CBC Parliamentary Television Network
| CBC Parliamentary Television Network | |
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| Launched | September 1979 |
| Closed | October 1992 |
| Owned by | Government of Canada (Crown Corporation) |
| Country |  Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
CBC Parliamentary Television Network is a now defunct Canadian cable television specialty channel that broadcasted the Canadian House of Commons proceedings via Anik satellite to Canadian cable television headends between September 1979 and 1992.
Origins
The House of Commons Broadcast Service was set up in October 1977 to be responsible to maintain the video and audio equipment. It was CBC's responsibility to take that signal and transmit it to the Anik satellite to be received by Canadian cable companies.
For most of the network's history, John Warren hosted a preview monologue before the beginning of and provided a short summary after the daily proceedings.
In 1992, the Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC), a consortium of many Canadian cable companies, took over responsibility for broadcasting the Canadian House of Commons proceedings.
Hours of operation
| Day | Time Period |
|---|---|
| Monday | 1:55 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 7:55 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 1:55 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 7:55 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 1:55 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Thursday | 1:55 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 7:55 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
| Friday | 10:55 p.m. to 1 p.m.; 1:55 p.m. to 5 p.m. |
Other uses
At times of special occasions, the network was used to carry coverage of Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hearings, as happened in the fall of 1981 to license Canada's first pay television services.
During the summer of 1984, Pope John Paul II toured Canada. The network was used to carry live coverage as he visited several cities.
In October 1984 it was used to simulcast coverage from NASA TV of Canada's first astronaut in space, Marc Garneau aboard Space Shuttle Challenger.
CBC-2
For a while during the 1980s, CBC suggested that its broadcast day could be expanded into a second CBC network, CBC-2. However when they applied to the CRTC for this network, they denied it for that purpose.
External links
- CBC Archive - Parliament On the Air (October 1977)
- - Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 8 No. 3 (1985) Pierre Ménard
- - Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 8 No. 3 (1985) Robert Anderson
References
- The CBC Parliamentary Television Network. Communications Services. CBC Head Office. October 1982.
| CBC Television |
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| English networks: CBC Television | CBC North | CBC Newsworld | CBC Country Canada | Documentary Channel |
| French networks: Télévision de Radio-Canada | Réseau de l'information | ARTV |
| Digital-only channels: Galaxie |
| Closed channels: Newsworld International | CBC Parliamentary Television Network | Trio |
| Proposed channels: CBC-2 | Télé-2 |
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