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|}}CatholicTV is a [[Roman Catholic]] television network in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]. It broadcasts programs considered relevant to Catholic viewers including the Mass.
'''CatholicTV<sup>®</sup>''' is a [[Catholic]] television network based in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, 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?seriesIDQuotes=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.
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{{Infobox TV channel| name = '''CatholicTV'''Infobox_Contents | logofile = CatholicTV_logo.jpg| launch topic_name = 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 subtopics = 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 opinion_pieces = Channel 142{{short_opinions}} | 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]}}
==Links==
*[http://www.rcab.org Archdiocese of Boston Official Site]
*[http://www.catholictv.tv Worldwide portal of all Catholic TV stations & Producers]
{{returnto}} [[Category:Roman Catholic televisionChristianity]]-> [[Category:American Christian television networks]]
