Central Television Network STLMK

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Central Television Network, formerly known as Laurentian Television from 1960 to 1982; Central St. Lawrence or CTN St. Lawrence from 1982 to 2006; then finally CTN St. Lawrence and Mushroom Kingdom from 2006 to 2016, is the first international counterpart of Canadian TV network Central Television Network. The main headquarters are located at 109 Rue Murdochville, Norwich, Laurentian NCR, the Federal Republic of St. Lawrence. The flagship station is SFSF-DT in the Republic of St. Lawrence, and WHTT in Mushroom Kingdom.

Timeline History

 * 1954 = Fernando Lopez applies a license to the Laurentian Congress to establish a TV station, under RA 511. However, he instead established the radio station SKWD 710 (now 730).
 * 1956 = Dan Charest, brother of then-President Eddy Charest, applies a license to establish a TV station, but was denied.
 * 1958 = Charest purchases stocks from Lopez's company and subsequently consummated the controlling stock to rename the company from SKWD Corp. to St. Lawrence Broadcasting Corporation.
 * August 9, 1960 = Both Charest and Lopez are successful in launching the first fully-English TV station in the country, SFSF-TV.
 * October 1960 = LTV launches its first provincial station, SFTR-TV, in Murdochville.
 * 1961 = LTV makes its signal to the eastern part of the country.
 * 1963 = LTV begins test broadcasts in color
 * December 1964 = LTV becomes fully-colored.
 * 1965 = Full-color broadcasts begin (8 hours a day) on channel 3 with the availability of more color television sets around Norwich and neighboring municipalities and cities.
 * 1969 = The Central Broadcasting House was inagurated.
 * 1970's to early '80s = Nothing happened, except in 1973, when one Central affiliate in Monteverde, Folsom was taken.
 * 1982 = LTV acquired by Canada Central, and was renamed Central Television Network St. Lawrence.
 * 1985 = The Centralist begins airing.
 * 1986 = Central's downfall, few stations were lost and ratings made CTN into No. 3, then no. 5.
 * 1988 = CTNSL files a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but was canceled when ABN and Canada Central gave financial help.
 * 1989 = CTNSL was re-launched on its live musical, The Star Network: The Return of The Star.
 * 1990 = The network begins international broadcasts to Mushroom Kingdom & Moon Kingdom, also via satellite, yet another first for Laurentian and Wallendian television.
 * 1991 = CTNSL begins airing English dubs of live-action sentai and tokukatsu formats from Japan.
 * 1993 = Fernando Lopez dies at age 89.
 * 1995 = Central Music launched, and central.lt was launched.
 * 1997 = CTNSL makes its TV operations 24/7.
 * Dec. 31, 1999-Jan 1, 2000 = Central covers 2000 Today.
 * 2002 = Time Magazine ranks Central as the 8th best-managed company in the St. Lawrence in its "North America's Best Companies 2002" survey.
 * 2003 = Quebecor Media acquires Central.
 * 2005 = Mushroom Kingdom Public Television signs a partnership with CTNSL to make Central's first Mushroom Kingdom station. Also on that year, Central STL, with all Central Global stations, begins to stop individual station branding
 * 2006 = Central St. Lawrence renamed into Central Television Network St. Lawrence & Mushroom Kingdom.
 * 2007 = Central STLMK joins Central Global.
 * 2008 = By demand, Central STLMK and Central US returns individual station identity.
 * 2008 = As a part of the Laurentian Telecommunications Control Bureau's analog-to-digital transition, Central, just like every network (excluding cable/satellite-exclusive channels) in St. Lawrence, finally shut off its analog transmission at midnight, September 1, 2008.
 * 2009 = Inaguration of the New Central Broadcasting Center.
 * 2010 = Central ON Demand launched.
 * 2012 = Central Convergence, Inc. signs a network-sharing agreement with Creston Mobile for a new mobile telephony service in the country.
 * 2012 = Beginning of development of Kidzania Norwich, in Lim Tua Co.
 * 2013 (Jan.1) = Gilles Duceppe becomes CEO, replacing Lisette Lapointe.
 * 2013 (May) = Dan Charest dies.
 * 2013 (June) = The Centralist begins airing on MKTV.
 * 2016 = Central STLMK becomes official Laurentian broadcaster of the Rio 2016 Olympics, and on the second day of coverages, Central STLMK, with other Central Global; channels and stations, makes a rebrand.
 * 2018 = Gilles Duceppe almost assasinated during a party at Isle Delfino.
 * 2019 = Central Films, with Koopa Troop Communications and Laurentian indie film production company Fran Pictures, signs a partnership to make a documentary about Central News St. Lawrence and Central STLMK itself, for its 60th anniversary the following year.
 * 2020 = Central STLMK celebrates its 60th anniversary, and for that, releases the 2 documentaries that were planned the preceeding year.