CP24

Canadian center

Background

CP24 launched on March 30, 1998, as CablePulse24, a joint venture between CHUM Limited and Sun Media Corporation, built around the concept of continuous local news for the Greater Toronto Area. Sun Media sold its 29.9 percent share to CHUM in December 2004, making CHUM the sole owner. In June 2007, CTVglobemedia acquired CHUM and with it CP24, folding the channel into a larger Canadian media conglomerate. BCE Inc. then purchased CTVglobemedia in 2011, renaming the company Bell Media, and CP24 has operated under that umbrella ever since. The channel's format combines a live news window with persistent on-screen displays of weather, traffic camera feeds, and scrolling headlines — a design largely unchanged since its founding. Bell Media underwent significant restructuring beginning in early 2024, cutting roughly 4,800 jobs across its properties; CP24 was moved from its longtime Queen Street headquarters to Bell's Scarborough campus during this period, and television news operations were hit especially hard. Media Bias/Fact Check rates CP24 as 'Least Biased' with 'High' factual reporting, a characterization broadly consistent with mainstream Canadian broadcast standards, though critics have pointed to Bell Media-wide editorial tensions, including a 2023 internal controversy over coverage guidelines related to the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Sources

1. CP24 – Wikipedia
2. CP24 – The History of Canadian Broadcasting
3. CP24 – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
4. CP24 – Bell Media
5. Bell Media layoffs hit television hardest thus far – Broadcast Dialogue
6. CTV forbids use of 'Palestine,' suppresses critical stories about Israel – The Breach
7. Bell Media announces additional job cuts impacting 43 technicians – CBC News

Profile compiled 2026-08-22; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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