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| [[Rogers Sports & Media]]'s new agreement for [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] lifestyle and factual brands, announced in June 2024, takes effect. New versions of five WBD-licensed channel brands previously licensed to [[Bell Media]] or [[Corus Entertainment]] will launch under Rogers ownership, with other affected brands available through [[Citytv+]]. Five Discovery-branded channels owned by Bell will rebrand, two adopting new brands licensed from [[NBCUniversal]].
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Revision as of 20:08, 1 November 2024

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2025. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

Upcoming events

January

Date Event Source
1 Rogers Sports & Media's new agreement for Warner Bros. Discovery lifestyle and factual brands, announced in June 2024, takes effect. New versions of five WBD-licensed channel brands previously licensed to Bell Media or Corus Entertainment will launch under Rogers ownership, with other affected brands available through Citytv+. Five Discovery-branded channels owned by Bell will rebrand, two adopting new brands licensed from NBCUniversal. [1][2]

Programs

Programs debuting in 2025

Start date Show Channel Source
TBA Beer Budget Reno Home [3]
Big Burger Battle Flavour
Building Baeumler Home
Life Is Messy
Locals Welcome CBC Television [4]
North of North [5]
Pamela's Cooking with Love Flavour [3]
Rentovation Home
Saint-Pierre CBC Television [4]
Slaycation Crave [6]
Small Achievable Goals CBC Television [5]
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Super Team Canada Crave [6]

Specials

Start date Show Channel Source
March 30 Juno Awards of 2025 CBC [7]
November 16 112th Grey Cup CTV, TSN
Dates TBA 13th Canadian Screen Awards CBC
2025 Canadian Country Music Awards CTV
27th Quebec Cinema Awards Noovo

Networks and services

Network launches

  • Discovery[a] (January 1, 2025)
  • Food Network[a] (January 1, 2025)
  • HGTV[a] (January 1, 2025)
  • Investigation Discovery[a] (January 1, 2025)
  • Magnolia Network[a] (January 1, 2025)

Network rebrandings

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e New channel operated by Rogers Sports & Media, under a brand previously used by a different channel
  2. ^ a b Outgoing rightsholder to this brand; channel operated by Bell Media

References

  1. ^ Thiessen, Connie (August 28, 2024). "Rogers outlines plans to launch new channels". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Thiessen, Connie (2024-10-17). "Bell to bring USA Network, Oxygen True Crime to Canada". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  3. ^ a b Connie Thiessen, "Corus unveils more programming details around rebranded Home Network, Flavour Network". Broadcast Dialogue, October 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Justin Anderson, "Food format “Locals Welcome,” new docs among CBC’s 2024-25 slate". RealScreen, May 23, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Jesse Whittock, "CBC’s 2024-25 Slate Includes Netflix Comedy, Sitcom From ‘Baroness Von Sketch’ Pair & Music Doc Backed By Idris Elba; Simu Liu To Guest On ‘Dragons’ Den’". Deadline Hollywood, May 23, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Alex Nino Gheciu, "New Will Arnett animated show, Drag Race series coming to Bell this fall/winter". Yahoo! News, June 6, 2024.
  7. ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Vancouver to host the 54th Juno Awards in 2025". Vancouver Sun, January 25, 2024.