2014 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2014. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Events

Notable events

January

Date Event
1 Corus Entertainment acquires Historia and Séries+ and fully acquires the remaining half of Teletoon and its sister networks after following an approval by the CRTC on December 20, 2013.[1][2][3]

April

Date Event
1 Rogers Media launched a sister network to FX Canada titled FXX based on the American network of the same name. The network targets an 18-34 age group.
9 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announces another round of cutbacks, eliminating 657 jobs across its properties, cutting back some original programming, and decimating the CBC Sports division, which will no longer compete for professional sports rights.[4]
13 Yoan Garneau wins the second season of La Voix.

May

Date Event
8 Jon Pardy wins the second season of Big Brother Canada.

July

Date Event
31 DHX Media acquires Family Channel and its sister networks after following an approval by the CRTC on July 24, 2014.[5][6][7]

August

Date Event
25 TSN will add three additional digital networks to its suite, bringing its total to five. The existing part-time regional sports networks covering the Winnipeg Jets (but not the Montreal Canadiens, who will be replaced by the Ottawa Senators in TSN's lineup, or the Buffalo Sabres) will be integrated into the new TSN channels.

September

Date Event
1 CKPR-DT will change affiliations from CBC to CTV after an affiliation agreement with CTV. CTV was previously available in Thunder Bay on CHFD-DT from 1972 to 2010.

October

Date Event
8 Rogers Media will begin an exclusive twelve-year contract to carry National Hockey League games that will see the company broadcast the league's games across its own media outlets and take over operations of the longstanding Hockey Night in Canada program. The Rogers-produced HNIC will continue to air on CBC Television as the CBC gives Rogers six hours of free airtime each week to carry the program.[8]

Television programs

Programs debuting in 2014

Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2014. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.

Start Date Show Channel Source
January 5 The Best Laid Plans CBC Television
January 7 Numb Chucks YTV
January 11 Bitten Space
January 16 Packages from Planet X Teletoon
January 19 Brave New Girls E!
February 8 SNL Québec Télé-Québec
February 24 Remedy Global
March 6 Spun Out CTV
March 12 Working the Engels Global
March 13 Wild Canada CBC
March 18 Colin and Justin's Cabin Pressure Cottage Life [9]
April 16 Unusually Thicke Slice [10]
July 20 Sensitive Skin HBO Canada [11]
October 6 Strange Empire CBC
October 20 Dr. Dimensionpants Teletoon
November 23 Mohawk Girls OMNI/APTN [12]
TBD One Night Stand with Annie Sibonney Discovery World
I Wrecked My House HGTV
Nouvelle adresse Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Série noire

Programs ending in 2014

End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
March 17 Best Recipes Ever CBC 2010 Cancelled [13]
April 8 Arctic Air 2012 [14]
August 29 George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight 2005 Ended [15]
December 10 Republic of Doyle 2010 [16]

Television stations

Stations changing network affiliation

The following is a list of television stations that have made or will make noteworthy network affiliation changes in 2014.

Date Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Source
September 1 Thunder Bay, Ontario CKPR-DT 2.1 CBC Television CTV [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-738". CRTC. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Vessing, Etan (2013-12-20). "Corus/Teletoon Deal Approved by CRTC". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Press Release - Corus Entertainment Completes Purchase of Historia, Séries+ and TELETOON Canada Inc". Corusent.com. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  4. ↑ CBC to cut 657 jobs, will no longer compete for professional sports rights. CBC (April 9, 2014). Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ "DHX Media receives CRTC approval on $170M acquisition of Family Channel and three other children's channels". DHX Media. July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ Vessing, Etan (July 24, 2014). "DHX Media approved for Family Channel takeover". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "DHX Media closes Family Channel acquisition and announces management changes". Canada Newswire. July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Rogers reaches 12-year broadcast deal with NHL worth $5.2-billion". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Colin and Justin back on TV with Cabin Pressure on Cottage Life". Toronto Star, March 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Alan Thicke reality series coming to Slice in April". Toronto Star, March 12, 2014.
  11. ↑ "New Canadian Dramedy SENSITIVE SKIN Premieres Sunday, July 20 at 8 p.m. ET/MT, on HBO Canada". CNW Group. June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ Kelly, Jeanette (November 21, 2014). "Mohawk Girls TV series takes edgy look at dating". CBC News. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  13. ↑ "CBC cancels Cracked, Arctic Air, cooking shows". cbc.ca. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  14. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (March 17, 2014). "Canada's CBC Cancels 'Arctic Air,' 'Cracked' as Budget Chops Bite". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  15. ↑ Brioux, Bill (March 9, 2014). "Report: Strombo scores as Rogers' HNiC host". brioux.tv. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  16. ↑ "The last days of Republic of Doyle". Toronto Star, October 10, 2014.
  17. ↑ "CTV set to return to CKPR-TV". tbnewswatch.com, June 18, 2014.
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