The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2016. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Events
Notable events
January
Date | Event |
13 | Corus Entertainment enters a deal to acquire the assets of Shaw Media, including the Global Television Network.[1] |
February
Date | Event |
29 | The Biography Channel, owned by Rogers Media, is rebranded in conjunction with Vice magazine as a Canadian version of Viceland.[2] |
March
April
Date | Event |
1 | Corus Entertainment completes their acquisition of Shaw Media and adopts a new logo. |
10 | Stéphanie St-Jean wins the fourth season of La Voix. |
30 | TVA Group closes Argent, a French-language channel which focused on business news and financial information, due to poor profitability.[4] |
May
Date | Event |
4 | Bell Media acquires Gusto TV and the Gusto brand from Knight Enterprises.[5] |
12 | Nick and Phil Paquette win the fourth season of Big Brother Canada. |
June
Date | Event |
3 | After being cancelled the previous day, CTV's morning show Canada AM airs for the last time. Canada AM has aired on CTV since 1972.[6] |
14 | Rogers Media files an application with the CRTC to convert OMNI Television, currently a system of four multicultural television stations in major metropolitan cities, into a nationally distributed cable channel.[7] |
15 | The CRTC announces a new policy for the provision of local news content on Canadian television stations, now requiring a minimum of just seven hours per week on non-metropolitan stations and creating a new local news fund to assist in paying for that programming.[8] |
August
September
Date | Event |
1 | Bell Media shuts down M3 after nearly 2 decades of operation. The channel was replaced with Gusto across various TV providers. |
5 | Peter Mansbridge, the longtime anchor of CBC Television's newscast The National, announces that he will retire in 2017 following the network's special Canada Day broadcast on July 1.[11] |
7 | CHCH announces it will resume broadcasting local news on the weekends in the form of two half-hours of news programming at 6pm and 11pm starting October 29, 2016. The station previously aired weekend news until December 2015 when the station's news division filed for bankruptcy.[12] |
Television programs
Programs debuting in 2016
Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2016. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.
Programs ending in 2016
Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2016. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.
Networks and services
Closures
Television stations
Network affiliation changes
See also
References
- ^ "Corus Entertainment acquires Shaw Media for $2.65-billion". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Rogers and VICE Announce New Specialty Channel". Broadcaster, November 5, 2015.
- ^ "Canadian comic Norm Macdonald to host Canadian Screen Awards". Hamilton Spectator, October 6, 2015.
- ^ "Quebecor Media's TVA Group closing business channel Argent". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Bon Appétit! Bell Media Acquires Gusto Brand to Launch its First Food and Lifestyle Channel".
- ^ a b c Peter Edwards (2016-06-06). "Ben Mulroney, Anne-Marie Mediwake to host CTV's new show 'Your Morning'". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
- ^ "Rogers seeks to revive OMNI with national multicultural channel". BNN, June 14, 2016.
- ^ "CRTC wants TV stations to air 7 hours a week of local news". Toronto Star, June 15, 2016.
- ^ "Winter is Coming -- CTV to Broadcast GAME OF THRONES Season 1 in Historic Network Marathon Beginning August 8".
- ^ "Tragically Hip's final concert to be broadcast live on CBC". CBC News, June 17, 2016.
- ^ "Peter Mansbridge to step down from The National next year". CBC News. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "CHCH to Bring Back Weekend News Broadcasts - CHCH".
- ^ Brioux, Bill (11 December 2015). "Family Channel's next step: 'Empire for tweens'". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. p. E8.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Les pays d’en haut sans les belles histoires". Le Devoir, December 18, 2015.
- ^ "TV Show "Letterkenny", starring Listowel's Jared Keeso, has a launch date". 570 News, November 9, 2015.
- ^ "HGTV Canada Begins Production on New Original Series". Broadcaster, October 15, 2015.
- ^ "«St-Nickel»: une première série originale pour Unis TV". Huffington Post, June 25, 2015.
- ^ "Jason Priestley, 'Rookie Blue' Star Cindy Sampson Find 'The Code'". The Hollywood Reporter, October 13, 2015.
- ^ "ABC Spark Begins Production on First Original Series". Broadcaster, October 30, 2015.
- ^ "YTV to Debut New Canadian Original Series ‘Tricked’". Broadcaster, August 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "CBC Announces Fall Program Schedule". Broadcaster, August 25, 2016.
- ^ "Showcase Unveils Fall Lineup" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, August 29, 2016.
- ^ "Jason Momoa to star in Canadian TV drama about fur trade". Toronto Star, November 16, 2015.
- ^ "Canadian Satire Site 'The Beaverton' Becomes Fake News Show". Exclaim!, June 2, 2016.
- ^ Faugy, Steve (September 1, 2016). “Global expands network after CBC abandons affiliates”. blog.fagstein.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
External links
- List of 2016 Canadian television series at IMDb