january 1 1995 1995 01 01 owned by corus entertainment 90 % managing partner viacom international media networks 10 % picture format 1080i hdtv 480i sdtv country canada language english broadcast area nationwide headquarters toronto ontario 1 formerly called new country network 1995 1996 website www.cmt.ca availability satellite bell tv channel 575 sd shaw direct channel 583 sd cable available on most canadian cable systems consult your local cable provider for channel availability iptv bell aliant channel 216 sd channel 423 hd bell fibe tv channel 575 sd channel 1575 hd mts channel 109 sd channel 1109 hd optik tv channel 9555 sd channel 555 hd sasktel channel 14 sd channel 314 hd vmedia channel 38 sd zazeen channel 56 sd cmt is a canadian english language category a cable and satellite specialty channel that is owned as a joint venture between corus entertainment which owns a controlling 90 % interest and viacom which owns the remaining 10 % owners of the flagship cmt cable channel in the united states . the channel airs country music and family oriented general entertainment programs in the form of music videos award shows concerts and sitcoms . it is one of two viacom branded channels that are owned by corus the other being nickelodeon . contents 1 history 1.1 cmt hd 2 programming 3 hosts presenters 3.1 current hosts 3.2 former hosts 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit ncn logo used from 1995 to 1996 . cmt logo used from 1996 to 2000 . cmt logo used from 2000 to 2006 . prior to the launch of cmt canada the american based country television network country music television had been available in canada since 1984 one year after the channel s launch in the united states . 2 in june 1994 the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc licensed a series of new canadian specialty television channels ; among the ones whose licence was granted was the country network whose programming provisions required it to primarily feature country music videos a minimum of 90 % . the licence was granted to a partnership between maclean hunter which owned 60 % majority control and rawlco communications which owned the remaining 40 % . 3 cmt logo used from 2006 to 2008 . logo used from 2008 to 2010 . logo used from 2010 to 2015 . at this time the crtc had a policy that if a canadian specialty service was licensed and that service s format was competitive with a foreign service s format that was licensed to operate in canada the foreign service could be dropped from the list of channels eligible for cable carriage in canada . 3 due to country music television s competitive format the crtc terminated cmt s eligibility rights in canada as a foreign service on june 6 1994 . television distributors such as cable and satellite television operators could continue distributing country music television until the country network began operations . 3 in march 1994 one year before the channel s launch maclean hunter had been purchased by rogers communications . 4 on january 1 1995 the channel launched as new country network ncn . on that date canadian pay television service providers were no longer allowed to offer country music television . 5 in retaliation to being barred from canada the american service launched a complaint under the north american free trade agreement and ceased carriage of videos by canadian artists without major u.s. record deals . 6 after months of negotiations the matter was settled when it was announced that cbs cable then owners of cmt would purchase a minority stake in the service . ncn was relaunched as cmt on october 31 1996 . 6 the majority interest was acquired by shaw communications at the same time ; it was later included in the spinoff of the broadcasting assets then owned by shaw as corus entertainment in 1999 . the controversy also resulted in an effective change to crtc policy if a foreign channel is already available in canada and a new canadian equivalent is subsequently licensed cable providers are no longer required to drop the foreign service . cmt hd edit cmt hd is a high definition simulcast feed of cmt which broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format . in early 2014 telus tv announced on its website that it would carry the hd feed of cmt canada . 7 programming edit see also list of programs broadcast by cmt canada when cmt was launched as new country network on january 1 1995 the crtc required that 90 % of the station s programming consist of music videos . 8 the crtc dropped that requirement to 70 % on february 28 2001 . 9 the percentage was further reduced to 50 % on february 28 2006 10 making it more or less like its american counterpart . cmt airs music videos throughout the day in blocks titled my cmt morning cmt music number 1s cmt social cmt rewind old school wide open and cmt spotlight along with the weekly chevrolet top 20 countdown . during the evening hours cmt airs a mix of acquired programming consisting of sitcoms such as rules of engagement reba and according to jim reality series such as america s funniest home videos wife swap cash and cari bayou billionaires and swamp pawn canadian produced programs such as deal with it just for laughs gags wipeout canada and undercover boss canada as well as original series such as cmt s hottest best in chow cash mob and pick a puppy . hosts presenters edit current hosts edit paul mcguire host of chevrolet top 20 countdown and cmt s hottest former hosts edit casey clarke now at cigv fm in penticton british columbia cliff dumas now host of the weekly country countdown shannon gaye gnarley charley now at ksks in fresno california stu jeffries now at chbm fm in toronto nicola jones previously at chch in hamilton ontario now deceased oct 2014 ashley kranz winner of cmt canada s cmt casting call 2007 competition elissa lansdell now host of my rona home beverley mahood melissa parrott winner of cmt canada s cmt casting call 2009 competition hal roberts now with we mean business tv airing on chch tv hamilton colleen rusholme now at cing fm in hamilton greg shannon now at ckgy fm in calgary alberta nancy sinclair brian hurricane smith tamara stanners now at ckpk fm in vancouver lindsay stone see also edit country music portal cmt us references edit vap cmt.ca . retrieved september 9 2012 . will country music videos set off culture war some facts to keep in mind as u.s. trade negotiators threaten retaliatory strikes . toronto star . 1995 02 11 . a b c decision crtc 94 284 . crtc . 1994 06 06 . the media business ; canadian media giants to merge the new york times 1994 03 09 u.s. country tv drops canadian videos . toronto star . 1995 01 10 . a b truce declared in the canadian country music war . cnn . 1995 08 21 . tv highlights decision crtc 94 284 decision crtc 2001 154 broadcasting decision crtc 2006 52 external links edit official website v t e corus entertainment broadcast television global o & o cfre cfsk chan chbc chnb cict cihf ciii cisa citv ckmi cknd ctv chex chex tv 2 ckws cable television specialty channels english language abc spark action bbc canada cartoon network adult swim cmt cosmopolitan tv crime & investigation dejaview disney channel disney junior disney xd diy network double helix dtour food network fyi global news bc 1 hgtv history h2 ifc lifetime movietime national geographic channel nat geo wild nickelodeon oprah winfrey network showcase slice sundance channel teletoon the edge treehouse w movies w network ytv corus m dia french language disney la cha ne historia s ries t l toon vrak telelatino network 50.5 % euroworld sport mediaset italia sky tg24 telebimbi telelatino teleni os univision canada terrestrial radio by call sign am cfmj cfpl ched chmj chml chqr chqt cjob cjoy cknw fm cfgq cfhk cflg cfmi cfmk cfny cfox cfpl chay cilq cimj cing ciqb cisn cjdv cjgv cjkr cjot cjss cjxy ckbt ckcb ckdk ckng ckqb ckru ckry ckwf ckws other assets kids can press nelvana toon boom animation defunct historical brands and predecessors discovery kids dusk edge tv kidsco encore avenue leonardo world movie central teletoon retro t l toon r tro video italia shaw media alliance atlantis canwest chca tv cooltv dusk e tv system fine living fox sports world canada selkirk communications x treme sports western international communications some of the assets listed above are majority owned wholly owned by corus entertainment or are under license . refer to full asset list for detailed information . v t e viacom media networks parent viacom bet networks bet bet gospel bet hip hop bet jams bet soul centric music and entertainment group comedy central mtv mtv2 mtvu mtv classic mtv live mtv tres logo tv spike vh1 kids and family group cmt cmt music nickelodeon nick at nite nick jr. nickmusic nicktoons teennick tv land production studios nickelodeon animation studio nickelodeon on sunset v t e music television channels in canada music and entertainment aux cmt much musiqueplus vintage tv 24 7 music videos stingray juicebox stingray loud stingray retro stingray vibe third language atn b4u music atn mastiii atn mh 1 atn sony mix greek music channel melody hits rotana clip rotana mousica schlager tv multilingual stingray music audio only foreign afrotainment music ary musik channel v ritmoson latino defunct bpm tv cooltv edge tv m3 max trax video italia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cmt canadian tv channel & oldid 742892223 categories canadian country musiccorus entertainmentmusic video networks in canadatelevision channels and stations established in 1995canadian analog cable television networksenglish language television stations in canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 13 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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