15 Facts About Citytv

Citytv gained a second station in Vancouver when CHUM bought CKVU-TV from Canwest Global Communications in 2001.

In October 2006, Citytv launched a daily national newscast, CityNews International, which was produced in Toronto for broadcast on the western Canadian stations and on CHUM's Toronto news channel CP24.

The Citytv system began to phase in a modified branding in October 2012, with a new logo consisting only of the name "City", and some promotions using the verbal branding "City Television" instead of Citytv.

The Pattison-owned Citytv affiliates produce local newscasts, but do not produce their own versions of Breakfast Television nor title their midday and evening newscasts under the CityNews brand like the Citytv owned-and-operated stations do.

Citytv is well known for its unconventional approach to news and local programming.

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Citytv pioneered the concept of videojournalism, where reporters often carry their own camera report and videotape their own stories.

CITY prominently broadcast feature films during primetime, in late night and on weekends as part of the Great Movies block; as Citytv transitioned to a primetime lineup consisting of mainly domestic and American series during the 2000s, Great Movies was scaled back, then replaced in 2008 by reruns, reality shows and infomercials.

Citytv was one of the first television stations in Canada to implement a diversity policy in hiring its on-air staff, actively seeking out people of colour, people with disabilities, and other minority groups to work as on-air journalists.

However, Citytv itself was unsuccessful in expanding its audience to other Canadian markets, as evidenced by the eventual cancellation of the other stations' traditional newscasts.

However, like most Canadian networks, Citytv stations are generally available as distant signals on most cable and satellite providers nationwide.

In Vancouver, programs were split between KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington, which is close to Vancouver, and CTV-owned CIVT-TV, during the 1990s and early 2000s when Citytv did not have a station in Vancouver; CHAN-TV, then a CTV affiliate, aired some Citytv programs, such as CityLine.

Citytv brand has been licensed to local television stations in Bogota, Colombia and formerly in Barcelona, Spain.

In Barbados, Citytv is carried on channel 507 of the terrestrial subscription service known as Multi-Choice TV.

In October 2006, Citytv installed a new control room, becoming one of the first fully HD broadcasters in Canada.

Citytv HD is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable.