23 Facts About CBC Television

1.

CBC Television is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.

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2.

CBC Television can be live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform.

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3.

CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and children's programming; in most cases, feeding the same programming at the same local times nationwide, except to the Newfoundland Time Zone, where programs air 30 minutes "late".

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4.

Since this change, the CBC Television has sometimes struggled to maintain ratings comparable to those it achieved before 1995, although it has seen somewhat of a ratings resurgence in recent years.

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5.

One of the most popular shows on CBC Television is the weekly Saturday night broadcast of NHL hockey games, Hockey Night in Canada.

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6.

CBC Television Sports suffered another major blow when it was announced that after the 2007 season, the CFL regular season games and the Grey Cup would be moving to TSN, ending the CBC Television's tenure with the CFL.

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7.

In 2006, the CBC Television announced radical changes to its primetime line-up, including the following new series to premiere that fall:.

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8.

On January 9,2007, the CBC Television began airing a highly publicized new series called Little Mosque on the Prairie, a comedy about a Muslim family living in rural Saskatchewan.

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9.

In January 2008, CBC Television launched the drama series The Border, MVP and jPod, the reality series The Week The Women Went and the comedy Sophie.

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10.

The CBC Television similarly contributed to the first season of the spin-off series, Torchwood.

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11.

On March 5,2005, CBC Television launched a high definition simulcast of its Toronto and Montreal stations.

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12.

In fall 2007, the CBC Television upgraded its Toronto facilities, becoming the second fully HD news broadcaster in Canada.

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13.

CBC Television owned-and-operated stations operate as a mostly seamless national service with few deviations from the main network schedule, although there are some regional differences from time to time.

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14.

Some stations that broadcast from smaller cities were private affiliates of the CBC Television, that is, stations which are owned by commercial broadcasters but predominantly incorporated CBC Television programming within their schedules.

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15.

Such stations generally followed the CBC Television schedule, airing a minimum 40 hours per week of network programming.

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16.

For instance, the CBC Television implemented a digital transmitter covering Fredericton, New Brunswick in the place of the existing transmitter covering Saint John, New Brunswick and Fredericton, and decided to maintain analogue service to Saint John.

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17.

CBC Television never had a transmitter serving the Riviere-du-Loup area.

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18.

In 2006, the CBC submitted a plan to the CRTC for transitioning the over-the-air television signals from analogue to digital.

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19.

CBC Television had requested during this consultation that broadcasters be given four years to transition.

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20.

Further, the CBC Television stated in the release, that only 15 of the transmitters would be in place by August 31,2011, due to lack of available funds, and that the remainder would not be on the air until as late as August 31,2012.

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21.

Additionally, the CBC Television stated in the release that it was asking the CRTC for permission to continue broadcasting in analogue until the identified transmitters for transition were up and running.

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22.

On March 23,2011, the CRTC rejected an application by the CBC Television to install a digital transmitter serving Fredericton, New Brunswick in place of the analogue transmitter serving Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick, which would have served only 62.

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23.

In some cases, CBC Television has opted to reduce the power of existing transmitters to low-power transmitters, which will result in signal loss for some viewers.

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