What CP24 does

CP24 is a Canadian English-language 24-hour breaking news television channel and digital news platform headquartered in Toronto, serving the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Ontario, and southeast Canada. Operated by Bell Media — a division of BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) — CP24 delivers continuous local news, weather, traffic, and sports coverage via a linear cable/satellite feed, the cp24.com website, and dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications with push-notification capabilities. The platform is organized around a core real-time news feed (CP24 Now) and a portfolio of recurring programs including CP24 Breakfast (morning news), Live at Five (evening news), Ask a Lawyer (legal advice), Hot Property (real estate), Know Your Rights (consumer advocacy), and Taking Stock (business roundup), extending the channel beyond pure hard news into lifestyle, legal, and financial verticals.

The underlying technology is a multi-surface digital news platform spanning broadcast television, web, and mobile apps with live video streaming, real-time push updates, and an integrated weather/traffic data layer. Distribution leverages Bell Media's regional broadcast signal and cross-promotion across sibling CTV News and BNN Bloomberg properties, amplifying reach without standalone customer acquisition cost.

The business model is consumer-facing and free-to-access (no subscription or paywall), with revenue derived primarily from advertising — both traditional linear television ad sales and digital programmatic advertising across web and mobile inventory — brokered through Bell Media's broader sales infrastructure. End-users are GTHA residents and general Canadian news consumers; CP24 operates as a non-separately-disclosed asset within BCE's media segment rather than as an independent commercial entity.

Name

CP24

Legal name

BCE Inc. (Bell Media - CP24)

Website

https://cp24.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CP24 is a Toronto-based 24-hour breaking news television channel and digital platform operated by Bell Media (BCE Inc.), delivering local news, weather, and traffic to Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area residents via broadcast, web, and mobile apps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Television News

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

24/7 National & International News Channels (MPABAIAA)

Keywords

• Local breaking news
• Television broadcast channel
• Weather and traffic updates
• Digital news platform
• Regional news coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CP24 is a 24-hour local breaking news television channel and digital news platform serving the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It distributes real-time news, weather, and traffic coverage across cable/satellite television, the cp24.com website, and the CP24 mobile app for iOS and Android, with programs covering local stories, politics, weather, sports, entertainment, and consumer topics.

Product overview

CP24 is a single unified news platform operated by Bell Media, providing Toronto breaking news, live updates, weather, and traffic information. The platform consists of a core website and mobile app delivering real-time news content, supplemented by a portfolio of named TV show modules including CP24 Breakfast (morning news), Live at Five (evening news), Ask a Lawyer (legal advice), Hot Property (real estate), Know Your Rights (consumer rights), and Taking Stock (business roundup). CP24 Now provides live coverage functionality, while the CP24 App extends access to mobile users with push notifications and streaming capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CP24 Breakfast: Morning show on CP24 featuring news, weather, traffic and interviews.
• Live at Five
• CP24 Now
• Ask a Lawyer
• Hot Property
• Know Your Rights
• Taking Stock

Products and services

• CP24 24-Hour Local News Channel and Digital Platform A 24-hour English-language local breaking news television channel and digital news platform serving the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), distributing real-time news, weather, traffic, sports, entertainment, and political coverage via cable/satellite television, the cp24.com website, on-demand video, and mobile apps.
• CP24 Mobile App A standalone native mobile application for iOS and Android providing GTHA residents with push notifications for breaking news, live updates, weather forecasts, traffic information, and on-demand video content on mobile devices.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CBC News (National): CBC News is the national public broadcaster's flagship news platform across web, app, and TV. Comparable to CP24 in being a multi-platform Canadian news destination with strong brand and free access, but operating at national rather than regional scope.
• BBC News: BBC News is the public broadcaster's multi-platform news operation spanning BBC World News television and bbc.com/news digital. Comparable to CP24 in operating an always-on TV news channel paired with a leading digital news destination, and in being publicly backed — though at a national/international rather than regional scope.
• BNN Bloomberg: BNN Bloomberg is Bell Media's Canadian business and financial news channel. As a Bell Media sister property to CP24 with shared distribution and cross-promotion, it represents an adjacent incumbent in Bell's specialty news portfolio and a relevant comparison point for monetization and audience dynamics.
• CTV News Channel: CTV News Channel is Bell Media's national 24-hour news channel and a sister property to CP24. It is a broader incumbent offering national/international news at a wider geographic scope, serving as the upstream national feed that CP24 complements at the local level.
• CNN International / CNN: CNN is a global 24/7 cable and digital news network. While it operates at a much larger geographic scope than CP24, it is structurally comparable as an always-on breaking-news brand distributed across cable/satellite, web, and mobile — making it a broad incumbent reference point for the 24/7 news category CP24 occupies.
• CBC News Network: CBC News Network is the Canadian public broadcaster's 24-hour national news channel. Comparable to CP24 in its always-on news format, it operates at national rather than regional scope, making it a broader incumbent in the same 24/7 news category.

Direct peers

• CBC News Toronto: CBC News Toronto is the local news brand of Canada's public broadcaster, delivering Toronto-focused news, weather, and civic coverage across TV, web, and app. It competes directly with CP24 for local audience share and advertiser attention in the same GTHA market.
• CityNews (Citytv): CityNews is Citytv's 24-hour local news operation in Toronto, owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It is the most direct local-market competitor to CP24, offering overlapping local breaking news, weather, and traffic coverage to the same GTHA audience with a comparable multi-platform (TV, web, app) format.
• CTV News Toronto: CTV News Toronto is the regional/local news brand of Bell Media's CTV network, sitting alongside CP24 within the same parent. It competes directly for the same Toronto audience with scheduled newscasts, digital coverage, and weather/traffic — making it both a sister property and a direct local competitor.
• Global News Toronto: Global News Toronto is the local news operation of Corus Entertainment's Global Television, providing Toronto breaking news, weather, and traffic across broadcast and digital. It is a direct competitor for GTHA audience and advertiser share.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CP24
• Facebookfacebook.com/CP24Toronto

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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