CTV Comedy Channel

CTV Comedy Channel
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	BCE Inc.
Parent	Bell Media
History
Launched	October 17, 1997
Former names	The Comedy Network (1997–2019)
Links
Website	www.ctv.ca/comedy

CTV Comedy Channel (often shortened to CTV Comedy and formerly known as The Comedy Network) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media which focuses primarily on comedy programming. The channel first launched on October 17, 1997, and operates two time-shifted feeds, running on Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules.

From its launch, the channel sourced most of its programming from U.S.-based Comedy Central. After years, Shaw Communications, Astral (later acquired by this channel’s current ownership) and Les Films Rozon sold their shares to Bell Media, and the network began to moved some of its programming from its original format to sister channel Much. It was rebranded to its current name in 2019.