CTV News

CTV News is the news division of CTV, Canada's largest privately owned television network, operated by Bell Media. Its flagship program CTV National News has long ranked among the country's most-watched newscasts, and its website provides national and local coverage from newsrooms across Canada. Its reporting is generally regarded as mainstream and centrist.

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CTV News at a glance

Country: Canada
Region: North America · Americas
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1961
Owner: Bell Media
Published from: Toronto
Website: ctvnews.ca ↗
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How Crosswire groups CTV News

Crosswire groups CTV News as Centrist for comparisons within Canada's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Canada, CBC News and Toronto Star are listed as Left-leaning, while National Post is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open CTV News beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where CTV News sits in Canada's press

CTV News was founded in 1961, is published from Toronto and is owned by Bell Media. It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Canada and the only television news channel tracked there. By outlets tracked, Canada ranks third of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.

Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 21 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to CTV News outside Canada, starting with North America, are RJR News (Jamaica), CNC3 (Trinidad and Tobago), Grenada Broadcasting Network (Grenada) and HTS News 4orce (St. Lucia). Opening one of them beside CTV News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.