CIIT-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CIIT-TV
station_
station_branding = "Joytv 11"
analog = 35 (UHF)
digital = 2 (Not Yet On Air)
affiliations = Joytv| former_affiliations = Omni (2006-2008)
Independent (Summer 2008)
founded = February 6, 2006
location = Winnipeg, Manitoba
owner = S-VOX
homepage = [http://www.joytv11.ca/ Joytv 11]

CIIT-TV (known on air as Joytv 11) is a Canadian English language television station based in and licensed to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station is owned by S-VOX and is an owned and operated station of the Joytv television system. CIIT broadcasts a variety of multi-faith and family-oriented programming.

History

In February 2002, Trinity Television Inc. was granted a licence for a religious television station for Winnipeg. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2002/db2002-229.htm CRTC Broadcasting Decision 2002-229] The station was set to be launched in September 2004 as "NOWTV", to be the second station using that brand, previously used on Trinity's Vancouver station, CHNU-TV. However, the station did not launch on that date.

In 2004, before that station's launch, Rogers Media bought Trinity Television and took control of CIIT's licence. Under Rogers control, the station was set to be launched again on November 14, 2005 as the fourth Omni Television station, it was later set back again and launched on February 6, 2006 as OMNI.11. The use of channel 35 marks CIIT as Winnipeg's first-ever UHF station.

On September 28, 2007, Rogers' pending Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) application to acquire the Citytv stations, including CHMI in Winnipeg, was approved. As a condition of this approval, Rogers must sell CIIT and CHNU in Vancouver, in order to comply with CRTC restrictions on owning multiple stations in the same language, in one market. Rogers had a one year grace period to find new owners for both stations.

On November 6, 2007, Rogers Media announced the sale of CIIT and CHNU to S-VOX. The deal was approved by the CRTC on March 31, 2008. The sale was finalized on April 30, 2008 and S-VOX assumed control of the station on June 30 of that year.

Shortly after S-VOX acquired control of the station, In July 2008, CIIT disaffiliated from the Omni television system and was subsequently rebranded as CIIT11. S-VOX soon announced that both CIIT and CHNU would rebrand as under a newly created television brand, Joytv. CIIT was rebranded again on September 1, 2008 using the on-air brand Joytv 11.

Logos

Channel placement

On Shaw and MTS TV, CIIT airs on channel 11, displacing the longtime previous occupant community access channel Shaw TV (the station first used channel 11 in 1986 after a previous move from channel 13; the station was formerly called VPW 11, later Videon Cable 11 on Videon before being taken over by Shaw, and GWC-TV (Greater Winnipeg Cablevision before its Shaw takeover). Shaw has moved their service to channel 9 for their customers.

ee also

*2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment

References

External links

* [http://www.joytv11.ca Joytv 11]
*RecnetCanada|CIIT-TV