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| − | {{Infobox TV channel | + | {{Infobox_Contents | |
| − | | name = '''CatholicTV'''
| + | topic_name = CatholicTV | |
| − | | logofile = CatholicTV_logo.jpg | + | subtopics = ... | |
| − | | launch = 1955
| + | opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} | |
| − | | network = '''CatholicTV'''
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| − | | owner = Boston Catholic Television Center, Inc.
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| − | | slogan = "It's all for YOU!"
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| − | | country = [[United States]]
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| − | | broadcast area = [[New England]], [[Louisiana]]
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| − | | headquarters = 34 Chestnut Street, [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]], [[Massachusetts|MA]] | |
| − | | former names = WIHS (1955–1964), BCTV (1964–2006)
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| − | | web = [http://www.catholictv.com/ CatholicTV.com]|
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| − | | cable serv 1 = [[Comcast]] of [[New England]]
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| − | | cable chan 1 = Channel 268
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| − | | cable serv 2 = [[Full Channel]] of [[Providence, RI]]
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| − | | cable chan 2 = Channel 117
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| − | | cable serv 3 = [[Cox Communications]] of [[Baton Rouge, LA]]
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| − | | cable chan 3 = Channel 15
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| − | | cable serv 3 = [[Verizon FiOS]] in [[New England]]
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| − | | cable chan 3 = Channel 271
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| − | | online serv 1 = [[Sky Angel]] | |
| − | | online chan 1 = Channel 142
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| − | | online serv 2 = CatholicTV.com | |
| − | | online chan 2 = Live Stream
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| − | | online serv 3 = iCatholic.com
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| − | | online chan 3 = [http://www.iCatholic.com special features and video podcasts]
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| + | CatholicTV is a [[Roman Catholic]] television network in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]. It broadcasts programs considered relevant to Catholic viewers including the Mass. |
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| − | '''CatholicTV<sup>®</sup>''' is a [[Catholic]] television network based in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Michigan, Ohio, California and Louisiana, as well as on [http://www.catholictv.com the Internet], [[Sky Angel]] IPTV, with selections available at [[iTunes]] and via digital C band satellite, via AMC 11.
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| − | '''CatholicTV''' broadcasts programming relevant to Catholic viewers, including [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=29 the Daily Mass]live on Sunday and weekdays and a wide variety of Catholic educational and inspirational programming. This includes live talk shows such as [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=72 "This is the Day"], [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=63 the Holy Rosary], the [[Divine Mercy Chaplet]] and [[Benediction]], catachetical programs, music shows, entertainment/variety shows, youth and children's programming. '''CatholicTV''' also broadcasts programming and special coverage from [[Vatican City|Vatican]] Television of live coverage of world [http://www.catholictv.org/WhatsToWatch/Detail.aspx?seriesID=29 Catholic events from the Vatican], such as the death of Pope [[John Paul II]], the election and journeys of Pope [[Benedict XVI]] and World Youth Day 2008 from Sydney Australia at [http://www.PopeinAustralia.com PopeInAustralia.com].
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| − | ==History==
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| − | Originally under the call letters WIHS and then the name ''Boston Catholic Television (BCTV)'', CatholicTV's first program was broadcast on the morning of [[January 1]], [[1955]] when then-Archbishop [[Richard Cardinal Cushing|Richard J. Cushing]] celebrated a Pontifical [[Low Mass]] in the new Catholic television studios on Granby Street in Boston.
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| | *[http://www.rcab.org Archdiocese of Boston Official Site] | | *[http://www.rcab.org Archdiocese of Boston Official Site] |
| | *[http://www.catholictv.tv Worldwide portal of all Catholic TV stations & Producers] | | *[http://www.catholictv.tv Worldwide portal of all Catholic TV stations & Producers] |
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| − | {{Boston TV}}
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| − | [[Category:Roman Catholic television]] | + | {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Christian television]] |
| − | [[Category:American television networks]] | |
