On January 11, 2011, Family launched a high-definition feed, and concurrently introduced an updated logo and on-air presentation. On July 1, 2007, Family became the last English language children's network in Canada to switch to a 24-hour broadcast schedule.
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The Movie Network, which is now called Crave.
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In March 2001, in response to concerns from the CRTC over its near-monopoly on the ownership of children's specialty channels in Canada (citing YTV, Treehouse, and Teletoon), Corus sold its stake in Family Channel to Astral Media for $126.9 million, giving them full ownership and making it a sister channel to. In October 1999, as part of the break-up of Western International Communications (which had bought Allarcom), its stake in Family Channel was sold to Corus Entertainment.
Original version of the current logo, used from Octoto January 11, 2011. It broadcasts Eastern Time Zone feeds in both standard definition and high definition, and a Pacific Time Zone feed solely in standard definition. Since then, Family Channel has acquired programming from other sources.Īs of March 2013, Family Channel is available to approximately six million pay television households in Canada. This partnership ended in 2015, when Disney entered into a new licensing agreement with Corus and launched a Canadian version of Disney Channel. In 2016, Family was relieved of this mandate after the CRTC transitioned premium specialty services to the standardized discretionary service license.įrom its launch, Family Channel sourced most of its programming from the American cable network Disney Channel, while also using this partnership to launch Canadian versions of Disney Junior and Disney XD. Nevertheless, television providers typically distributed Family as a conventional specialty channel. Astral later acquired full ownership of the network after the acquisition of Astral by Bell Media, the network and its sister channels were divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2013.įamily was originally licensed as a premium specialty service, which necessitated that it operate under a commercial-free format, but allowed it to operate multiplex feeds. Launched on September 1, 1988, it was originally a joint venture between the owners of the premium television services First Choice and Superchannel via subsequent acquisitions, the network became a joint venture between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. It has transmitted from Corus Quay since at least 2014. Family Channel is headquartered in the Brookfield Place office complex, near the Financial District of Downtown Toronto. The network primarily airs children's television series, teen dramas, as well as other programming targeting a family audience.
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)įamily Channel (commonly known as Family) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. (also available in Jamaica) (previously available in the Bahamas until September 2020)