TVO
Public broadcaster of the Government of Ontario / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TVO (stylized in all lowercase as tvo), formerly known as TVOntario, is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It operates flagship station CICA-DT (channel 19) in Toronto, which also relays programming across portions of Ontario through eight rebroadcast stations. All pay television (cable, satellite, IPTV) providers throughout Ontario are required to carry TVO on their basic tier, and programming can be streamed for free online within Canada.
Type | Educational television network |
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Country | Canada |
Broadcast area | province-wide Ontario |
Stations | CICA-DT, CICO-DT |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ontario Educational Communications Authority |
Parent | Government of Ontario |
History | |
Launched | September 27, 1970 (53 years ago) (1970-09-27) |
Former names | TVOntario |
Links | |
Website | tvo |
TVO is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA), a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario, which since 2022 has done business as the TVO Media Education Group (or TVO.me). TVO.me also operates TVO Today, TVO ILC, TVO Learn, and TVOKids.