Citytv

Citytv
TypeBroadcast television network
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaCanada
Headquarters33 Dundas Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerRogers Communications
ParentRogers Sports & Media
Key peopleTony Staffieri - Rogers Communications Interim President & CEO
Jordan Banks - President of Rogers Sports & Media
Bart Yabsley - President, Sportsnet and NHL Network, Rogers Sports & Media
Sister channelsOmni Television
Sportsnet
OLN
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
LaunchedSeptember 28, 1972
(First aired in Toronto)
July 22, 2002
(first national expansion)
February 4, 2013
(current national footprint)
FounderPhyllis Switzer, Moses Znaimer, Jerry Grafstein and Edgar Cowan, among others
Former namesCity (December 2012–September 2018)
Links
Websitewww.citytv.com

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.

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.

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.