Country Music Television Canada
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| TV station ( private law ) | |
| Program type | Division program |
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Cable , satellite , live stream internet |
| Image resolution | ( Entry missing ) |
| Start of transmission | January 1, 1995 |
| owner |
Corus Entertainment (90%) Viacom (10%) |
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Country Music Television (CMT) is a Canadian , English-language country music television station based in Toronto , Ontario . He broadcasts country music video clips as well as hosted live shows. Award ceremonies, concerts and sitcoms are also broadcast. The station is 90% owned by the Canadian media company Corus Entertainment and 10% owned by Viacom .
history
Before CMT Canada started in 1994, a US company had operated the Country Television Network in Canada since 1984. In June 1994, the Canadian regulatory authority, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) , granted several broadcasting permits to special interest channels, including a music channel that was primarily supposed to broadcast country music. It was planned that the broadcast schedule would consist of 90% music videos and 10% moderated programs and shows. The first broadcast license, for a Canadian country music broadcaster, was given to Maclean-Hunter and Rawlco Communications , who were to operate the broadcaster in partnership.
Before the station started, MacLean-Hunter was taken over by Rogers Communications . On January 1, 1995, the station officially went on air under the name New Country Network (NCN) . Since that day it has been banned for cable operators to offer the US broadcaster Country Music Television . Due to the withdrawal of broadcasting rights in Canada, the operators filed a formal complaint against the CRTC, as this contradicted the agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) . Because of this, the US broadcasters boycotted the music videos of Canadian country musicians on their waves.
In the course of the 1990s, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued a guideline to protect its domestic broadcasters from foreign competition, stating that when a Canadian special interest broadcaster received its broadcast license and the broadcaster or broadcast format directly is also offered by a foreign competitor and is therefore in competition, the broadcasting rights in Canada must be withdrawn from the foreign broadcaster. After months of negotiations, an agreement was reached that appeared to be acceptable to both sides. In order for the Americans to receive a license to broadcast in Canada again, they had to participate in the Canadian broadcaster. So the station NCN was restarted on October 31, 1996 under the name CMT Canada. Shaw Communications held the largest share in the company, which was later transferred to the subsidiary, Corus Entertainment in 1999. This dispute also led to the change in the CRTC guidelines. So it was decided that even if a Canadian broadcaster goes on the air, then the competing foreign broadcaster, which already has a broadcasting license in Canada, no longer has to cease broadcasting.
Program content
Most recent country music videos are broadcast. Current programs such as CMT Morning , CMT Music , Love & Tears , CMT Rewind , Old School , Wide Open and CMT Spotlight are also broadcast with moderators. Other weekly programs are the Kortney & Dave by Request and the Chevrolet Cross Canada Countdown .
In the afternoon, series such as America's Funniest Home Videos, According to Jim, and country music-related series such as Pick a Puppy , Pet Heroes and ER Vets are also broadcast . Like the US-based CMT broadcaster, CMT Canada broadcasts country lifestyle films on weekends.