Satisfying its viewers’ increasing demand for multi-platform news coverage, CTV Toronto today announced it will produce and deliver a comprehensive and complete two-hour civic election program exclusively for the CTV Broadband Network’s “News” channel. Targeting next Monday’s GTA civic election, Civic Vote 2006, is a commercial free program utilizing the full resources of the region’s leading news team to cover all angles of the night.

Viewers can access LIVE coverage at toronto.ctv.ca, Monday, November 13 from 8-10 p.m. ET. It’s the first time CTV, or any Canadian broadcaster, has produced a full election program exclusively for an online audience.

Viewers can access LIVE coverage at toronto.ctv.ca, Monday, November 13 from 8-10 p.m. ET. It’s the first time CTV, or any Canadian broadcaster, has produced a full election program exclusively for an online audience.

Complementing the Broadband coverage, CTV confirmed that for its television viewers in Toronto, CTV Toronto will join in progress between 8:30 and 9 p.m. ET. A complete elections results wrap will lead CTV Toronto’s late night newscast at 11:30 p.m. ET.

“This is an incredibly exciting initiative for us and we are thrilled to break new ground and be the first broadcaster to offer such an extensive live broadband broadcast for election coverage,” sad Paul Rogers, Senior Vice-President and News Director, CTV Toronto. “Our viewers have told us they want coverage on all platforms and adding this dynamic broadband presence to the GTA’s top news team allows us to take Toronto’s best election coverage to a whole new level.”

“CTV News is already a leader on broadband,” said Kris Faibish, Vice President Digital Media, CTV Television, the addition this live local coverage for Civic Vote 2006 is an important stepping stone as we further extend our reach out to our viewers in compelling and relevant ways.”

Veteran anchors Ken Shaw and Christine Bentley will lead the broadband broadcast. Joining them in the CTV Toronto studio, with their political insight and analysis, are former Toronto councilor and now Member of Parliament, Olivia Chow, former Metro chairman and now president of the Toronto Blue Jays, Paul Godfrey, and former provincial supervisor for the Toronto District School Board Paul Christie. CTV Toronto reporters will be on location throughout the GTA, including the headquarters of David Miller, Jane Pitfield and Stephen LeDrew. Coverage also features live reports from the mayoral races in Vaughan, Burlington, Mississauga, Whitby and Clarington.

To watch the broadcast viewers have to go to toronto.ctv.ca and click on the Civic Vote 2006 button. In addition to hosting the broadband coverage of Civic Vote 2006, toronto.ctv.ca will have up-to-the-minute, ward-by-ward results for all of the council, trustee and mayoral races across Ontario.