Editing CFCF-DT (section)

===CTV (2001–present)===
[[Image:CFCF-TV.jpg|thumb|left|CFCF-TV's former logo (2001–2005). As of October 2005, logos with the stations' callsigns are no longer used on CTV stations; instead they all use the main CTV logo.]]
Canwest bought WIC's television assets in 2000. However, the CRTC did not allow Canwest to [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]] CFCF with CKMI. The commission believed that the Montreal region's anglophone population was too small to allow a twinstick of the city's private anglophone stations. It did, however, allow Canwest to keep [[CJNT-TV]], a multicultural station WIC had bought a year earlier. CFCF was placed under trusteeship, and had to be sold in short order. In 2001, amid all these wranglings over ownership, Bell Globemedia, owner of CTV, bought the station. After 40 years of being master of its own house to a large degree, CFCF lost much of that independence and maneuverability through the CTV/Bell Globemedia deal.

With the opening of the Fall 2001 television season, CFCF officially adopted the full CTV schedule. The newscast dropped its longtime ''Pulse'' title in favour of the generic ''CFCF News''. However, the ''Pulse'' brand was so firmly established that viewers still continued to called the newscasts by that title for several years. The station also adopted a new golden call letter logo similar to all other CTV owned stations, as well as similar promo and newscast graphics.

In 2003, CFCF left its location on Ogilvy Avenue it had occupied since 1961 and moved to a studio on Papineau Avenue in the eastern part of [[Downtown Montreal|downtown]], and the master control operations were moved to [[9 Channel Nine Court]] in Toronto, the home of CTV flagship CFTO. By this situation, CFCF overtook [[Vancouver]]'s [[CIVT-TV]] to become the largest market with a CTV O&O station whose studios were located in a downtown area (Toronto's CFTO-TV/DT had operated in the same 9 Channel Nine Court studios since its inception). The area has now become Montreal's main media district. In addition to sister Bell Media properties [[Noovo]] and [[Réseau des sports|RDS]], which are located in the same building as CFCF, the studio facilities of [[CBC/Radio-Canada]], [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]], [[Télé-Québec]], [[MétéoMédia]] and Bell Media's radio stations are all within several blocks.  

On October 3, 2005, the station dropped the use of its call letters on-air, instead branding as simply "CTV", with the newscast becoming ''CTV News''. This type of rebranding was instituted at all affiliates across the country to provide a common brand for the entire network.

By 2005, Bell Globemedia was considered to be a non-core asset by parent company [[Bell Canada Enterprises]] and was sold to a group of investors, which included the Thomson family. The Bell Globemedia group (made up of the entire CTV network, as well as ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' newspaper and a variety of other channels and media assets) was renamed CTVglobemedia in late 2006. In April 2011, BCE re-acquired full ownership of CTVglobemedia and changed the new division's name to Bell Media. The new media giant also acquired CHUM Limited's holdings in 2006, including the [[CTV 2|A-Channel]] stations, [[MuchMusic]] and a variety of other specialty channels. But the CHUM deal also raised serious questions about the high degree of media concentration in Canada. This new conglomerate owned more than one television station in several Canadian markets—increasing the worry about job losses and cutbacks.

In 2009, CFCF discontinued the ''Telethon of Stars'' that aired during the first weekend of December, consecutively, for 32 years from 1977 to 2009; the removal of the telethon from the station was due to budget cuts made by CTV as a result of the [[Late 2000s recession|economic crisis]]. In December 2010, the ''Telethon of Stars'' could only be seen through the Internet (via an 8-hour [[webcast]]), with no television equivalent broadcast.<ref>http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/12/01/no-telethon-on-cfcf/ End of Telethon of stars</ref> It was dropped entirely shortly thereafter.

On August 5, [[2009 in Canadian television|2009]], CTV camera operator, 44-year-old Hugh Haugland was killed after a helicopter crash near [[Mont-Laurier]] about {{convert|240|km|mi|0}} from Montreal, Haugland was shooting footage of the destruction left behind by a [[Tornadoes of 2009#August 4|tornado]] that touched down in the area on August 4, 2009. Haugland was the son of Canadian journalist and retired former television news anchor for CFCF-TV in Montreal, [[Bill Haugland]]. The other person killed in the crash was Roger Belanger, a veteran pilot and local businessman who was in his 60s.<ref>[http://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-camera-operator-killed-in-helicopter-crash-1.422859 CTV camera operator killed in helicopter crash 8/5/2009.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427145357/http://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-camera-operator-killed-in-helicopter-crash-1.422859 |date=April 27, 2016 }} CTV.ca</ref><ref>[https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/condolences-for-the-haugland-and-belanger-families-1.422728 CFCF-TV: "Condolences for the Haugland and Belanger families" 8/5/2009.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026114733/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/condolences-for-the-haugland-and-belanger-families-1.422728 |date=October 26, 2021 }} CTVMontreal.ca</ref><ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2009/05/c2881.html Statement on the Death of CTV Cameraman Hugh Haugland] CTVglobemedia press release via [[Canada NewsWire]], August 5, 2009,</ref>

On August 16, 2024, a water main break on [[René Lévesque Boulevard]] caused the flooding and evacuation of CFCF's main studio and newsroom, as well as the closure of those facilities for eventual restoration. The flood destroyed several pieces of equipment stored in the station's basement, including satellite trucks and field equipment. Newscast production was temporarily moved to the offices of corporate parent BCE Inc. on nearby [[Nuns' Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/news-never-stops-ctv-montreal-sets-up-makeshift-studio-on-nuns-island-after-damaging-water-main-break-1.7005998|last=Roberts|first=Denise|title=News never stops: CTV Montreal sets up makeshift studio on Nuns' Island after damaging water main break|date=August 19, 2024|accessdate=August 19, 2024|publisher=[[Bell Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/ctv-montreal-newsroom-working-out-of-makeshift-studio-in-wake-of-flooding/|title=CTV Montreal newsroom working out of makeshift studio in wake of flooding|last=Thiessen|first=Connie|date=August 19, 2024|accessdate=August 19, 2024|publisher=Broadcast Dialogue}}</ref>