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{{Infobox TV channel
| name = '''CatholicTV'''
| logofile = CatholicTV_logo.jpg
| launch = 1955
| network = '''CatholicTV'''
| owner = Boston Catholic Television Center, Inc.
| slogan = "It's all for YOU!"
| country = [[United States]]
| broadcast area = [[New England]], [[Louisiana]]
| headquarters = 34 Chestnut Street, [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]], [[Massachusetts|MA]]
| former names = WIHS (1955–1964), BCTV (1964–2006)
| web = [http://www.catholictv.com/ CatholicTV.com]|
| cable serv 1 = [[Comcast]] of [[New England]]
| cable chan 1 = Channel 268
| cable serv 2 = [[Full Channel]] of [[Providence, RI]]
| cable chan 2 = Channel 117
| cable serv 3 = [[Cox Communications]] of [[Baton Rouge, LA]]
| cable chan 3 = Channel 15
| cable serv 3 = [[Verizon FiOS]] in [[New England]]
| cable chan 3 = Channel 271
| online serv 1 = [[Sky Angel]]
| online chan 1 = Channel 142
| online serv 2 = CatholicTV.com
| online chan 2 = Live Stream
| online serv 3 = iCatholic.com
| online chan 3 = [http://www.iCatholic.com special features and video podcasts]
|}}
'''CatholicTV®''' is a [[Catholic]] television network based in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 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.
'''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].
==History==
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.
==External links==
*[http://www.catholictv.com Your Catholic Broadband Network, CatholicTV's Official Site]
*[http://www.catholictv.com/# Watch CatholicTV Live!]
*[http://www.iCatholic.com/# Watch special features at iCatholic.com!]
*[http://www.rcab.org Archdiocese of Boston Official Site]
*[http://www.catholictv.tv Worldwide portal of all Catholic TV stations & Producers]
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{{Boston TV}}
[[Category:Roman Catholic television]]
[[Category:American television networks]]
| name = '''CatholicTV'''
| logofile = CatholicTV_logo.jpg
| launch = 1955
| network = '''CatholicTV'''
| owner = Boston Catholic Television Center, Inc.
| slogan = "It's all for YOU!"
| country = [[United States]]
| broadcast area = [[New England]], [[Louisiana]]
| headquarters = 34 Chestnut Street, [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]], [[Massachusetts|MA]]
| former names = WIHS (1955–1964), BCTV (1964–2006)
| web = [http://www.catholictv.com/ CatholicTV.com]|
| cable serv 1 = [[Comcast]] of [[New England]]
| cable chan 1 = Channel 268
| cable serv 2 = [[Full Channel]] of [[Providence, RI]]
| cable chan 2 = Channel 117
| cable serv 3 = [[Cox Communications]] of [[Baton Rouge, LA]]
| cable chan 3 = Channel 15
| cable serv 3 = [[Verizon FiOS]] in [[New England]]
| cable chan 3 = Channel 271
| online serv 1 = [[Sky Angel]]
| online chan 1 = Channel 142
| online serv 2 = CatholicTV.com
| online chan 2 = Live Stream
| online serv 3 = iCatholic.com
| online chan 3 = [http://www.iCatholic.com special features and video podcasts]
|}}
'''CatholicTV®''' is a [[Catholic]] television network based in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 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.
'''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].
==History==
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.
==External links==
*[http://www.catholictv.com Your Catholic Broadband Network, CatholicTV's Official Site]
*[http://www.catholictv.com/# Watch CatholicTV Live!]
*[http://www.iCatholic.com/# Watch special features at iCatholic.com!]
*[http://www.rcab.org Archdiocese of Boston Official Site]
*[http://www.catholictv.tv Worldwide portal of all Catholic TV stations & Producers]
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{{Boston TV}}
[[Category:Roman Catholic television]]
[[Category:American television networks]]
