Television-related events in Canada during the year of 2014
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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.
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]
DHX Media acquires Family Channel and its sister networks after following an approval by the CRTC on July 24, 2014.[7][8][9]
August[]
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]
October[]
Date
Event
8
Rogers Media will begin an exclusive twelve-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]
Television programs[]
Programs debuting in 2014[]
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.