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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Crossroads Christian Communications |
| Key people | Kevin Shepherd (CEO, Crossroads & YesTV) Melissa McEachern (chief operating officer & chief content officer) David Darby (General Manager) Robert Melnichuk (Director of Western Canada) |
| History | |
| Launched | September 30, 1998 |
| Founder | David Mainse |
| Former names | Crossroads Television System (1998–2014) |
| Links | |
| Website | yestv |
Yes TV (stylized as yes TV) is an independently owned Canadian nonprofit[1] and Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission-licensed religious broadcasting television system in Canada. It consists of three conventional over-the-air television stations (located in the Greater Toronto Area, Calgary, and Edmonton), two rebroadcast transmitters, and several partial affiliates. Formerly known as the Crossroads Television System (CTS), the Yes TV stations and repeaters air a line-up consisting predominantly of Christian faith-based programming, such as televangelists and Crossroads' flagship Christian talk show 100 Huntley Street, as well as religious programming from other faiths to meet "balance" expectations of Canadian broadcast policy. During the late-afternoon and evening hours, Yes TV broadcasts secular, family-oriented sitcoms, game shows, and reality series; the system's September 2014 re-launch as Yes TV emphasized its newly acquired Canadian rights to a number of major U.S. reality series, which at that point included American Idol and The Biggest Loser.
Outside of the three owned and operated Yes TV stations, the system also syndicates acquired programming to other Canadian independent stations through a secondary affiliation network called IndieNet (stylized as indieNET). It is operated out of Crossroads' headquarters in Burlington, Ontario.
- ^ "Federal Corporation Information - 301399-5 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2020.