Editing CTV 2 (section)

===A-Channel===
[[File:Achannelnew.svg|upright|thumb|A-Channel's original logo, 2005–2008]]
On March 15, 2005, CHUM announced that the NewNet stations would be relaunched as [[A-Channel (Craig Media)|A-Channel]] by that fall. The rebrand took place on August 2, 2005, the same date that the former A-Channel stations in [[Winnipeg]], [[Edmonton]] and [[Calgary]], recently acquired by CHUM from Craig Media, were relaunched as [[Citytv]].<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2005/21/c3383.html CHUM Announcement - Local Stations Being Renamed as A-Channel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622184528/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2005/21/c3383.html |date=2006-06-22 }}</ref> The change reflected a shift towards a more traditional broadcasting model at these stations.

On July 12, 2006, Bell Globemedia announced a friendly takeover bid to buy CHUM Limited. The company initially intended to keep CHUM's [[Citytv]] system, while divesting the A-Channel and Access stations in order for the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to approve the acquisition.<ref name=takeover>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bell-globemedia-makes-1-7b-bid-for-chum-1.583543|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908083837/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/07/12/chum-bell.html|url-status=live|archive-date=September 8, 2011|title=Bell Globemedia makes $1.7B bid for CHUM|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=2006-07-12|access-date=2006-07-12}}</ref>

On April 9, 2007, [[Rogers Communications]] announced an agreement to purchase the A-Channel stations, along with the CBC Television affiliate in [[Brandon, Manitoba]] ([[CKX-TV]]) and several cable channels being put up for sale as part of the CTV transaction.<ref name=Rogers>{{cite web|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/technology_rogers_ctvglobemedia |title=CRTC expected to OK Rogers' $137.5M buy of CTVglobemedia TV channels |publisher=[[Canadian Press]] via Yahoo! Canada News |date=2007-04-09 |access-date=2007-04-09 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><!-- Note that CTV was NOT the stations' owner at the time of this transaction; it is thus incorrect to say that CTV itself was putting them up for sale. --> The CRTC announced its approval of the purchase of CHUM Limited by what was now known as CTVglobemedia, on June 8 of the same year, but added a condition that CTVgm must sell off CHUM's Citytv stations to another buyer. At the same time, it was permitted to keep the A-Channel stations, in effect cancelling the planned sale of A-Channel to Rogers.<ref name=CTV>{{cite web|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/08062007/3/canada-crtc-tells-ctvglobemedia-sell-5-citytv-stations.html |title=CRTC tells CTVglobemedia to sell 5 Citytv stations |publisher=cbc.ca via Yahoo! Canada News |date=2007-06-08 |access-date=2007-06-08 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=CTV2>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelcanada.com/Article1879.html|title=C.R.T.C. approves the purchase of CHUM Ltd. by CTVGlobemedia, excluding Citytv stations|publisher=Channel Canada|date=2007-06-08|access-date=2007-06-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031232/http://www.channelcanada.com/Article1879.html|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>

On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia finalized its purchase of the CHUM Limited stations, while the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers. The company initially intended to keep the A-Channel stations' branding and programming independent from the [[CTV Television Network]]. However, as with the relationship between [[Global Television Network|Global]] and [[E! (Canadian TV system)|E!]], CTV radically adjusted A-Channel's announced schedule over the summer of 2007 to make room for several series that could not be accommodated on the main network's fall schedule. Notably, A-Channel picked up CTV's rights to ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' and ''[[Jeff Ltd.]]'' In October, CTV also moved ''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]'' and ''[[Big Shots (TV series)|Big Shots]]'', both of which had originally premiered on the main network, to A-Channel.

Later in the fall, CTV also replaced A-Channel's daily entertainment newscast, ''[[Star! Daily]]'', with ''[[MTV e2]]'' and strip reruns of ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'', although new episodes of that series continued to air on CTV.

On July 26, 2007, CTVglobemedia named Richard Gray the head of news for the A-Channel stations and [[CKX-TV]]. Gray would report to the CTVgm corporate group, not CTV News, to preserve independent news presentation and management. Gray began to oversee the news departments for CKVR, CHRO, CFPL, CKNX, CHWI, CIVI and CKX.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1507269890&view=39118-0&Start=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018152141/http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1507269890&view=39118-0&Start=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2015|title=CTVglobemedia|date=18 October 2015|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

[[File:A logo.svg|Final A logo, 2008 to 2011|thumb|upright|left]]
Shortly after CTV took control of A-Channel and most of the other assets owned by CHUM, media analysts began to speculate that the A-Channel stations would be renamed in 2008.<ref name=rebrand>{{cite web|url=http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles06130703.asp|title=CTV expected to rebrand A Channel|publisher=[[Friends of Canadian Broadcasting]]|date=2006-06-13|access-date=2006-07-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182017/http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles06130703.asp|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> Viewer surveys in 2007 and 2008 suggested that the names "Much TV"<ref>[https://survey2.securestudies.com/wix/p17142820.aspx A-Channel Survey]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and "CHUM TV" were under consideration.