Radio / Television News

New tune for CTV News

TORONTO – On Monday night, CTV National News is debuting brand new theme music that has an “all-new feel for an all-new era at CTV News," says Wendy Freeman, president of CTV News. CTV went all out in creating the musical score which features an all-Canadian orchestra composed of nearly 80 musicians and instruments that include the Bonjour Stradivarius Cello, one of the most valuable cellos in the world. On loan from the Canada Council and played by Rachel Mercer, it is valued at $8 million. Freeman boasts that “Every aspect of the music is Canadian - from the composer...