Family Chrgd

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Family Chrgd
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Launched June 1, 2011
Owned by DHX Media
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Slogan Get in Action
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario
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)
VMedia Channel 66 (SD)

Family Chrgd (pronounced "charged", stylized as family CHRGD) is a Canadian English-language Category B specialty digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned and operated by DHX Media. A multiplex channel of DHX's Family Channel, it airs live-action and animated television series aimed towards viewers aged 6–12.[1]

The channel first launched on June 1, 2011 under the ownership of Astral Media as a localized version of Disney XD, however, as a follow-up to the acquisition of Astral Media by Bell Canada, Disney XD, along with Family and Astral's other multiplex channels (including both the English- and French-language Disney Junior-branded television channels) was sold to its current owner, the children's programming owner DHX Media by Bell Canada's media and broadcasting division, Bell Media, on November 28, 2013. On October 9, 2015, as a result of Corus Entertainment's acquisition of Canadian rights to Disney's children's programming and associated brands, the channel was rebranded with the Family name.[1][2] Corus Entertainment subsequently brought the Disney XD branding back to Canada 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; alongside the launch of a Canadian version of Disney Channel, Corus stated that it would launch other "Disney branded kids linear television offerings" in the 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

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Upcoming programming

Former programming

References

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  23. ↑ http://kidscreen.com/2016/02/22/9-story-licenses-nature-cat-to-dhx-tv/

External links

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