CTV 2 Alberta
| Country | Canada |
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| Broadcast area | Alberta |
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| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
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| Owner | Bell Media |
| Sister channels | CFRN-DT, CFCN-DT |
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| Launched | June 30, 1973 |
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| Website | CTV 2 Alberta |
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| Branding | Access |
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| Affiliations | Independent |
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| CFRN-TV, CFCN-TV | |
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CTV 2 Alberta is a Canadian English language entertainment and former educational television channel in the province of Alberta. Owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc., it operates as a de facto owned-and-operated station of its secondary CTV 2 television system.
The channel was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as an educational programming service for Alberta, and was formerly a public broadcaster owned by the Alberta provincial government. Following its privatization in 1995, its licence continued to require at least 60 hours of non-commercial educational programming per week along with entertainment programming more favourable to advertisers and adult viewers. In 2017, the channel officially relinquished its status as an educational broadcaster and dropped all its previous educational programming except the newsmagazine Alberta Primetime.
CTV 2 Alberta is also designated as a "satellite-to-cable undertaking" serving the entirety of Alberta, and is therefore carried throughout the province on cable and licensed IPTV services on each service's basic tier. It is also available on both national satellite services.