2007 in Canadian television
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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2007.
Events
A series of ownership changes radically reshaped the Canadian television broadcasting industry in 2007. Individual transactions are briefly noted below; for more information, see also 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 5 | Cable channel Life Network is rebranded as the iconic women's lifestyle channel Slice. |
| April 4 | After 54 years Country Canada is cancelled by CBC. |
| April 9 | Rogers Communications announces a takeover offer for CHUM Limited's A-Channel stations, which CTVglobemedia had announced an intention to sell as part of its own acquisition of CHUM. This deal is later voided when the CRTC forces CTV to divest itself of Citytv, rather than A-Channel, in its approval of the CHUM deal. |
| May 22 | CTV acquires Canadian broadcast rights to National Football League games, including the Super Bowl. These were previously held by Global. |
| June 8 | The CRTC approves CTVglobemedia's takeover of CHUM Limited, inclusive of the A-Channel system and all of CHUM's specialty channels, but conditional on CTV divesting itself of the Citytv stations. In separate decisions, the CRTC also licenses new Omni Television and Crossroads Television System stations in Calgary and Edmonton. |
| June 12 | Rogers Communications announces a CA$375 million takeover offer for the Citytv stations. |
| August 10 | Launch of the new premium pay-per-view channel, Setanta Sports. |
| September 7 | CH stations to be rebranded as E! Canada, offering programming predominantly sourced from the American E! cable network. |
| September 10 | Brian Melo is named winner of the fifth season of Canadian Idol. |
| September 28 | The CRTC approves Rogers Communications' takeover offer for Citytv. In a separate decision, the CRTC also approves Astral Media's acquisition of Standard Broadcasting, inclusive of the television stations CFTK and CJDC. |
| October 1 | Corus Entertainment and Astral Media launch Teletoon Retro. Both companies each own 50%. |
| October 22 | Rogers confirms that it will move its broadcast television operations in Toronto (CITY, CFMT and CJMT) to 35 Dundas Street East, the former Olympic Spirit building on Sankofa Square (then Yonge-Dundas Square). |
| October 28 | 2007 Gemini Awards. |
| November 30 | Playhouse Disney Channel launches in Canada, as a multiplex channel of Family. |
| December 5 | Mathieu Surprenant wins the fourth season of Loft Story. |
Debuts (including scheduled)
See 2007–08 Canadian network television schedule for a complete grid of the networks' fall prime time programming.
Ending this year
| Show | Station | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rivals | HGTV | January 16 |
| On the Road Again | CBC Television | January 25 |
| Jozi-H | February 2 | |
| What's with Andy | Teletoon | March 4 |
| Country Canada | CBC Television | April 4 |
| Call for Help | G4techTV Canada | April 7 |
| Falcon Beach | Global | April 20 |
| The Gill Deacon Show | CBC Television | May 30 |
| Life and Times | June 22 | |
| Naturally, Sadie | Family | August 26 |
| CFL on CBC | CBC Television | November 25 |
| Le Cœur a ses raisons | TVA | December 3 |
| Intelligence | CBC Television | December 10 |
| Rumours | Unknown | |
| Venture |
TV movies
- Booky and the Secret Santa (CBC Television, December 11)
- Crazy Canucks (CTV, December 15)
- In God's Country (CTV, January)
- Luna: Spirit of the Whale (CTV, May 13)
- St. Urbain's Horseman (CBC Television, October)