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Correction: Talktv to become MTV as part of huge CTV and MTV exclusive deal, leaving CHUM out

TORONTO – MTV is coming back to Canada. CTV Inc. and MTV Networks today announced a new strategic alliance to build and grow the MTV brand in Canada said an announcement by Ivan Fecan, president and CEO of Bell Globemedia and CEO of CTV with Bill Roedy, vice-chairman, MTV Networks and president, MTV Networks International. The main portion of the deal will see CTV's talktv, an analog specialty service currently available in 4.4 million Canadian households which has struggled to find a broad base of loyal viewers since its launch in 1999, will be re-born as a Canadian programmed and...