Coordinates | 40°37′29″N73°57′8″N |
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name | CTV Two Atlantic |
logofile | CTV Two.svg |
logosize | 190px |
launch | May 29, 1983 |
network | CTV TwoFormer affiliations: Independent (1983–2008) |
owner | Bell Media |
country | Canada |
broadcast area | Atlantic Canada |
headquarters | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
former names | Atlantic Satellite Network (1983–2008)A Atlantic (2008-2011) |
web | CTV Two Atlantic |
sat serv 1 | Bell TV |
sat chan 1 | Channel 202 |
sat serv 2 | Shaw Direct |
sat chan 2 | Channel 340 |
cable serv 1 | Eastlink (Halifax) |
cable chan 1 | Channel 7 |
cable serv 2 | Available on most Atlantic Canadian cable systems |
cable chan 2 | Check local listings, channels may vary (can often be found on channels 7, 10 or 13) |
adsl serv 1 | Bell Aliant TV (Halifax) |
adsl chan 1 | Channel 5 |
iptv serv 2 | Bell Fibe TV |
iptv chan 2 | Channel 202 |
online chan 1 | }} |
The channel launched as the Atlantic Satellite Network (or ASN) in 1983. It is designated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a "satellite-to-cable television programming undertaking," defined as a local television channel available in the region on basic cable television, and now throughout Canada on many digital cable systems and satellite television, but without any terrestrial transmitters. (A small number of other channels, mainly educational broadcasters, are similarly designated.) The channel does not appear to have mandatory cable carriage rights, although nearly all cable systems in the region offer it. Nonetheless, it has full simultaneous substitution rights in the Atlantic provinces, whereas most non-broadcast channels do not.
Prior to fall 2008, the channel had received much of its programming from CHUM's Citytv and A-Channel (now A) systems, which did not operate in the region; beginning in the early 2000s, timeshifted CTV programs often aired on the channel as well. CTV acquired CHUM (excluding Citytv) in 2007, and ASN merged with the relaunched A system on August 11, 2008.
Numerous cable-only network affiliates exist in the United States, particularly in conjunction with The CW Plus, although A Atlantic is the only station of this type currently operating in Canada. Many cable systems in Atlantic Canada carry A Atlantic on either channel 7 (for example, through Eastlink in Halifax) or on channel 13, depending on the location.
In 1997, as part of a multi-station trade between CHUM and Baton Broadcasting, ATV and ASN became Baton properties; ATV was integrated into the expanded CTV network, while ASN took over the few remaining CHUM programs from ATV. ASN remained, for all intents and purposes, the Citytv affiliate in Atlantic Canada, and until recently carried a similar mix of movies and series in primetime. However, by the mid-2000s, the amount of CHUM programming on the ASN schedule had in fact decreased, and CHUM-supplied soap operas and movies (aside from a handful of weekend timeslots) were no longer present.
Following the merger between CHUM and CTVglobemedia, it appeared likely that ASN would become the Citytv owned and operated station for Atlantic Canada. However, the merger was made conditional on the sale of Citytv to a third party (Rogers Communications); as such, ASN was re-launched as part of the CTV's also recently acquired A system August 11, 2008 and became known as A Atlantic. On May 30, 2011, Bell Media announced that A Atlantic along with the rest of the A television system will once again be rebranded as CTV Two effective August 29, 2011.
While ATV aired some United States syndicated programming that was shown on Citytv in Toronto (e.g., Friends and Seinfeld repeats), ASN aired programs associated with CTV in the rest of the country, such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Camilla Scott. ASN was also the original home of The Oprah Winfrey Show until it moved to ATV in 1992 (and in Newfoundland and Labrador, to NTV). Both Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are currently broadcast by CBC Television as of 2011. For a time in the early 1990s, ASN's slogan was "Your Main Attraction".
Since 1997, ASN's local programming has been cut back significantly. At its peak, Breakfast Television aired for two and a half hours daily; it now airs for 2 hours, broadcasting from 7:00am until 9:00am. Also, while ASN still carried a noon newscast and an early-morning rebroadcast of CTV's Live at 5, both are branded as CTV News programs. In mid-October 2005, ASN stopped carrying a late newscast, due to the additional CTV programming noted below.
Despite the then-pending CTVglobemedia/CHUM merger, CHUM content was actually lowered during the 2006-07 season compared to previous years, with other series from the CTV library—including repeats, "shelf" series like What About Brian, programming from MTV, and time shifted CTV programming for simsub purposes—making up the balance. The format of the channel's signature morning show Breakfast Television and its logo still somewhat resemble the format and branding used by the Citytv stations.
Currently, CTV Two Atlantic carries a late local newscast (a rebroadcast of CTV Atlantic's late news at midnight), previously the rebroadcast was taken off the schedule in 2005 but has been brought back; as well as the aforementioned CTV News at Noon. CTV Two Atlantic's morning program also retained the name Breakfast Television instead of A Morning during the A era. The show subsequently dropped the name when the station was rebranded as CTV Two and became known as CTV Morning Live.
The joint ownership of ATV and ASN was approved in 1983 without any restrictions on duplicated programming or news coverage between the two channels. This has been grandfathered into the CRTC's current policy, which has required most newer large-market "twinsticks" to maintain separate programming and news content on both component stations.
Since the 2002 disaffiliation of NTV from CTV, ASN/A Atlantic has also shown selected high-profile CTV network programs that are likely to be of interest to viewers in Newfoundland and Labrador, but would not otherwise be widely available in that province due to the lack of an alternate CTV affiliate on basic cable. This has included the first three seasons of Canadian Idol, which NTV began to carry in 2006, as well as sports programming such as CTV's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. In these cases, the programs would continue to air on CTV Atlantic as well. Such occurrences are currently rare since most CTV programs are available on analog cable in Newfoundland on other channels, either through simulcasts on U.S. network affiliates, or through repeats on CTV's analog specialty channels like The Comedy Network.
For all other staff, see CTV Atlantic
Since the channel's inception, ASN/A Atlantic has not been permitted to solicit local advertising in the Halifax area, due to (in the CRTC's opinion) insufficient support for local advertising. As part of the approval for Rogers's request to remove the commercial blackouts in St. John's, the channel also agreed not to solicit local advertising in that area either. A Atlantic is permitted to solicit local advertising in the rest of Atlantic Canada, as well as regional and national advertising; moreover the ban on solicitation does not necessarily prevent the channel from accepting local ad sales from the aforementioned areas.
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