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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.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Corus Entertainment acquires both halves of 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] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 9 | The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards airs on CBC. [4] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Media launched a sister network to FX Canada titled FXX based on the American network of the same name. [5] |
| 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. [6] |
| 13 | Yoan Garneau wins the second season of La Voix . |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 | Jon Pardy wins the second season of Big Brother Canada. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 31 | DHX Media acquires Family Channel and its sister networks after following an approval by the CRTC on July 24, 2014. [7] [8] [9] |
| 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. [10] [11] but was moved up to August 25 in order to accommodate multiple-court coverage throughout the 2014 US Open. [12] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 | Rogers Media will begin an exclusive 12-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. [13] |
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 9 | Total Drama All-Stars | Teletoon | |
| 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 | [14] |
| April 16 | Unusually Thicke | Slice | [15] |
| July 20 | Sensitive Skin | HBO Canada | [16] |
| September 4 | Total Drama Pahkitew Island | Teletoon | |
| October 6 | Strange Empire | CBC | |
| October 20 | Dr. Dimensionpants | Teletoon | |
| November 23 | Mohawk Girls | OMNI/APTN | [17] |
| TBD | One Night Stand with Annie Sibonney | Discovery World | |
| I Wrecked My House | HGTV | ||
| Nouvelle adresse | Ici Radio-Canada Télé | ||
| Série noire |
| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 17 | Best Recipes Ever | CBC | 2010 | Cancelled | [18] |
| March 27 | Total Drama All-Stars | Teletoon | 2014 | Ended | |
| April 8 | Arctic Air | CBC | 2012 | Cancelled | [19] |
| July 6 | Video on Trial | MuchMusic | 2005 | Ended | |
| The Wedge | 1992 | ||||
| August 29 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight | CBC | 2005 | [20] | |
| November 20 | Total Drama Pahkitew Island | Teletoon | 2014 | ||
| December 10 | Republic of Doyle | CBC | 2010 | [21] |
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 | [22] |
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FXX | Cable and satellite | April 1 |
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