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Overview of the events of 2001 in Canadian television
This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2001.
Events [ ]
Date
Event
January 5
A 3 way tie occurs for only the second time on Uh Oh! .
January 21
CBC discontinues broadcasting its analog signal via satellite.[1]
January 29
21st Genie Awards
February 9
The Uh Oh! space gets landed on 6 times in a row in the first round of Uh Oh! .
March 4
Juno Awards of 2001 .
August 15
Discovery Civilization Channel , IFC , and National Geographic Channel launches in Canada.
September 1
CHAN changes affiliation from CTV to Global . This change was part of the 2001 Vancouver TV realignment .
ARTV is launched in Canada by the CBC .
September 3
Discovery Kids is launched in Canada.
September 4
Launch of Country Canada .
September 7
A number of new Specialty channel's were all launched between Category 1 and Category 2 channels including Animal Planet , BBC Canada , BBC Kids , Book Television , The Biography Channel , Country Canada , Court TV Canada , CTV Travel , The Documentary Channel , Drive-In Classics , ESPN Classic , FashionTelevisionChannel , Fox Sports World Canada , ichannel , mentv , LoneStar , MSNBC Canada , Mystery TV , MuchLOUD , MuchVibe , One: the Body, Mind & Spirit channel , PrideVision TV , Raptors NBA TV , SCREAM , SexTV: The Channel , Showcase Action , Showcase Diva , TV Land Canada , and X-Treme Sports .
September 11
Television viewers around the world witness the September 11 attacks on the United States and the destruction of the World Trade Center . Television networks in Canada interrupt regular programming to break the news. CBC Television coverage of the attacks is simulcast in the U.S. on the Home Shopping Network .
October 4
NHL Network is launched in Canada.
October 12
Canadian sports network TSN changes its logo to match with ESPN 's though the N isn't slashed.
October 29
2001 Gemini Awards .
November 5
BBC Kids launches in Canada .
November 7
Canada rolls out dozens of brand new digital cable specialty channels (see List of Canadian digital television channels for complete list).
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Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
the fifth estate (1975–present)
Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)
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Andromeda (2000–2005, Canadian/American co-production)
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