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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BCE Inc. |
| Parent | Bell Media |
| History | |
| Launched | October 17, 1997 |
| Former names | The Comedy Network (1997–2019) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming and operates two time-shifted feeds, running on Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules.
The channel first launched on October 17, 1997 as The Comedy Network by a consortium of Baton Broadcasting, Shaw Communications, Astral Media (later acquired by this channel’s current ownership) and Les Films Rozon. Through various acquisitions over the years, the network is solely owned by Bell since 2001.
From its launch, the channel sourced most of its programming from U.S.-based Comedy Central and the network began to moved some of its programming from its original format to sister channel Much. It was rebranded to its current name in 2019.