Rogers moves its new news station into former Sun TV slot

TORONTO – Rogers is moving its new Toronto-focused station CityNews Channel to digital channel 15 in the Greater Toronto Area starting Tuesday. The 24-hour HD all-news channel, which launched October 3, was previously located on Rogers' channel one. With a busy screen reminiscent of its competitor, Bell Media-owned CP24, the channel uses rotating hosts on an hourly basis and has live cameras in all Rogers Media newsrooms. "CityNews Channel continues to evolve with each headline, bringing viewers multiplatform, HD coverage of news stories as they break," said Tina Cortese, VP news and GM Citytv Toronto at Rogers Media, in Monday’s announcement. “With a new home on Rogers digital channel...