Date
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Event
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January 19 |
Citytv announces major cutbacks in programming and firing of staff at its affiliates
Toronto,
Calgary,
Vancouver,
Edmonton and
Winnipeg.
[1]
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January 22 |
CBC Television,
CTV and
Global simultaneously broadcast
Canada for Haiti, a relief special in response to the
2010 Haiti earthquake and French-language networks
Radio-Canada,
TVA,
V,
Télé-Québec,
LCN,
MusiquePlus,
MusiMax and
TV5 broadcast the French-language
Ensemble pour Haïti.
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February 12 |
The televised
2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony are the most watched programme in Canadian television history, with an average of 13.3 million Canadians watching at any moment.
[2]
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February 22 |
A combined 7.5 million viewers watch
Virtue and Moir win Gold at the
2010 Winter Olympics skating to
Mahler's Adagietto from
Symphony No. 5.
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February 28 |
The
2010 Olympics men's ice hockey gold medal final drew an average 16.6 million viewers while a peak of 26.5 million Canadians watched at least part of the game.
[3]
[4]
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The
2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was watched by an average of 14.3 million Canadians and peaked at 24.5 million.
[5]
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April 18 |
The
2010 Juno Awards aired on CTV. Later, it is rebroadcast on
MuchMusic.
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April 30 |
Kevin Newman announces he is resigning as anchor of
Global National. His final day will be August 20.
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May 16 |
The first season of
the Quebec version of Big Brother is won by Vincent Durand Dubé.
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June 14 |
Channel Zero and CHEK Media Group picks up the rights to virtually all of the US network series for the first time since the dissolution of the
E! system from
CKXT-TV and
CHNU-TV.
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July 8 |
Lloyd Robertson announces at the end of the broadcast of
CTV National News that he will retire as lead anchor in 2011.
[6]
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July 9 |
CTV announces that
Lisa LaFlamme will be Lloyd Robertson's replacement as lead anchor of the CTV National News.
[7]
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July 11 |
A combined 5.8 million people watch the
2010 FIFA World Cup final on
CBC and
Radio-Canada, coverage peaks at 7.6 million viewers.
[8]
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July 13 |
Global announces that
Dawna Friesen will succeed Kevin Newman as anchor of Global National.
[9]
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August 2 |
TV Land Canada is rebranded as
Comedy Gold.
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August 6 |
The
CBC announces that it will not meet the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission deadline of August 31, 2011, for the
digital transition, with only 15 or 27 transmitters ready by then.
[10]
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August 31 |
CHCH-TV re-brands it's modified classic remastered logo and a jingle.
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September 10 |
BCE Inc. announces it will purchase CTV for $1.3 billion.
[11]
[12]
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September 20 |
The first Canadian
3D documentary airs on CBC Television. The documentary chronicles the life of
Elizabeth II and her role as the
Monarch of Canada.
[13]
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October 22 |
CollegeCartoon launched 2 new sister channels, the male oriented
pay-per-view channel CollegeMoreAction, and the
technology-oriented CollegeMoreTech. CollegeCartoon's parent company,
Internet Explorer Television, was founded at the same time, while Canwest remains as the network's ownership.
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October 27 |
Shaw Communications officially takes over
Canwest's broadcasting assets including
Global.
[14]
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November 1 |
Discovery Health becomes
Twist TV
[15]
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November 13 |
The
2010 Gemini Awards air on Global.
Less Than Kind and
The Tudors take home top honors.
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November 29 |
Star was rebranded and returned as
E!. The channel was currently ceased as a TV system since 2007.
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