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| name = YTV |
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| logo = [[Image:YTVcolours.gif|150px]] |
| | |language={{wp|English language|English}} and {{wp|Canadian French|Canadian}} {{wp|French language|French}} |
| caption = YTV's logo, used from 2005-present, comes in an array of colors. |
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| headquarters = [[Image:FlagCanada.PNG]] Canada|
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| launched = September 1, 1988 |
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| ownedby = Corus Entertainment |
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| '''YTV''' is a TV channel owned by {{wp|Corus Entertainment}} available nationally in {{wp|Canada}} which launched September 1st, 1988. Its headquarters are in {{wp|Toronto}}, {{wp|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!"<ref>[http://www.ytv.com/about/index.asp#WhatDoesYTV About YTV.com]</ref> Pokémon is very well received by YTV's viewers.<ref>[http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/pokemon/yourSay.asp Your opinion of Pokemon - Have Your Say on YTV.com]</ref> | | The [[Pokémon]] franchise first reached '''{{wp|Canada}}''' in the late 1990s with the release of [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]] and the airing of the {{pkmn|anime}}. |
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| It is the Canadian broadcaster of the [[Pokémon anime]]. The channel has aired the anime since September 1998, from the [[EP001|first episode]]. Also, some movies get aired on weekends during [http://www.ytv.com/programming/moovibot/ Moovibot].
| | ==Pokémon video games== |
| | All Pokémon games released in the United States are also sold in Canada. French-language instruction manuals and packaging are included as required by law, but French-language translations of the video games are currently not available. |
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| ==Current Pokémon Schedule==
| | [[Event Pokémon|Nintendo events]] typically do not reach Canada, although all Wi-Fi events have been available to Canadian players. |
| [[Image:YTV2.png|thumb|right|150px|YTV's second logo, whcih debuted in September 2009. It usually appears in 3D.]] | |
| {{tt|Currently|Last checked: October 15, 2009}}, YTV airs the Pokémon anime 7 times per week. Those airing are [[Diamond & Pearl series]] reruns.
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| ! Day<ref>For the latest Pokémon listings for YTV, see [http://www.ytv.com/programming/schedule/showTimes.asp?showid=Pokemon YTV's Pokémon show times list]</ref>
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| ! Time (EST)<ref>For the latest Pokémon listings for YTV, see [http://www.ytv.com/programming/schedule/showTimes.asp?showid=Pokemon YTV's Pokémon show times list]</ref>
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| | Tuesday
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| | Saturday
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| | Saturday
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| <!--YTV refrains from airing new episodes until there is enough new episodes to be aired five days a week until the end of the season. If the channel airs the last episode of a season and there is not enough episodes released for the next season, YTV will repeat the current series in the timeslot in which that season was airing. If other timeslots are airing different seasons, they remain intact.-->
| | ==Pokémon Trading Card Game== |
| | | Cards for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] have been sold in Canada since the introduction of the {{TCG|Base Set}}. English-language cards are imported from the United States to be sold in Canadian stores. French-language cards are not printed in Canada, but are occasionally available as imports from {{wp|France}}. French-language cards are recognized as tournament-legal in {{TCG|Pokémon Organized Play}}. |
| ==History of Scheduling the Anime== | |
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| When the anime debuted on YTV, it was airing weekdays at 4:00 PM. When ''[[The Adventures in the Orange Islands]]'' debuted in the US, YTV continued to air ''Indigo League'' episodes until ''[[EP110|Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?]]'' aired on [[Kids' WB!]].
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| YTV began airing {{tt|new|to Canadians}} ''[[Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl]]'' episodes on Saturdays in August 2007. A 3:30 PM weekday timeslot starting with ''[[DP001|Following A Maiden's Voyage]]'' was added on April 7, 2008. These 3:30 PM episodes continued, and eventually surpassed the new ones that were coming on on Saturdays. Canada then got five {{tt|new|to Canadians}} episodes per week. The episode that made the weekday afternoon episodes pass the Saturday ones was ''[[DP034|Buizel Your Way out of This!]]''. The first season of the [[Diamond & Pearl series]] had finished its chronological airing on Tuesday, June 17, meaning that [[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]] should have started on the next Wednesday or possibly Saturday. However, this did not happen, as YTV began rerunning season 10 from the beginning.
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| ''Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension'' briefly appeared for three weeks, airing on Fridays at 8:00 AM starting November 7, 2008. At one point, YTV was constantly changing their schedule around from ''Battle Frontier'' and ''Diamond and Pearl'' at the times of 3:30 PM and 8:00 AM. On Monday, March 2, 2009, YTV began to air ''Battle Dimension'' regularly and only aired ''Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl'' episodes on Saturdays. On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, YTV aired the [[DP104|last episode]] of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension. On Saturday, October 10, 2009, YTV aired episodes of [[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles]]. On the same day, they aired [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness]] at 12:00 PM, and also [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness]] at 12:30 PM (just one day after the US airing).<ref>[http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/pokemon/index.asp Pokemon (Pokémon) - Anime on YTV - Pikachu and Ash's journey]</ref>
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| [[Image:YtvAnimeOnDemand.PNG|thumb|right|150px|YTV Anime On Demand logo]]
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| ==Bionix On Demand==
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| In 2005, YTV launched an {{wp|Video on demand|on demand}} anime channel simply named ''YTV Anime On Demand''. The channel contained new and old programs, including series that do not air on the normal YTV. The Pokémon anime was also available on this service.
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| [[Image:Bionixondemand.jpg|thumb|right|150px|YTV's Bionix On Demand logo]]
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| In 2008, YTV renamed its on demand service to ''Bionix On Demand'', which still offers Pokémon in its line-up today.<ref>[http://www.ytv.com/etc/vod/ Video On Demand - Exclusive Anime!]</ref>
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| ==Trivia==
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| * YTV has never [[Banned episodes|banned]] an episode of the Pokémon anime, except those banned in Japan.
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| * When YTV was chronologically airing reruns of ''Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl'' weekdays at 5:00 PM, while airing new episodes of the same season on Saturdays, the same station ID played before the episode started.<ref>Watch it here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoirYnZSjbo YTV ID - Messy (2008)]</ref>
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| ==References==
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| ==External Links==
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| * {{wp|YTV_(TV channel)|YTV}} on Wikipedia
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| * [http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/pokemon/ Official website]
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| * [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Td2LSUJHebI&fmt=35 YTV Pokémon Diamond & Pearl anime commercial]
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| * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYrUE97NDR4 Bionix On Demand Rogers Television promo]
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