CTV facts for kids

CTV is a short name that can mean different things. Most often, it refers to television channels or networks.

Television

The most famous CTV is a big television network in Canada. It's like a major TV channel that broadcasts news, shows, and sports all across the country. One of its channels is CTV Newsnet, which shows news all day long. For a while, the main CTV network was part of a larger Canadian company called CTVglobemedia, which owned many different media businesses.

Other television stations and channels around the world also use the name CTV:

• In Trinidad and Tobago, there's a TV station called C Television.
• In New Zealand, there was a TV station named Canterbury Television.
• The Channel Islands have a broadcaster called Channel Television.
• The Vatican has its own TV channel, which is called Centro Televisivo Vaticano.
• In Taiwan, there's a television company named China Television.
• A Japanese TV station in Japan is called Chūkyō Television Broadcasting.
• In Connecticut, USA, Citizens Television is a public access network where local people can create their own shows.
• Some universities have their own student TV stations, like "Campus TV" at the University of Bath's student television station in the UK, and CTV (Singapore) in Singapore.
• Coptic TV is a channel for the Coptic Orthodox Church.
• There was also a satellite TV service in Scandinavia called CTV (pay television), but it no longer exists.

Other Meanings of CTV

Besides television, CTV can also stand for other things:

• Citrus tristeza virus is a type of virus that causes a serious disease in Citrus trees, like orange and lemon trees. It can make the trees sick and stop them from growing fruit.
• Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela is a large group of workers' unions in Venezuela. It's like a big organization that helps workers and protects their rights.
• Corpo Truppe Volontarie was the name for a group of Italian soldiers who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War a long time ago.
• A Combat Tactical Vehicle (Technology Demonstrator) is a special type of military vehicle that is built to test new ideas and technologies for future army vehicles.

See also

In Spanish: CTV para niños