History
In 1999, yet to be signed New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra performed on CTV. The appearance led to her being signed by Universal Music Group New Zealand.
In 2003, NowTV (formerly known as CHTV) and CTV merged, headquartered into the NowTV Building.
In 2006, CTV was the chief sponsor of the Canterbury United soccer team.
Today in Canterbury, a nightly news programme, started in March 2008.
In late 2008 CTV gained popularity with the New Zealand professional wrestling promotion Impact Pro Wrestling airing IPW Ignition weekly. The first episode premiered on the 5 October 2008.
In March 2009, CTV started screening Graham Kerr's Kitchen and Nick Stellino's Cucina Amore, half-hour cooking programmes from the 1990s.
In September 2010, the CTV Building had received superficial damage in the 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, but was "given a clean bill of health" by structural engineers, according to the owners. Reports of the building's construction date vary: Chip Le Grand of The Australian said 1960; a 1 March 2011 NZPA report said 1991 or shortly before; and a 4 March 2011 New Zealand Herald editorial said 1972.
On 18 April 2011, CTV was back on air at 5.30 pm for the first time since February's earthquake. The station began with a two-hour broadcast of news and then another hour of interviews with people involved in the earthquake recovery. Shows would screen nationwide on Māori Television the day after each CTV broadcast.
CTV will be joining Freeview later this year.
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