Baton Broadcast System, owned by a Canadian media conglomerate, did not broadcast a complete primetime schedule during its years as a cooperative but later on broadcasted 60 hours of common programming each week during the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
The Baton Broadcast System (/betn/ BAY-ton), also known as BBS, was a Canadian system of television stations located in Ontario and Saskatchewan, owned by Baton Broadcasting. Bell Media Inc. (French: Bell Media inc.) is a Canadian media conglomerate that is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (also known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the owner of telecommunications company Bell Canada). During its years as a cooperative, CTV did not broadcast a complete primetime schedule. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, it broadcast 60 hours of common programming each week, with a few gaps in primetime for affiliates to schedule locally; in some cases stations could even pick when to air network programs. 
