CourtTV Canada

CourtTV Canada

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name = CourtTV Canada
logofile = Court TV Canada Logo.svg
logoalt =
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launch = September 7, 2001
closed date =
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owner = access media group
(CTVglobemedia)
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country = Canada
broadcast area = National
headquarters =
former names =
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timeshift names =
web = [http://www.courttvcanada.ca CourtTV Canada]
sat serv 1 = Bell TV
sat chan 1 = Channel 528
sat serv 2 = Star Choice
sat chan 2 = Channel 592
cable serv 1 = Available on many Canadian cable systems
cable chan 1 = Check local listings, channels may vary

CourtTV Canada is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel with programming related to law, police, forensic and rescue and emergency medicine.

CourtTV Canada is a wholly owned property of access media group, a division of CTVglobemedia. Its name is licensed from the American company Time Warner, the owner of truTV which was formally called "CourtTV".

Programming

CourtTV Canada consists mainly of trial coverage from its American counterpart truTV during its daytime schedule along with a variety of dramas, films, documentaries, talk shows and more during primetime. In-camera coverage of Canadian trials are not done due to the traditional ban on television cameras in Canadian courtrooms.

CourtTV Canada also produces a variety of interstitial programs that are featured throughout the day between its full length programs such as "Duty Calls", "Crime Files", "The Beat" and more as well as producing or co-producing full length programs such as "Legal Briefs" and "Eddie Greenspan: Reel Justice".

Noted programs

*
*America's Dumbest Criminals
*Booked
*The District
*FBI Files
*Haunting Evidence
*Homicide File
*House of Clues
*Parco P.I.
*Psychic Detectives

History

CourtTV Canada was licensed as "The Law & Order Channel" by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2000, and was launched on September 7, 2001 as CourtTV Canada under the ownership of CHUM Limited. This channel replaced the US service, CourtTV which was available by many television service providers in Canada. On June 22, 2007, CTVgm gained control of CourtTV Canada as a result of its takeover of CHUM Limited.

External links

* [http://www.courttvcanada.ca CourtTV Canada]


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