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| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | Canada |
| Headquarters | 9 Channel Nine Court,Scarborough,Ontario, Canada |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled toletterboxed480i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CHUM Limited (1998–2007, 70.1% to 2004) Sun Media (1998–2004, 29.9%) CTVglobemedia(CTV Limited) (2007–2011, 80% to 2008) Rogers Media (2007–2008, 20%) BCE Inc. (2011–present) |
| Parent | Bell Media |
| Sister channels | TV:BNN Bloomberg,CTV News Channel,Much,Oxygen,USA Network,CFTO-DT,CKVR-DT (Barrie) Radio:CFRB,CHUM,CHUM-FM,CKFM-FM |
| History | |
| Launched | March 30, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-03-30) |
| Former names | CablePulse24 |
| Links | |
| Website | cp24 |
CP24 is aCanadianEnglish-languagespecialty news channel owned byBell Media, a subsidiary ofBCE Inc. and operated alongside the Bell-ownedCTV Television Network's owned-and-operated television stationsCFTO-DT (CTV Toronto) andCKVR-DT (CTV 2 Barrie). The channel broadcasts from9 Channel Nine Court in the Toronto borough ofScarborough.
It was first originally launched on March 30, 1998, under the nameCablePulse24 by its ownersCHUM Limited andSun Media. The channel was named as an extension ofCITY-TV (Citytv Toronto)'s newscasts, which were then known asCityPulse. CHUM acquired Sun Media's interest in 2004 after acquiring the assets ofCraig Media. In 2006, Bell Globemedia acquired CP24 and its parent CHUM Limited, butregulatory limits in media ownership forced CHUM to sell off the Citytv stations to avoid conflicts with CTV stations in the same markets. CTVglobemedia retained the ownership of CP24 and the small marketA-Channel stations, but subsequently sold the Citytv stations including CITY-TV, toRogers Media in mid-2007, which held a 20% stake until 2008.
The channel focuses on local news from theGreater Toronto Area andSouthern Ontario, while also covering national and international news. It is distributed through cable in Southern Ontario anddirect broadcast satellite nationally.
As of 2023, CP24 streams free worldwide on its website with no subscription required.
The channel was licensed by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1996 asPulse 24, described as "a 24-hour-a-day specialty television service devoted to news and information, with a focus on southern Ontario local and regional news and information",[1] and launched on March 30, 1998, asCablePulse 24, under the ownership ofCHUM Limited, the parent company ofCITY-TV and minority partnerSun Media, owner of theToronto Sun daily newspaper with most programming broadcast out of 299 Queen Street West. For the first 10 years after its inception, CP24's programming was anchored and featured reports from Citytv personalities, liveCityPulse news broadcasts were immediately repeated on CP24 after their initial broadcast on CITY-TV (except for breaking news coverage), and special coverage was simulcast between the channel and the television station. Select programming from other CHUM stations would also be featured on the channel, includingThe NewMusic andFashion Television; another program,24Ontario, featured news stories from CHUM'sNewNet stations elsewhere in the province.
Overnight broadcasts on CP24 featured vintageCityPulse news broadcasts from CITY-TV during the 1970s & 1980s branded asRewind. The rebroadcasts were accompanied by a graphic on the top right corner of the screen that read "Rewind", supplemented with the original airdate below it.
On December 1, 2004, CHUM Limited acquired the remaining interest in CP24 (giving it 100% of its shares), when theSun's owners sold their 29.9% share in CP24 after acquiring itsindependent broadcast stationCKXT-TV, the same day that CHUM Limited took control ofCraig Media and its assets also.
Under CHUM ownership,Mark Dailey of CITY provided continuity voice announcements on CP24.
As a result of the ownership changes, CP24 began to separate its operations from those of CITY-TV. This process began in 2008, with the introduction of new CP24-only personalities (which meant they were no longer seen anchoring/reporting on the CityNews side), new live eye trucks (also known as Breaking News Vehicles) which were outfitted with white and black design bearing the CP24 and red "Breaking News" decals, the establishment of a new studio and newsroom on the second floor of the 299 Queen Street West building in November of that year,[2] and the removal of nearly all Citytv's news simulcasts from its schedule few weeks later on December 10 of that year, (excludingBreakfast Television), and replacing the 6 p.m.CityNews simulcast withCFTO'sCTV News Toronto at Six.[a]
On March 26, 2009,Breakfast Television was replaced with the launch of its own new morning show,CP24 Breakfast, which marked the completion of CP24's separation from Citytv. Also coinciding with the launch, included the rebranding of itsoldies music radio station1050 CHUM (another station which was acquired in the CTV/CHUM acquisition) to anews talk radio format which operated as an audio simulcast of CP24 called "CP24 Radio 1050". The move was intended to broaden the network's reach as a multi-platform news source, but did not prove successful;Toronto Sun columnistTed Woloshyn in particular pointed out that the station was simply airing a straight simulcast of CP24 television content that was not properly formatted for radio.[b][9]
Following the layoffs and cost-cutting measures that took place at theCitytv stations across Canada (including the cancellation ofCitytv Toronto'sCityNews at Five announced on January 19, 2010), CP24 immediately expanded itsLive at 5 newscast (which had been airing for 15 minutes since its launch in 2008) to 30 minutes along with the launch of another half-hour newscast,Live at 5:30.[10][11] As a result, CP24's late-afternoon talk shows, such asAnimal House Calls andHot Property, which had been seen weekdays at 5:15 p.m. were moved to a new 7:15 p.m. time slot on January 26, 2010.[12]
On September 10, 2010,BCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.[13] The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011[14] and closed on April 1 of that year, on which CTVglobemedia was rebranded Bell Media.[15]
On March 19, 2011, CP24 introduced a weekend edition ofCP24 Breakfast, hosted by Pooja Handa and Gurdeep Ahluwalia, George Lagogianes is the remote host and Nneka Elliott (who resigned on May 2, 2011, and was replaced by Jamie Gutfreund) delivers the weather forecasts. The show runs from 7:00 to 10:15 a.m.[16]
On June 20, 2024, Bell announced that CP24 would move studios from 299 Queen Street West, where it was based since its inception, to Bell Media's9 Channel Nine Court building inScarborough (which houses the operations of CFTO and several other Bell Media specialty networks) later in the year.[17] The network broadcast for the first time from the Agincourt complex on November 26, 2024; 299 Queen Street West will continue to serve as a downtown bureau for CFTO and CP24.[18]
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As of November 26, 2024, CP24 is based out of9 Channel Nine Court in Scarborough at Highway 401 and McCowan Road which is also home to several other Bell-owned television stations such asCTV Toronto,USA Network andTSN.
Previously, CP24 was based at299 Queen Street West, at the corner of John Street and Queen Street West which at one point shared the newsroom with CITY-TV on the ground floor (which are now the facilities of Bell Media's 24-hour business news channel,BNN Bloomberg) when both CITY-TV and CP24 were co-owned by CHUM Limited. As with CITY-TV, CP24 had no news desk for the most part while anchors read the news standing up.
In November 2008, CP24 moved its operations to a new studio and newsroom on the second floor of the complex. Coinciding with the new studio, CP24 also adopted an updated on-air appearance, replacing the previous blue and gold colour scheme with a red, white and black design.[2][19]
CP24's screen format uses a window in the top-left of the screen to show the current program, which is surrounded with a sidebar with weather and traffic reports, scrolling news headlines and local entertainment/event information, and tickers for stocks and sports. This format has been described[by whom?] as more closely resembling a website than a conventional television channel, and has been replicated with a similar look of CP24's enriched screen on its website. This format was referred to as "NewStyle NewsFlow" during the CHUM era.
On September 27, 2012, CP24 again updated its on-air appearance as the channel began broadcasting inhigh definition. The relaunched enriched screen includes several changes, such as:
CP24 shares news resources with other Bell Media-owned outlets, including the news/talk radio affiliateCFRB "Newstalk 1010", sports updates withTSN (andCHUM "TSN Radio 1050"), business news updates withBNN Bloomberg and entertainment news updates witheTalk. From its inception prior to its acquisition by CTV, CP24 was closely integrated withCITY-DT's newsroom, which had shared programming, anchors and hosts at the time. CP24, is now available oniHeartRadio Canada effective December 2017.
CP24 is seen on cable channel 24 on most cable providers that carry the channel. It is not carried on any analogue cable system outside ofCentral orSouthern Ontario, although it is available ondirect broadcast satellite andIPTV television providers in some markets. The channel is available across Canada onBell Satellite TV, on which the station is part of the service's "News" package. It is also available in the "FYI" package provided toShaw Direct customers.
Because of its diverse, localized and partially text-based content, the channel is among the most popular choices in theGreater Toronto Area and much of Southern Ontario (outside ofOttawa) for screening in public places such as waiting areas, train stations, restaurants, and lounges.
In addition to theFreeway Management System – COMPASS andRESCU cameras, CP24 operates EYES cameras located at:
Since 2008, CP24 has leased aBell 206L-4 Long Ranger (C-FCTV) news helicopter which can broadcast live at 1500 feet above land; nicknamedChopper 24, which is supplied by its sister station,CTV Toronto and is painted with CTV's colouring and logo.
CP24 operates a fleet of remote transmission trucks that use digitalmicrowave andsatellite uplink systems to do live news reports throughout the region. Known as "Breaking News Vehicles" the custom-built 2008Chevrolet Suburbans were outfitted by Frontline Communications ofClearwater, Florida, USA. The vehicles utilize a red, white and black paint scheme with the channel's logo and the "Breaking News!" slogan also included in the design.
In 2009, CP24 became the first station in Canada to introduce a newBeat the Traffic system showing a three-dimensional animated map displaying traffic flow, roadwork, accidents and current highway travel times.[21]
The CRTC approved an application by then-ownersCHUM Limited in June 2007 to launch ahigh-definition simulcast of CP24.[citation needed] On September 27, 2012, CP24 began broadcasting inHD (with the SD feedletterboxed) initially onBell Fibe TV coinciding with it, a new enhanced on-air appearance. The HD feed was also added on theBell Satellite TV service in December 2012. On June 25, 2013, CP24 began broadcasting in HD onRogers Cable, shortly after the competingRogers Media-ownedCityNews Channel, which had been available in HD on Rogers Cable since launch, announced it would be shutting down.[when?] On March 1, 2017,Shaw Direct added the HD version to its lineup, it was only available inSD until then on that provider.Bell MTS has not yet launched the feed in HD.[citation needed]
In December 2013, CP24 (along with several otherBell Media television channels) launched aTV Everywhere service known asCP24 GO, which is offered for free to Bell TV customers. It can be accessed from acomputer or on amobile app such as atablet orsmartphone. However, CP24 continues to offer its occasional free live streaming of some major news events on its website.
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CP24 has faced scrutiny over perceived political bias in its reporting. Some viewers and commentators have suggested that the channel's coverage may favor certain political figures or parties. For instance, a 2020Reddit post[which?] noted that CP24 frequently referred to Ontario PremierDoug Ford as "Premier Ford" while addressing Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau more informally as "Justin Trudeau", prompting speculation about potential conservative bias. However, no definitive evidence has been provided to substantiate claims of systemic bias, and CP24 maintains that its reporting is impartial. A Media Bias/Fact Check review rated CP24 as "Least Biased" with high factual reporting, citing its use of credible sources like the Associated Press and a clean fact-check record.[citation needed]
In 2017, former CP24 political commentatorStephen LeDrew claimed he was fired after appearing onFox News, alleging that his termination was due to CP24's left-leaning bias. CP24, however, stated that LeDrew was dismissed for violating a non-competition clause in his contract. The incident sparked discussions about the channel's editorial stance, though no clear evidence supported claims of political bias in this case.[22]
In October 2022, former CP24 on-air personalityPatricia Jaggernauth filed a human rights complaint against Bell Media, the channel's parent company. The complaint alleged workplace issues, though specific details were not publicly disclosed. The case drew attention on social media, with CP24 acknowledging the issue in a post onX[citation needed]. The outcome of the complaint remains unclear, and further details have not been widely reported.
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