The sale was approved in late June 2012 by the CRTC and the transaction was officially closed on July 1, 2012, which coincided with the rebranding of the station to Citytv Saskatchewan.

For Citytv, the transaction was worth of $ 375 million.

However, on June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV transaction conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv rather than A-Channel, effectively voiding the deal.

However, on June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV transaction conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv rather than A-Channel, effectively voiding the deal.

On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV transaction of CHUM, but it added a condition that CTV must divest itself of Citytv rather than A-Channel, effectively voiding the deal.

It was later picked up for broadcast in Canada by Citytv, which broadcasted the original uncut episodes.

The original Citytv station, granted callsign CITY-TV by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ), was founded in Toronto in 1972 and began broadcasting for the first time on September 28 under the ownership of Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd ; CHUM Limited acquired the station in 1981.

Prior to CHUM's acquisition of CKVU, some Citytv programming was syndicated to KVOS in nearby Bellingham, Washington.

On the same day that the takeover was announced, Citytv canceled its supper hour, late night, and weekend newscasts at its local Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg stations, laying off hundreds of news department staff.

On May 3, 2012, Rogers announced its intent to acquire Montreal multicultural station CJNT-DT from Toronto-based Channel Zero and announced an affiliation agreement with the station, effective June 4, 2012 ( like the Jim Pattison Citytv affiliates, CJNT was formerly affiliated with the CH / E!

At its peak, Citytv Toronto produced more local programs than any other television station in Canada, such as Speakers ' Corner, CityLine and was the original home of FashionTelevision, SexTV, and MediaTelevision.

However, Citytv itself was unsuccessful in expanding its audience to other markets, as evidenced by the recent cancellation of the other stations ' traditional newscasts.

Shortly after Rogers ' takeover of the Citytv stations was complete, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published an application under which Rogers would have acquired 20 % of CP24, which was sold to CTVglobemedia as part of its $ 1. 4 billion takeover offer of CHUM Limited in 2007.

Regulatory approval was made conditional on the sale of CHUM's five Citytv stations to Rogers Communications.

While Craig's three largest stations were integrated into Citytv, Craig's Toronto station CKXT-TV ( then branded " Toronto 1 ", now " Sun TV ") was sold to Quebecor.

The building was purchased by CHUM in 1985, and was re-opened in May 1987 as the new headquarters for the company and its various outlets, including Citytv Toronto ( which was previously located at 99 Queen St. East ).

Since then, the Citytv signage at the front building was replaced with an eTalk logo ; the Citytv logos on the landmark mural behind the Virgin Mobile at Much store were replaced and overhauled with various logos of Bell Media's co-owned television channels, as well as the logo for CTV's entertainment news program eTalk shown one dish ; and the main Citytv signage on the building's east façade was replaced with a CTV logo and a private balcony, looking out from the company's boardroom.

On June 12, it was announced that Rogers had made a new offer of $ 375 million for the Citytv stations.

The Citytv stations ( including CITY ) were subsequently sold to Rogers Communications, with the sale approved by the CRTC on September 28, 2007, and Rogers officially taking ownership on October 31 of the same year.

The CRTC's decision to allow the joint ownership of CJOH and CHRO appeared to contradict its own rationale for forcing CTV to sell the Citytv stations, specifically that a single company could not own two stations, in the same language, based in the same large urban centre – however, even before CTV confirmed it would keep CHRO, the twinstick was approved by the CRTC on the basis of CHRO's financial situation and the stations ' prior common ownership ( until 1997 ).

On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM, but made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv ( including CHMI ) rather than A-Channel because of the fact they have CKY-TV in the same city as CHMI.

The acquisition was approved by the CRTC on June 8, 2007, on the condition that CTVglobemedia sell off CHUM's Citytv stations ( including CKVU ) to another buyer due to the fact they have CIVT-DT in the same base as this station ; Rogers Communications announced its intention to purchase the five Citytv stations three days later.

On September 28, 2007, Rogers ' purchase of the Citytv stations formerly owned by CHUM Limited was approved ( although CTVgm sold off the stations a year earlier ).

On September 28, 2007, Rogers ' CRTC application to acquire the Citytv stations, including CHMI in Winnipeg, was approved.

The station became Citytv Vancouver several months later, after the sale to CHUM was approved.

A year later, the CRTC approved the sale on the condition that the Citytv stations be sold.

On September 28, the CRTC approved Rogers ' takeover of the Citytv stations, giving the company one year to divest itself of the religious Omni stations.

The sale was approved by the CRTC on June 21, 2012 and closed later that month, making the channel an owned and operated station of the Citytv system.

On June 8, 2007, however, the CRTC approved the CHUM merger, conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv rather than A-Channel.

* IKEA has been criticised by Citytv in Canada for charging as much as twice the price in their Canadian stores for the same items sold in their American stores, this despite the Canadian dollar reaching parity with the U. S. dollar.

Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division.

Since the late 2000s, and particularly since its acquisition by Rogers, Citytv has moved towards a series-based primetime schedule much like its competitors, albeit one still focused on younger demographics.

Citytv calls its videojournalists " videographers ", but unlike many American television markets that try to conceal the fact that reporters are so-called " one-man bands ", Citytv embraced the use of video journalism by highlighting the use of technology ; Citytv videographers often carry a second home video camera to record images of them videotaping on the scene.

The latter three shows are owned by CTVglobemedia as a result of its takeover of CHUM and subsequent divesting of the Citytv stations.

Flagship station CITY-TV, along with Jim Pattison Group-owned affiliates CFJC-TV, CKPG-TV and CHAT-TV are currently the only Citytv stations producing midday or evening newscasts ( though the Pattison stations brand by their individual callsigns, instead of branding under the Citytv name and do not the CityNews title for their weekday newscasts ), Citytv's four other owned-and-operated broadcast stations only produce localized versions of the morning program franchise Breakfast Television.

The local Sportsnet channel carries a different game than the game broadcast locally by Citytv.

The Blue Jays, like Citytv, is owned by Rogers.

With Citytv, he gradually began to pioneer a distinctive style of broadcasting, inspired in part by Marshall McLuhan, which emphasized a strongly local, hip and casual format aimed at young audiences.

Although acquired by Bell Media together with other CHUM entities, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission required CTVgm to sell Citytv Toronto and four other Citytv stations in Canada to Rogers Media in 2007.

On June 22, 2007, all of the CHUM Limited channels ( with the exception of Citytv ) were officially taken over by CTVglobemedia.

In September 2007, Rogers has also applied to the CRTC to acquire 20 per cent of CablePulse 24, a local news channel in Toronto which was previously paired with Citytv ( both stations were previously owned by CHUM Limited ) but was retained by CTVglobemedia in the June 8 licence approval.

Rogers Broadcasting operates 51 Canadian radio stations ( Rogers Radio ), ( 36 FM and 10 AM radio stations ) including three FM stations launched in the Maritimes in October 2005 ; Omni Television, which operates two multicultural television stations in Ontario ( OMNI. 1 and OMNI. 2 ) as well as one in Vancouver ( Channel M ) acquired in April 2008 ; Citytv acquired in 2007 ; which operates 5 stations in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver ; Sportsnet, a specialty sports television service licensed to provide regional sports programming across Canada ; The Shopping Channel, Canada's only nationally televised shopping service and The Biography Channel Canada, acquired outright in August 2006 when Rogers bought out the 40 % stake owned by Calgary's Shaw Communications and A & E Television Networks ' 20 % ownership.

In September 2007, Rogers has also applied to the CRTC to acquire 20 per cent of CablePulse 24, a local news channel in Toronto which was previously paired with Citytv ( both stations were previously owned by CHUM Limited ) but was retained by CTVglobemedia in the June 8 licence approval.