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.
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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August
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September
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Bell Media shuts down M3 after nearly 2 decades of operation. The channel was replaced with Gusto across various TV providers. |
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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] |
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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] |
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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.
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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.
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Closures
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Network affiliation changes
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Brioux, Bill (11 December 2015). "Family Channel's next step: 'Empire for tweens'". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. p. E8.