CTV N1, it was launched on October 17, 1997 as CTV News 1. In 1999, it was renamed CTV Newsnet, after the launch of then-sister channel CTV Sportsnet. It originally began with its news anchors sitting at a desk which would periodically, while the anchor was not speaking, spin in a circle to change the background in front of which the anchor sat. This gimmick was soon abandoned.
At first, the service's licence restricted it to broadcasting news headlines, weather, sports news, financial news and entertainment news, plus advertisements, in a 15 minute "wheel", beginning a new cycle every 15 minutes using a pre-recorded, server-hosted configuration. Not long after its launch, however, it began covering breaking news more audaciously. CTV decided that Newsnet's licence did not prevent it from airing live events provided the anchor broke in at least once during a given 15-minute wheel to read items drawn from most or all of the categories noted above.
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