Family Chrgd

Family Chrgd
Launched June 1, 2011
Network Family
Owned by DHX Media
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Slogan Get in Action
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario
Formerly called Disney XD (Canada) (2011–2015)
Sister channel(s)
Website chrgd.ca
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV Channel 562 (SD)
Channel 1648 (HD)
Shaw Direct Channel 70 / 570 (HD)
Cable
Cogeco Ontario Channel 99 (SD)
Channel 728 (HD)
EastLink Channel 130 (SD)
Channel 657 (HD)
Rogers Cable Channel 66 & 216 (SD)
Channel 589 (HD)
Channel 215 (VOD)
Shaw Cable Channels vary (SD)
Channel 264 (HD)
Source Cable Channel 126 (SD)
IPTV
FibreOP Channel 260 (SD)
Channel 505 (HD)
Bell Fibe TV Channel 562 (SD)
Channel 1562 (HD)
Optik TV Channel 9617 (SD East)
Channel 9616 (SD West)
Channel 617 (HD)
Channel 616 (HD West)

Family Chrgd (pronounced "charged", stylized as family CHRGD) is a Canadian Category B specialty channel owned by DHX Media. A channel of the DHX Television/Family network, it airs live-action and animated children's programming aimed towards viewers aged 6–12.[1]

The channel first launched on June 1, 2011 under the ownership of Astral Media as Disney XD, a localized version of the U.S. cable channel of the same name, and was sold to DHX in 2014 following the former company's purchase by Bell Media. On October 9, 2015, as a result of Corus Entertainment acquiring the rights to Disney's children's programming and associated brands, the network was re-branded under the Family name.[2][1] Corus subsequently launched a new Disney XD channel on December 1, 2015.

History

Disney XD

In April 2009, Astral Media was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel named Family Extreme. Astral announced it would launch Disney XD on June 1, 2011, using the Family Extreme license, in both standard and high definition.[3] In late 2011, Astral also launched a Disney XD video on demand app for the Xbox 360 video game console.[4] In 2012, the channel premiered its first original series in Slugterra.

After the Competition Bureau approved Bell Media's takeover of Astral, Bell announced on March 4, 2013 that it would put Disney XD, along with five other channels (Family, Disney Junior's English and French services, MusiMax and MusiquePlus) up for sale.[5] On October 27, 2013, the channel premiered its first original movie, Bunks, produced by Fresh TV.[6][7]

On November 28, 2013, DHX Media announced that it would acquire Disney XD and its sister networks for $170 million.[8][9] The acquisition was approved by the CRTC on July 24, 2014,[10][11] and closed on July 31, 2014.[12]

In that same year, Disney XD premiered the pilot for Fangbone!, in May, and a new original series, Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage), in November.[13][14]

Family Chrgd

On April 16, 2015, it was announced that Corus Entertainment had acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's program library, and that along with the launch of a Canadian version of Disney Channel, they would re-launch other Disney-branded "linear television offerings" in the near-future. In anticipation for this transition, DHX concurrently announced that its Disney-branded networks would be realigned under the Family brand by November 2015.[2][15]

Tentatively, Disney XD was to be rebranded as Family XTRM, a variation of the channel's working title during licensing. When announcing its slate of programming for the 2015-16 season on August 20, 2015, DHX revealed the channel's new name would be Family Chrgd.[16] Its future lineup will feature new seasons of its original slate, in addition to new shows produced by DHX subsidiaries and other studios (such as the aforementioned Fangbone!), as well as new program supply agreements with Mattel,[16] and later in the year, DreamWorks Animation.[17] The re-branding took effect on October 9, 2015.[1]

Programming

Canadian productions

Acquired programming

Upcoming programming

Former programming

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "DHX Television's Family Chrgd to Go to Air". October 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Corus gains Canadian rights to Disney Channel content". The Globe and Mail. Canadian Press. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Wedge, Pip. "Disney XD". programming. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Kate Dickson, Deborah Wilson (October 5, 2011). "Astral takes entertainment to the next level with Disney XD offering on Xbox LIVE". Canada Newswire. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  5. ↑ Biblic, Mirko. "Re: Voting Trust Agreement between BCE Inc. and Pierre Boivin, the trustee Application No. 2013-0243-9 – Approved". CRTC. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Disney XD and Disney Junior Commission Original Canadian Series". Daily News. Broadcaster Magazine. June 12, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Bunks". Disney XD. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ "DHX Media to buy Family, other children's channels". Toronto Star. November 28, 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "DHX to acquire Family Channel, three others from Bell Media". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). November 28, 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "DHX Media receives CRTC approval on $170M acquisition of Family Channel and three other children's channels". DHX Media. July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ Vessing, Etan (July 24, 2014). "DHX Media approved for Family Channel takeover". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  12. ↑ "DHX Media closes Family Channel acquisition and announces management changes". Canada Newswire. July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  13. ↑ "DHX Television Commissions Radical Sheep's Animated Comedy Action Series Fangbone!". Newswire. March 5, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Disney XD gets its game on with the premiere of Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) November 16". Newswire. Nov 5, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  15. ↑ "DHX-Disney Divorce Almost Done". Cartt.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dickson, Jeremy (August 21, 2015). "DHX TV reveals fall skeds for rebranded channels". Kid Screen. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  17. ↑ "DreamWorks Animation Inks Strategic Content Pact With DHX Media". Deadline.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  18. 1 2 "Disney XD snaps up two DHX shows". Kidscreen. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  19. ↑ http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=72093
  20. ↑ http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=72093
  21. ↑ http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=72093

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