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About CTV News
About CTV News
Canada’s #1 local and national news programs and CTV News Channel are available live and on-demand on the all-new CTV News App. The CTV News App delivers breaking, live, local, national, international, and weather updates straight to your device. Tailor your news, your way on multiple platforms. Plus, an extensive source of on-demand videos. Canada’s most trusted news. Anytime. Anywhere.
Key Features:
We listened to all of your valuable feedback and have completely re-engineered our app to bring users the following NEW features.
• Personalized! New ‘My Feed’ experience allows users to tailor the news to the locations and topics they are interested in
• Local News! View local stories and watch news reports from multiple favourite cities
• Live! CTV News Channel live linear channel and four all-digital live streams available 24/7
• New Navigation! Both top and bottom nav surfaces more content with less clicks
• Improved video experience with Chromecast enabled player
• Trending section with top most-watched videos and most-read stories
• New read article status and watched video visual indicators
• Updated weather section
Key Features:
We listened to all of your valuable feedback and have completely re-engineered our app to bring users the following NEW features.
• Personalized! New ‘My Feed’ experience allows users to tailor the news to the locations and topics they are interested in
• Local News! View local stories and watch news reports from multiple favourite cities
• Live! CTV News Channel live linear channel and four all-digital live streams available 24/7
• New Navigation! Both top and bottom nav surfaces more content with less clicks
• Improved video experience with Chromecast enabled player
• Trending section with top most-watched videos and most-read stories
• New read article status and watched video visual indicators
• Updated weather section
Ratings & Reviews
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No borders
Jul 15, 2020 A country that can’t draw a line and hold it will soon lose sight of that line. Don’t politicians know despite who may vote for them again that they have a duty to do what is right now for those that voted for them last. Shame! -
New model or MUDDLE?
Oct 11, 2020 Can not find what I wish to read - totally confusing to your elderly reader. No directions given to “ sort “ this app or find relevant sections. Disappointed once more! Many months later still can not find tech or health news. When video is done have to close out app and reopen to view next item! FRUSTRATING! Over a year later — still searching for tech and health sections! more -
Apr 23, 2019 unable to share to Facebook / Messanger / even copy the link. Probably will stop using it for the unbiased stories it always gave if I can't tell my friends about them. It had always been a more impartial reporting of U.S. news than the U.S. outlets! Sad that an APP could disconnect those of us seeking Truuth. thank you for your attention. In threse trying times it is a welcome light in the darkness. more -
Better than the USA NEWS
Feb 28, 2020 My in-laws outside of Montreal and when we go up see the family, they always have CTV on. I am amazed on how CTV shows a different type of news vs the US. I have downloaded the apt to my cell phone and my IPad so I can watch it in Syracuse,NY. They are shocked when I tell them about things we see here the CTV reports a wider number of news than the Major channels in the states. more -
Not Happy
Apr 5, 2019 You just lost a regular customer using you new app. I don’t like not being able to just read the news as was available using you previous app. Not a smart move. Grant -
Mar 28, 2019 Still taking in the new app format but some photo captions are hidden when appearing at the bottom of an article. Would appreciate the option to skip an ad after a few seconds, far too repetitive and annoying when viewing multiple videos. more -
Good national news coverage.
Aug 13, 2019 Often very timely and events well covered. Would like to see more news items right up front without having to seek items. -
May 1, 2020 Really appreciate the news, full coverage, detailed and current. Don't like all the additional side and bottom screens running additional information. Visually too much. Thanks for the great reporting. -
Sunday relief
Mar 22, 2020 As a Canadian ex pat I receive the Ottawa Citizen from my home town daily, however Sunday has been the one day a week I miss happenings on a local and country wide scale. This app has filled that void both informatively and visually. Very much appreciated 😀 more -
What did you do to our News App.
Mar 29, 2019 What did you do to our news app.? You can’t copy and send. Please fix the app. I mean some of don’t twitter and facebook. We e-mail, copy and text.
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No borders
Jul 15, 2020 A country that can’t draw a line and hold it will soon lose sight of that line. Don’t politicians know despite who may vote for them again that they have a duty to do what is right now for those that voted for them last. Shame! -
New model or MUDDLE?
Oct 11, 2020 Can not find what I wish to read - totally confusing to your elderly reader. No directions given to “ sort “ this app or find relevant sections. Disappointed once more! Many months later still can not find tech or health news. When video is done have to close out app and reopen to view next item! FRUSTRATING! Over a year later — still searching for tech and health sections! more -
Apr 23, 2019 unable to share to Facebook / Messanger / even copy the link. Probably will stop using it for the unbiased stories it always gave if I can't tell my friends about them. It had always been a more impartial reporting of U.S. news than the U.S. outlets! Sad that an APP could disconnect those of us seeking Truuth. thank you for your attention. In threse trying times it is a welcome light in the darkness. more -
Better than the USA NEWS
Feb 28, 2020 My in-laws outside of Montreal and when we go up see the family, they always have CTV on. I am amazed on how CTV shows a different type of news vs the US. I have downloaded the apt to my cell phone and my IPad so I can watch it in Syracuse,NY. They are shocked when I tell them about things we see here the CTV reports a wider number of news than the Major channels in the states. more -
Not Happy
Apr 5, 2019 You just lost a regular customer using you new app. I don’t like not being able to just read the news as was available using you previous app. Not a smart move. Grant -
Mar 28, 2019 Still taking in the new app format but some photo captions are hidden when appearing at the bottom of an article. Would appreciate the option to skip an ad after a few seconds, far too repetitive and annoying when viewing multiple videos. more -
Good national news coverage.
Aug 13, 2019 Often very timely and events well covered. Would like to see more news items right up front without having to seek items. -
May 1, 2020 Really appreciate the news, full coverage, detailed and current. Don't like all the additional side and bottom screens running additional information. Visually too much. Thanks for the great reporting. -
Sunday relief
Mar 22, 2020 As a Canadian ex pat I receive the Ottawa Citizen from my home town daily, however Sunday has been the one day a week I miss happenings on a local and country wide scale. This app has filled that void both informatively and visually. Very much appreciated 😀 more -
What did you do to our News App.
Mar 29, 2019 What did you do to our news app.? You can’t copy and send. Please fix the app. I mean some of don’t twitter and facebook. We e-mail, copy and text.
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Jul 8, 2021 It shows me too many articles from ONTARIO even though I chose to only see articles from Vancouver and Vancouver Island and BC. -
User experience takes the back seat...
Apr 22, 2019 Another great example of what happens when user experience and user-centric design takes the back seat (or gets stuffed in the trunk)... not understanding how your users actually navigate and engage with your app = loss of trust and loss of users. In the old version the navigation was relatively straightforward... you could add or remove (and reorder) news categories... the interface was consistent... there was a non-standard (but still usable) option to share articles (no idea why the standardized iOS sharing interface wasn’t adopted)... and all that has been thrown away in this new version. Top news is now almost entirety dominated by videos (which I assume is to try to increase ad revenue)... the previous categories are now under ‘News’ and require scrolling up... and down... and up... and down... no option to sort or reorder them... while the ‘Local’ news is now its own section and you scroll left and right to move between locales...?! Did you app designers and developers work in two separate silos?! Bottom line... great example of an app that was decent and user friendly falling victim to corporate greed and the pursuit of revenue at the expense of users... lemme tell you what is more expensive... NO USERS!! ...nicely done Bell Media! more -
Jun 8, 2021 Doesn't work on Android TV. A bit silly to expect us to watch TV on our phones instead of actual TVs -
May 3, 2021 Can login but can't watch anything since last update. -
New update is beyond confusing!
May 3, 2019 I never write reviews, however after using this app religiously for years, I am compelled to leave a review out of utter frustration at trying to navigate their new layout. I like to think I am tech savvy, and again I have used this app for years, so understand the general layout. That said the new layout is sooooooo frustrating to navigate. I have no idea what category the story is from - local vs entertainments vs national. I don’t know whether I am opening a video or article. Please update and have your users in mind, better yet revert back to one of your older layouts. This is terrible!!!! more -
Jan 1, 2020 Horrible mess since last major update. Interface is incredibly frustrating. In News section, you have to scroll all the way back to top to change category. If you mistakenly hit back arrow, will exit app -- and then change view when you return to it. Cannot disable crappy My Feed section -- which it always defaults to -- or configure it in a way that makes it worthwhile. more -
Apr 16, 2019 Too many videos, too many ads. Some news articles have little or no text, they are video only. It is slow to load and occassionally stable and hangs. Screen rotates when you aren't expecting it and won't rotate when you want it to. more -
Feb 24, 2020 Crashes whenever I cast a show. Cast continues but when I try to re-open the app when cast is active, app crashes instsntly. No crashing when not casting. Only started with most recent update. -
Selection bias
Oct 21, 2020 Do you really think those of us who still want to know truth and therefore use our brains to analyze news stories don’t recognize the fact that you only state negative “bits” about the U.S. President. Come on at least try to look objective and print some of the positive news about him. Or at least print the two sides of a story. more -
Jun 28, 2020 Too many ads to suffer through to get to "news". Access to royalty-bearing Programming is one thing but access to news is another.
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No borders
Jul 15, 2020 A country that can’t draw a line and hold it will soon lose sight of that line. Don’t politicians know despite who may vote for them again that they have a duty to do what is right now for those that voted for them last. Shame! -
Apr 23, 2019 unable to share to Facebook / Messanger / even copy the link. Probably will stop using it for the unbiased stories it always gave if I can't tell my friends about them. It had always been a more impartial reporting of U.S. news than the U.S. outlets! Sad that an APP could disconnect those of us seeking Truuth. thank you for your attention. In threse trying times it is a welcome light in the darkness. more -
Not Happy
Apr 5, 2019 You just lost a regular customer using you new app. I don’t like not being able to just read the news as was available using you previous app. Not a smart move. Grant -
Good national news coverage.
Aug 13, 2019 Often very timely and events well covered. Would like to see more news items right up front without having to seek items. -
May 1, 2020 Really appreciate the news, full coverage, detailed and current. Don't like all the additional side and bottom screens running additional information. Visually too much. Thanks for the great reporting. -
Sunday relief
Mar 22, 2020 As a Canadian ex pat I receive the Ottawa Citizen from my home town daily, however Sunday has been the one day a week I miss happenings on a local and country wide scale. This app has filled that void both informatively and visually. Very much appreciated 😀 more -
What did you do to our News App.
Mar 29, 2019 What did you do to our news app.? You can’t copy and send. Please fix the app. I mean some of don’t twitter and facebook. We e-mail, copy and text. -
Very helpful
Oct 28, 2019 I have been a summer resident of Nova Scotia for thirty years, and obviously am vested in our community and beyond in Canada (where I watch CTV news). This app provides me with a great deal of useful information. -
Wrench Spinner
Jun 27, 2021 What a wonderful way for persons not living in Canada to receive news from Canada. The world gets smaller when one attempts to learn about others on Earth. -
Mar 29, 2020 As a Csnadian residing in the US it is great to be able to keep up with news from a Canadian perspective especially from the CTV network.
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Mar 28, 2019 Still taking in the new app format but some photo captions are hidden when appearing at the bottom of an article. Would appreciate the option to skip an ad after a few seconds, far too repetitive and annoying when viewing multiple videos. more -
Apr 21, 2020 Overall like it...the one issue i have which could be an Android issue is app cant be set as default app for links like other news apps. For example I click on link in txt it opens Chrome instead of CTV app. -
Love it but...
Jan 29, 2021 As a Canadian living the USA I love watching the news on demand with the app. But, the volume on the commercials is 10x louder than the show. Drives me crazy always having to adjust the volume every times a commercial comes on. Please fix this. more -
Love it but
Jun 8, 2018 I would rate it 5 stars if it happened Iphone X support. As someone who lives abroad it's great to get notifications from CTV for news of back home but it would be even better if the app supported the Iphone X's screen -
Jun 21, 2020 I like the content very much but the app often shuts down after I cast a video feed.
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New model or MUDDLE?
Oct 11, 2020 Can not find what I wish to read - totally confusing to your elderly reader. No directions given to “ sort “ this app or find relevant sections. Disappointed once more! Many months later still can not find tech or health news. When video is done have to close out app and reopen to view next item! FRUSTRATING! Over a year later — still searching for tech and health sections! more -
Better than the USA NEWS
Feb 28, 2020 My in-laws outside of Montreal and when we go up see the family, they always have CTV on. I am amazed on how CTV shows a different type of news vs the US. I have downloaded the apt to my cell phone and my IPad so I can watch it in Syracuse,NY. They are shocked when I tell them about things we see here the CTV reports a wider number of news than the Major channels in the states. more
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Jul 8, 2021 It shows me too many articles from ONTARIO even though I chose to only see articles from Vancouver and Vancouver Island and BC. -
Selection bias
Oct 21, 2020 Do you really think those of us who still want to know truth and therefore use our brains to analyze news stories don’t recognize the fact that you only state negative “bits” about the U.S. President. Come on at least try to look objective and print some of the positive news about him. Or at least print the two sides of a story. more -
Jun 28, 2020 Too many ads to suffer through to get to "news". Access to royalty-bearing Programming is one thing but access to news is another. -
Oct 5, 2020 Commercials overwhelming. If u accidentally exit come back commercial amount repeated. Any change in play, wherever u click however many times commercials forced down your throat. -
Apr 2, 2019 Very poor transitioning from old format to new. Can't seem to access Automotive section.
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User experience takes the back seat...
Apr 22, 2019 Another great example of what happens when user experience and user-centric design takes the back seat (or gets stuffed in the trunk)... not understanding how your users actually navigate and engage with your app = loss of trust and loss of users. In the old version the navigation was relatively straightforward... you could add or remove (and reorder) news categories... the interface was consistent... there was a non-standard (but still usable) option to share articles (no idea why the standardized iOS sharing interface wasn’t adopted)... and all that has been thrown away in this new version. Top news is now almost entirety dominated by videos (which I assume is to try to increase ad revenue)... the previous categories are now under ‘News’ and require scrolling up... and down... and up... and down... no option to sort or reorder them... while the ‘Local’ news is now its own section and you scroll left and right to move between locales...?! Did you app designers and developers work in two separate silos?! Bottom line... great example of an app that was decent and user friendly falling victim to corporate greed and the pursuit of revenue at the expense of users... lemme tell you what is more expensive... NO USERS!! ...nicely done Bell Media! more -
Jun 8, 2021 Doesn't work on Android TV. A bit silly to expect us to watch TV on our phones instead of actual TVs -
May 3, 2021 Can login but can't watch anything since last update. -
New update is beyond confusing!
May 3, 2019 I never write reviews, however after using this app religiously for years, I am compelled to leave a review out of utter frustration at trying to navigate their new layout. I like to think I am tech savvy, and again I have used this app for years, so understand the general layout. That said the new layout is sooooooo frustrating to navigate. I have no idea what category the story is from - local vs entertainments vs national. I don’t know whether I am opening a video or article. Please update and have your users in mind, better yet revert back to one of your older layouts. This is terrible!!!! more -
Jan 1, 2020 Horrible mess since last major update. Interface is incredibly frustrating. In News section, you have to scroll all the way back to top to change category. If you mistakenly hit back arrow, will exit app -- and then change view when you return to it. Cannot disable crappy My Feed section -- which it always defaults to -- or configure it in a way that makes it worthwhile. more -
Apr 16, 2019 Too many videos, too many ads. Some news articles have little or no text, they are video only. It is slow to load and occassionally stable and hangs. Screen rotates when you aren't expecting it and won't rotate when you want it to. more -
Feb 24, 2020 Crashes whenever I cast a show. Cast continues but when I try to re-open the app when cast is active, app crashes instsntly. No crashing when not casting. Only started with most recent update. -
Apr 28, 2019 Don't like the format on this new app. will be looking for another canadian app to get the news. Preferred the old app. -
Mar 25, 2019 Buggy. Slow. Great at playing ads (over and over and over and over...), but terrible at transitioning back to content. Stalls out and have to restart session and a new set of ads that play over and over and over and over... -
Why
Jun 10, 2020 Why is this Liberal Prime Minister not full filling his own promises. I’m 78 and handicapped . I have filled out my income tax returns for 59 years, never been in jail. I live on my social security and old age pensions, get a GST rebait and also get a little rent from my only investment. I’m sure I was told that because I filed an income tax Return I didn’t have to fill out an application for assistance. I’m still waiting for the money more
What’s Groovy
Seems like a pun but yes, good news. I am a US citizen and the Canadian news is refreshing. There seems to be a reduced agenda hiding behind the scenes, yet still visible. Unlike CNN, FOX, etc. in the United States the political agenda rears it’s ugly head in each and every disgusting broadcast. I cannot watch your reports all the time because I still need local news as well. I may possibly become a Canadian citizen over the next year for relationship reasons so until then I look forward to viewing your newsfeeds from my side of the border :-). Thanks.
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What’s Subpar
Frustrating app! When I choose "live" then choose the news coverage area to cast, it asks me to sign in...I AM SIGNED IN...just another Canadian app that doesn't work properly.
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Release Notes
2.9.0
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