Formerly | A-Channel News |
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Industry | Media |
Genre | News |
Founded | September 1, 1995 |
Defunct | April 1, 2011 |
Fate | Renamed to CTV News in 2011 |
Successor | CTV News |
Headquarters | 299 Queen Street West, , Canada |
Area served | Southern Ontario and Vancouver Island |
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Parent | NewNet/A-Channel/A |
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Genre | News |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
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Network | A |
Release | August 2, 2005 August 28, 2011 | –
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A News (originally known as A-Channel News) is the name of local newscasts on the A television system in Canada owned by CHUM Limited and CTVglobemedia. A News programming was produced in markets which were not directly served by a local CTV News or CityNews service.
The cable-only A Atlantic service in Atlantic Canada did not produce its own A News programming, but instead presently airs CTV News programming from CTV Atlantic, although the station did produce a local morning show, Breakfast Television and was subsequently re-branded to CTV Morning Live on August 29, 2011. Due to the effects of the 2009 economic crisis, the A station in Ottawa cancelled all A News programming in March 2009, but continued to produce a local morning show, A Morning which was also re-branded as CTV Morning Live on August 29, 2011.
Throughout its earlier existence, the newscasts were formatted after its long-standing station, CITY-TV in Toronto in which the anchors read the news standing up and walking around the studio since there were no news desks.
When A re-launched as CTV Two on August 29, 2011, newscasts on the A stations were re-branded as CTV News and longer have separate identities, although the stations have retained the same editorial independence.[1]