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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*{{wp|YTV_(TV channel)|YTV}} on Wikipedia | * {{wp|YTV_(TV channel)|YTV}} on Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.ytv.com Official website] | * [http://www.ytv.com Official website] | ||
*[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2LSUJHebI&fmt=18 YTV Pokémon Diamond & Pearl anime commercial] | * [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2LSUJHebI&fmt=18 YTV Pokémon Diamond & Pearl anime commercial] | ||
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{{Project TV notice}} | {{Project TV notice}} | ||
[[Category:Anime]] | [[Category:Anime]] | ||
[[Category:Pokémon meta]] | [[Category:Pokémon meta]] | ||
[[Category:TV]] | [[Category:TV]] | ||
Revision as of 04:23, 17 December 2008
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| Headquarters | File:FlagCanada.PNG Canada | ||
| Launched | September 1, 1988 | ||
| Owned By | Corus Entertainment | ||
YTV is a TV channel owned by Corus Entertainment available nationally in Canada which launched September 1st, 1988. Its headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario. YTV is thought by many to stand for "Youth Television", due to the fact that its original slogan was "The Youth Channel". When asked about this, the channel states "Actually, it's just three letters! Really! Some folks think it means Youth Television, but that's just a coincidence; we just thought the letters looked good together!"
It is the Canadian broadcaster of the Pokémon anime. The channel has aired the anime from the first episode. Also, some movies used to get aired on weekends during 3 Hairy Thumbs Up.
Pokémon Schedule
As of July 28, 2008, YTV airs the Pokémon anime 13 times per week. Until recently when YTV got deep into Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon: Battle Frontier episodes sometimes aired in the 8 AM timeslot.
| Time | Day |
|---|---|
| 3:30 PM | Monday |
| 12:00 PM | Monday |
| 3:30 PM | Tuesday |
| 12:00 PM | Tuesday |
| 3:30 PM | Wednesday |
| 12:00 PM | Wednesday |
| 3:30 PM | Thursday |
| 12:00 PM | Thursday |
| 3:30 PM | Friday |
| 12:00 PM | Friday |
| 7:00 AM | Saturday |
| 11:30 AM | Saturday |
| 12:00 PM | Saturday |
YTV used to air new episodes every Saturday at noon. The 3:30 EST weekday timeslot started with Following A Maiden's Voyage on Monday, April 7, 2008. This continued, and these episodes surpassed the new ones that came on Saturdays. Canada then got five new episodes per week. The episode that made the weekday afternoon episodes pass the Saturday ones was Buizel Your Way out of This!. Pokémon also airs at 11:30 AM on Saturdays starting May 30, 2008, along with the one at noon. They are still going in the order the mid-day Saturday ones always have.
On Wednesday, June 18, the schedule got shook up again. The first season of the Diamond & Pearl series rounded out on Tuesday, meaning that Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension should have started on the 18th. However, this did not happen, as YTV aired Following A Maiden's Voyage, and continued in that rerun order. However, it just recently aired episodes of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension for three weeks, every Friday at 8:00 AM EST. Currently, it is airing Battle Frontier at 8:00 AM EST and Diamond and Pearl at 3:30 PM EST.
YTV Anime On Demand
In 2005, YTV launched an on demand anime channel simply named YTV Anime On Demand. The channel contains new and old programs, including series that do not air on the normal YTV. Pokémon is also available on this service.
Trivia
- YTV has never banned an episode of the Pokémon anime, except those banned in Japan.
- A recent Pokémon commercial that aired on YTV featured haikus, meaning YTV is probably aware of the Japanese Diamond and Pearl segment, the Pokémon senryū.
