Electric Circus nightclub in which became known for an intensely local format based on newscasts aimed at younger viewers, nightly movies, and music and cultural programming. The Citytv brand first expanded with then-parent company CHUM Limited's acquisition of former Global owned-and-operated station CKVU-TV in Vancouver, followed by its purchase of Craig Media's stations and the re-branding of its A-Channel system in Central Canada as Citytv in August 2005. CHUM Limited was acquired by CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media) in 2007; to comply with Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ownership limits, the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers. The network grew through further affiliations with three Jim Pattison Group-owned stations, along with Rogers' acquisition of the cable-only Saskatchewan Communications Network and Montreal's CJNT-DT. At one point, Citytv also existed in Barcelona and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
While patterned after the original station in Toronto, since the 2000s, and particularly since its acquisition by Rogers, Citytv has moved towards a series-based prime time schedule much like its competitors, albeit one still focused on younger demographics.