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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: CTV Blows Launch of CP24.com</title>
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<title>G</title>
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Was watching television and heard the announcer on CP24 say listen live on CP24.com.  Well tried that and guess what?  Not live in the slightest.  In fact announcer even gives the time a full 45 minutes earlier.
Tell it like it is or stop telling it.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c602262</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:46:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>W.M.D.</title>
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Tamil protestors shutting down....

These people are definetely representing the LTTe ( which is banned in Canada) since they are carrying the LTTE flag & yelling " our leader Prabhakaran". The LTTe is pretty much used to employing children as soldiers so they are not worried about their own childrens safety.
If something is not done soon , to stop these idiotic protestors they will ask a part of Canada to form a separate government for the Tamil community here.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c594308</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:19:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>W.M.D.</title>
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These people are definitely representing the LTTE (which is banned in Canada} since they are carrying the LTTE flag and yelling " our leader Prabhakaran".They are pretty used to employing children as soldiers so they are not worried about their own childrens safety.
If something is not done soon, they will ask a part of Canada to form a separate government for the Tamil community here.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c594301</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:09:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sean</title>
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BREAKING NEWS:  

CP24 has just announced that it's a cool 12c.  
"15c-16c is normal for this time of year.  Yes, it's the first full weekend of May!"]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c587928</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 21:47:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mitch Burke</title>
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I am praying that CityNews Channel will be available on Bell Tv! It should work out though right? After all..Rogers Sportsnet is on right? Theres bo reason for bell not to add the new channel when it launches.

Leave it to CP24 to send out two reporters to do a story on the sunny weather!!! They say they HAVE breaking news more than they DO breaking news]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c587889</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 19:44:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>out.west</title>
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Well, the morning show that used to be on CP24 is still over on Cable 7, Citytv.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c587836</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c587836</guid>
<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 17:34:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mitch</title>
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but there is some reason to celebrate....

the citynews channel is launching this year !!!!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c564795</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c564795</guid>
<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:29:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Carolyn</title>
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I totally agree the show is a bunch of CRAP They  should have left it alone They will loose alot of viewers and more I've been ill , ND MISSED What happened to Kevin,Dina and Frankie ?I will never watch this again and my family and friends agree.  I  HAVE WATCHED IT SINCE IT STARTED  and like it the way it was. I am very dissapointed  It Sucks]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c561233</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:33:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>marg</title>
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Why didn't they leave cp24 the way it was?  I HATE this new format, and the two dweebs who are "star's" need some tv manners lessons.  CP wasn't perfect, but they gave my morning a good start.  My day WILL NOT start with this new crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c559723</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:59:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Charles Hansing</title>
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CTV and Global both blow goats.  All they do is hijack American programming.  I wish they would both go off the airwaves and leave NBC, CBS, FOX and ABC alone.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c356772</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:24 PST</pubDate>
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<title>James</title>
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When will CP24 and Citynews become 2 separate entities. It really makes no sense that that the are rivals and are CP24 is still carrying Citynews broadcasts like BT and Citynews at noon. Am I th eonly one that think that this is stupid...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c339045</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:46:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Allan</title>
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I am just wondering why Citynews is still broadcasted on CP24 since CP24 is owned by CTV Globemedia and Citynews is now owned by Rogers. It just makes it a bit confusing as to who owns who...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c314039</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:14:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mr.Unknown</title>
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This revamp is horrible. Poor information and layout. Give me back the old version of 2 months ago! I LOVE THAT OLD VERSION! FUCK THIS CTV VS. Rogers BULLSHIT ALREADY!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c301611</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:56:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brian</title>
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Way to air the dirty laundry CTV and CHUM, any hard feelings folks? 

Of course, I'm sure everything CHUM did was 10 fold better than pre-merger...just look at all of the cookie-cutter and shallow Web sites they rolled out pre-CTV: www.bravo.ca, www.spacecast.com, www.star-tv.com and www.fashiontelevision.com, for example...

As somebody who does site designs for a living, I appreciate that www.cp24.com is new and different, it is very functional (news, weather, traffic, stocks all above the fold) and replicates many of the aspects that people tune into the channel for (where about 99% of their audience will be referred from).

I can also say from experience that people tend to expose themselves as 'resistant to change' when any site redesigns, anyone remember last year's cbc.ca redesign? TheStar.com? Do you really want all of your favourite '90s Web sites back or are we trying to move forward as a medium?

Granted cp24.com is not perfect but they have introduced some new elements to a site that I haven't seen before -- something CHUM hasn't done in a long time.

Bri]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c300130</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:37:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Tracy</title>
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I hear a lot of disgruntled lame-asses here.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c300105</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:00:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>out west</title>
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CityNews.ca has always had a good design.  CP24.com does seem rather rushed.  Well, maybe CTV has other plans in place yet that won't be revealed until Citytv moves to the Olympic Torch/Lakeshore buildings.

on a side note, not too thrilled with Citytv.com but I do like CTV.ca (nice reversal there, eh?)

on a further side note, great of CTV to develop websites for CP24 when they still have like 10 broadcast properties in the Citytv buildings in Calgary/Edmonton.  Okay, they did move two channels out last week but, it's been a year of new ownership for those properties...just sayin.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c300032</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:27:49 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rob</title>
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The CP24 site is HORIBLE! They are trying hard to distance themselves from Citytv. They didn't show any CityNews footage during the westend explosion/evacuation. Global and that always depressed looking Alex Pierson only spent 9 mins covering the story.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c300006</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c300006</guid>
<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:02:19 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>The &quot;W&quot; Hotel</title>
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yeah, CP24 could have been better - it's clearly running on a CMS that is creaking and not extensible by any true means ... I will say this though, it's leagues superior to that mclovin' awful train wreck of a usability disaster they called a "video player" that they shat onto world a few months back. The CP24 redesign is Apple-elegant compared to that hot mess bile. 

That so-called video player made me want to go back to watching analogue with my rabbit ears.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c299305</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c299305</guid>
<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:11:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>RBeezy</title>
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nah bananafish, you got it wrong. there are plenty of highly creative people at CTV. and some of them are even in charge.

you can't buy something that isn't for sale, and the powers that used to be at Chum put the empire up for grabs.

to their credit, CTV has largely only done two things so far: slap their logo on existing shows and cross-pollinated channels with shows they should've had but couldn't get before - So You Think You Can Dance on MuchMusic is a perfect example.

and while I think that efforts have been sometimes ham fisted - eTalk at 299 gives me that "old guy in the club" vibe. I don't know if any other major player could keep the Chum spirit as much as CTV.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c299294</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c299294</guid>
<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:42:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>bananafish</title>
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there are people who make stuff, and people who manage stuff, and CTV are just a bunch of managers thinking they can show up down on Queen Street and reinvent themselves as creative types. The old CHUM company I knew going back might have been full of nepotistic slackers but they are nowhere near the arrogant axis of agincourt, full of themselves for having done nothing more than buying other peoples work and slapping their logo on it.

hopefully after this time they wont let the suits out from behind the desks and let the real developers do their job.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/08/ctv_blows_launch_of_cp24com/#c299228</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:04:49 PDT</pubDate>
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