DejaView is a

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specialty television channel owned by

Corus Entertainment Corus Entertainment Inc. (often simply known as Corus) is a Canadian mass media and television production company. The company was founded in 1987 as Shaw Radio Ltd. as a subsidiary of Shaw Communications and was spun-off from Shaw in 1999. It h ...

. It primarily airs

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s from the 1970s to 2010s. The channel's name is a play on the phrase Deja Vu.

History

In November 2000, Global Television Network Inc. (then owned by

Canwest Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place (now called 201 Portage). It held radio, ...

) was granted approval from the

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(CRTC) to launch a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service called ''Pop TV'', described as "featuring classic programs from the beginnings of television. Programming will explore vintage television and the cultural impact of television on our society by providing a window on television history." The channel was launched on September 4, 2001, as DejaView. After DejaView's parent company, Canwest, filed for creditor protection in October 2009,

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. was a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian telecommunication, telecommunications company which provided telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. The company was founded in 1966 as Capital Cable Televisio ...

subsequently completed a purchase and took over the assets of Canwest's broadcasting arm on October 27, 2010, which was announced in February of that year,Shaw moves for Canwest control
CBC.ca, 2010-02-12 and renamed the company Shaw Media. On April 1, 2016, DejaView's parent company, Shaw Media, was acquired by

. It once became a sister station to CMT and W Network (though this lapsed in later years because the former is now airing what DejaView has played in the past), as with its other sister stations such as MovieTime. In late 2016, a

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high definition simulcast of the standard definition feed was launched.

Programming

Throughout the channel's existence, it has primarily aired

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and television dramas from the United States and Canada, however, other genres of programs have aired including game shows, reality television, and lifestyle series.

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* Specialty television channels in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in Canada Classic television networks Corus Entertainment networks English-language television stations in Canada {{Canada-tv-station-stub

History

Programming

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