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CFPL-DT (channel 10) is a television station in London, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV 2 system. It is owned and operated by Bell Media alongside Kitchener-based CTV station CKCO-DT (channel 13), although the two stations maintain separate operations.
The latter unit is also used on Bell Media's Toronto-based local news channel, CP24, but referred to as Chopper 24. In most markets, local CTV News programs air at 6 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. (CTV 2) or 11:30 p.m. (CTV) on weekdays.
CTV Newsnet was renamed CTV News Channel on May 26, 2009, though at the time no channel format or schedule change occurred. [4] On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD. [ 5 ]
In October 2024, due to the end of Bell Media's licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery for its factual networks, it was announced that Animal Planet, Discovery Science, and Discovery Velocity would be relaunched as CTV Wild Channel, CTV Nature Channel, and CTV Speed Channel respectively on January 1, 2025. [67]
Bell Media owns and operates 30 English language and five French language local conventional television stations under the CTV, CTV 2 and Noovo brands; 27 English language specialty channels, including Crave and TSN; and 12 French language specialty channels including Super Écran and RDS.
airs four digital subchannels (Community Channel on 34.1, French and Spanish Community on 34.2, Caldwell First Nation programming on 34.3 and Local News on 34.4), the first station in Canada to offer multiple digital subchannels, and the first low-power broadcaster/community channel in Canada to convert to digital operations.
On October 17, Bell announced planned rebrands and relaunches for its Discovery-branded networks taking effect January 1, 2025. Animal Planet, Discovery Science, and Discovery Velocity will be brought under Bell's CTV-branded specialty networks as CTV Wild Channel, CTV Nature Channel, and CTV Speed Channel respectively.
In August 2008, A-Channel was re-branded to A, effectively re-branding the CFPL station once more and on August 31, 2011, A was re-branded as CTV Two until September 2018 now CTV 2. Several other stations from neighbouring cities have established retransmitters or are otherwise available in London, as follows: