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{{InfoboxTV |
|area=Canada
name = YTV |
|language={{wp|English language|English}} and {{wp|Canadian French|Canadian}} {{wp|French language|French}}
logo = [[Image:YTVcolours.gif|150px]] |
|continent={{wp|North America}}
caption = YTV's logo, used from 2005-present, comes in an array of colors. |
headquarters = [[Image:FlagCanada.PNG]] Canada|
launched = September 1, 1988 |
ownedby = Corus Entertainment |
}}
}}


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}}.
'''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>


==Pokémon video games==
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].
All Pokémon games that have been released in the United States have also been released in Canada, with the exception of the [[Pokémon mini]]. Pokémon games sold in Canada are direct imports of the American versions, so spelling variations such as ''color'' and ''center'' are not changed to ''colour'' and ''centre'' for release in Canada. Bilingual packaging and French-language instruction manuals are required by law to be included with the sale of all video games, however, no Pokémon games have recieved French-language translations.


[[Event Pokémon|Nintendo Events]] typically do not reach Canada, although Canadian players may download Wi-Fi events. The introduction of Wi-Fi events has allowed Canadian players access to many previously unavailable event Pokémon.
==Current Pokémon Schedule==
[[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 16, 2009}}, YTV airs the Pokémon anime 7 times per week. Those airing are [[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]] reruns during the weekdays and on Saturdays, [[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles]].


==Pokémon anime==
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The English dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] has aired in Canada on [[YTV]] since ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''. A French-language dub was recorded and produced in the province of {{wp|Québec}}<!--by [dubbing company-->. It is based on the English dub by [[4Kids Entertainment]]. Unlike the European French dub, the Canadian French dub retains all of the character names and Pokémon names used in the English version. The Canadian French dub of the Pokémon anime aired on [[Télétoon]]. Although Télétoon has removed Pokémon from its schedule, it still occasionally airs the [[Pokémon movies]]. The Canadian French dub of Pokémon currently does not air on any channel.
|-
! 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><ref>[http://www.tvguide.animeinternational.com Anime TV Guide]/</ref>
! 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><ref>[http://www.tvguide.animeinternational.com Anime TV Guide]/</ref>


In some areas of Canada, {{wp|The WB}} (now {{wp|The CW}})  is available on cable. With this, Canadians were been able to watch the newest English-dubbed episodes on [[Kids' WB!]] before they aired on [[YTV]]. Since [[Cartoon Network]] became the USA's provider of the Pokémon anime in 2006, Canadians must now wait until the dubbed episodes air on YTV to watch them due to the fact that Cartoon Network is only available in the USA.
|-
| Monday
| 8:00 AM
|-
| Tuesday
| 8:00 AM
|-
| Wednesday
| 8:00 AM
|-
| Thursday
| 8:00 AM
|-
| Friday
| 8:00 AM
|-
| Saturday
| 11:00 AM
|-
| Saturday
| 11:30 AM
|}


===Home videos===
<!--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.-->
The Canadian home video releases of the anime series have never been bilingual. The English dub is released on home video by [[VIZ Media]]. The French dub was released on VHS and DVD by '''Imavision Distribution''', but their license to distribute the series has expired and their Pokémon titles have gone out of print.


All movies prior to ''[[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'' have been released in Canada on bilingual DVDs. These DVDs would either contain both the English and French dubs on seperate audio tracks, or with the English audio track only but with the option to add French subtitles. Beginning with ''Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'', VIZ Media has distributed the home videos of the Pokémon movies, which are available exclusively in English.
==History of Scheduling the Anime==


===Cast and Crew===
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!]]. Back around this time, Pokémon sometimes recieved blocks of "back to back to back to back" specials. The first time this occurred, the block was called "Pokemania".
For information about the voice cast from the English dub, see [[List of English voice actors]].
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.


Many voice actors have contributed to the production of the Canadian French dub of Pokémon. '''Sébastien Reding''' provides the voice of [[Ash Ketchum]], [[Misty]] was voiced by '''Kim Jalabert''', and [[Brock]] was voiced by '''Martin Watier'''. [[Tracey Sketchit]] was voiced by '''Joël Legendre'''.
''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>
[[Image:YtvAnimeOnDemand.PNG|thumb|right|150px|YTV Anime On Demand logo]]


[[Jessie]] is voiced by '''Christine Séguin''' and [[James]] is voiced by '''Antoine Durand'''. {{MTR}} is voiced by '''François Sasseville'''.
==Bionix On Demand==
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.
[[Image:Bionixondemand.jpg|thumb|right|150px|YTV's Bionix On Demand logo]]


'''Alain Sauvage''' provided the voice for [[Professor Oak]]. [[Nurse Joy]] was voiced by '''Julie Burroughs''' and [[Officer Jenny]] was voiced by '''Camille Cyr-Desmarais'''.
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>


==Pokémon Trading Card Game==
==Trivia==
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. Originally, only English-language cards were available, but many French-speaking parents felt this was unfair to their children, who also did not have a French-language Pokémon video game. As a result, [[Wizards of the Coast]], which had recently started selling Pokémon cards in {{wp|France}}, began to import these French-language cards for sale in Québec. Today, French-language cards are recognized as tournament legal in {{TCG|Pokémon Organized Play}}.
* YTV has never [[Banned episodes|banned]] an episode of the Pokémon anime, except those banned in Japan.
* 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>
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External Links==
* {{wp|YTV_(TV channel)|YTV}} on Wikipedia
* [http://www.ytv.com/programming/shows/pokemon/ Official website]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Td2LSUJHebI&fmt=35 YTV Pokémon Diamond & Pearl anime commercial]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYrUE97NDR4 Bionix On Demand Rogers Television promo]
{{-}}
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Revision as of 16:22, 18 October 2009

YTV
YTV's logo, used from 2005-present, comes in an array of colors.
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!"[1] Pokémon is very well received by YTV's viewers.[2]

It is the Canadian broadcaster of the Pokémon anime. The channel has aired the anime since September 1998, from the first episode. Also, some movies get aired on weekends during Moovibot.

Current Pokémon Schedule

YTV's second logo, whcih debuted in September 2009. It usually appears in 3D.

Currently, YTV airs the Pokémon anime 7 times per week. Those airing are Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension reruns during the weekdays and on Saturdays, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles.

Day[3][4] Time (EST)[5][6]
Monday 8:00 AM
Tuesday 8:00 AM
Wednesday 8:00 AM
Thursday 8:00 AM
Friday 8:00 AM
Saturday 11:00 AM
Saturday 11:30 AM


History of Scheduling the Anime

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 Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon? aired on Kids' WB!. Back around this time, Pokémon sometimes recieved blocks of "back to back to back to back" specials. The first time this occurred, the block was called "Pokemania".

YTV began airing new Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl episodes on Saturdays in August 2007. A 3:30 PM weekday timeslot starting with 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 new episodes per week. The episode that made the weekday afternoon episodes pass the Saturday ones was 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.

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 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).[7]

File:YtvAnimeOnDemand.PNG
YTV Anime On Demand logo

Bionix On Demand

In 2005, YTV launched an 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.

YTV's Bionix On Demand logo

In 2008, YTV renamed its on demand service to Bionix On Demand, which still offers Pokémon in its line-up today.[8]

Trivia

  • YTV has never banned an episode of the Pokémon anime, except those banned in Japan.
  • 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.[9]

References

  1. ↑ About YTV.com
  2. ↑ Your opinion of Pokemon - Have Your Say on YTV.com
  3. ↑ For the latest Pokémon listings for YTV, see YTV's Pokémon show times list
  4. ↑ Anime TV Guide/
  5. ↑ For the latest Pokémon listings for YTV, see YTV's Pokémon show times list
  6. ↑ Anime TV Guide/
  7. ↑ Pokemon (Pokémon) - Anime on YTV - Pikachu and Ash's journey
  8. ↑ Video On Demand - Exclusive Anime!
  9. ↑ Watch it here: YTV ID - Messy (2008)

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