CourtTV Canada
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| CourtTV Canada | |
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| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Owned by | access media group (CTVglobemedia) |
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Website | www.courttvcanada.ca |
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| Satellite | |
| Bell ExpressVu | Channel 528 |
| Star Choice | Channel 592 |
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| Available on many Canadian cable systems | 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Noted programs
- 72 Hours: True Crime
- America's Dumbest Criminals
- Booked
- The District
- FBI Files
- Haunting Evidence
- Homicide File
- House of Clues
- Parco P.I.
- Psychic Detectives
[edit] 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.
