CatholicTV

Infobox TV channel
name = CatholicTV
logofile = CatholicTV_logo.jpg
launch = 1955
network = CatholicTV
picture format = 480i (SDTV)
owner = Boston Catholic Television Center, Inc.
slogan = "It's all for YOU!"
country = United States
broadcast area =
headquarters = 34 Chestnut Street, Watertown, MA
former names = Catholic Television Center / WIHS (1955–1964), BCTV (1964–2006)
web = [http://www.catholictv.com/ CatholicTV.com]
cable serv 1 = Comcast of New England
cable chan 1 = Channel 268
cable serv 2 = Also available on selected cable systems nationwide
cable chan 2 = Check local listings for channels
online serv 1 = Sky Angel
online chan 1 = Channel 142
online serv 2 = CatholicTV.com
online chan 2 = Live Stream
online serv 3 = iCatholic.com
online chan 3 = [http://www.iCatholic.com special features and video podcasts]

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CatholicTV is a Catholic television network based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Michigan, Ohio, California and Louisiana, as well as on [http://www.catholictv.com the Internet] , Sky Angel IPTV, with selections available at iTunes and via digital C band satellite, via AMC 11. CatholicTV Video-on demand (CTVOD) is available on Sky Angel IPTV (nationally) and Verizon FiOS in most markets.

CatholicTV broadcasts programming relevant to Catholic viewers, including [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=29 the Daily Mass] live on Sunday and weekdays and a wide variety of Catholic educational and inspirational programming. This includes live talk shows such as [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=72 "This is the Day"] , [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=63 the Holy Rosary] , the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction, catachetical programs, music shows, entertainment/variety shows, youth and children's programming. CatholicTV also broadcasts programming and special coverage from Vatican Television of live coverage of world [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=29 Catholic events from the Vatican] , such as the death of Pope John Paul II, the election and journeys of Pope Benedict XVI and World Youth Day 2008 from Sydney Australia at [http://www.PopeinAustralia.com PopeInAustralia.com] .

History

CatholicTV's first program was broadcast on the morning of January 1, 1955 when then-Archbishop Richard J. Cushing celebrated a Pontifical Low Mass in the new Catholic television studios on Granby Street in Boston. By 1957 the Catholic Television Center, which had been an innovator in educational and religious programming, acquired the license to Channel 38. It would take much work over the next six years but on October 12, 1964, a dream became reality with the station going on the air as WIHS-TV. It was the first full-time Catholic television station in the world employing a general entertainment format along with the daily and Sunday Mass. The broadcast license was purchased in 1966 by Storer Broadcasting two years later (becoming WSBK-TV) and the station continued to produce programming and the live broadcast of the Sunday Mass under the name "Boston Catholic Television (BCTV)" using the funds from the sale to build an Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) system. In April of 1983 BCTV began its foray into the new system of supplying television over cable lines directly to the home. In 2006 the station rebranded as CatholicTV, a network serving numerous dioceses throughout the New England area and the United States.

External links

* [http://www.catholictv.com Your Catholic Broadband Network, CatholicTV's Official Site]
* [http://www.catholictv.com/# Watch CatholicTV Live!]
* [http://www.iCatholic.com/# Watch special features at iCatholic.com!]
* [http://www.rcab.org Archdiocese of Boston Official Site]