Family Chrgd
Family Chrgd | |
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Family Chrgd logo | |
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 (2011–2015) |
Sister channel(s) | |
Website |
www |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Bell TV |
Channel 562 (SD) Channel 1648 (HD) |
Shaw Direct | Channel 70 / 570 (HD East) |
Cable | |
Cogeco Ontario |
Channel 99 (SD East) Channel 728 (HD East) |
EastLink |
Channel 130 (SD East) Channel 657 (HD East) |
Rogers Cable |
Channel 66 & 216 (SD East & SD West) Channel 589 (HD East) |
Shaw Cable |
Channels vary (SD West/East) Channel 264 (HD West/East) |
Source Cable | Channel 126 (SD) |
IPTV | |
Bell Aliant Fibe TV |
Channel 260 (SD East) Channel 505 (HD East) |
Bell Fibe TV |
Channel 562 (SD East) Channel 1562 (HD East) |
Bell MTS |
Channel 159 (SD West) Channel 1159 (HD West) |
Telus Optik |
Channel 9619 (SD East) Channel 9618 (SD West) Channel 619 (HD East) Channel 618 (HD West) |
SaskTel MaxTV | Channel 97 (SD West) |
VMedia | Channel 66 (SD East) |
Zazeen | Channel 137 (SD East) |
Family Chrgd (stylized as family CHRGD) is a Canadian English-language Category B specialty channel owned by DHX Media. Chrgd broadcasts 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 a localized version of Disney XD, serving as a sister network to Family Channel (which, at that time, held rights to the programming of Disney XD's parent network Disney Channel). Following the acquisition of Astral Media by Bell Media, Disney XD was divested to DHX Media. On October 9, 2015, as a result of Corus Entertainment's acquisition of Canadian rights to Disney's children's programming and associated brands (which resulted in the launch of a new channel under the Disney XD brand), the channel was re-launched as Family Chrgd.
History
As 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 a localized version of Disney XD on June 1, 2011, using the Family Extreme license, in both standard and high definition.[2]
In late 2011, Astral also launched a Disney XD video on demand app for the Xbox 360 video game console.[3]
In 2012, the channel premiered its first original series, 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 its sister networks and Astral's French-language music networks, up for sale.[4] On October 27, 2013, the channel premiered its first original movie, Bunks, produced by Fresh TV.[5]
On November 28, 2013, DHX Media announced that it would acquire Disney XD and its sister networks for $170 million.[6][7] The acquisition was approved by the CRTC on July 24, 2014,[8][9] and closed on July 31, 2014.[10]
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.[11][12]
As 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.[13][14]
Tentatively, Disney XD was to be rebranded as Family XTRM. 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.[15] Its lineup was to feature new seasons of the network's existing original series, 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,[15] and later in the year, DreamWorks Animation.[16] The re-branding to Family Chrgd took place on October 9, 2015.[1][13]
Programming
Current programming
Canadian productions
- Airmageddon (February 21, 2017 – present)[17]
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks (July 2, 2018 – present)
- The Deep (January 1, 2016 – present)[15]
- Fangbone! (March 22, 2016 – present)[18]
- Flight 29 Down (January 7, 2017 – present)[19]
- Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) (2014–present)[18]
- Inspector Gadget (2018 – present)
- I Pranked My Parents (January 19, 2016 – present)
- Johnny Test (2018 –present)
- Massive Monster Mayhem (January 14, 2018 – present)
- Mega Man: Fully Charged (September 8, 2018 — present)
- Nature Cat (July 5, 2016 – present)[20]
- Naughty Naughty Pets (2016–present)
- Radio Free Roscoe (April 11, 2016 – present)
- Slugterra (2012–present)[15]
- Storm Hawks (January 2, 2016 – present)
- What Parents Don't Know (September 4, 2016 – present)[21]
- What's Up Warthogs! (June 1, 2011; weekends only)
- Wingin' It (June 1, 2011 – present; weekends only)
- World of Quest (August 31, 2015 – 2016; January 27, 2017 – present)[1]
- The Zoo (September 9, 2017 – present)
Acquired programming
- The Adventures of Puss in Boots (June 18, 2017 – present)
- All Hail King Julien (April 24, 2017 – present)
- Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (2018 – present)
- Be the Creature (August 31, 2015 – present)
- Bear Grylls' Survival School (June 21, 2016 – present)[22]
- Deadly 60 (October 9, 2015 – present)[1]
- Dinotrux (September 11, 2017 – present)[22]
- DreamWorksTV (2016–present)
- Dragons: Race to the Edge (August 12, 2017 – present) [1]
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (January–September 2016; May 1, 2017 – present)[22]
- Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2015; 2018–present)
- Horrible Histories (October 9, 2015 – present)[1]
- Hank Zipzer (2015; 2018–present)
- Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (2015–present)
- Malcolm in the Middle (2016; 2017–present)
- My Knight and Me (July 2, 2018 – present)
- My Side of the Sky (November 14, 2017 – present)[23]
- Nowhere Boys (January 24, 2016; January 8, 2018 – present) [22]
- The New Adventures of Figaro Pho (August 9, 2016 – present)
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (March 17, 2014 – present)
- Planet Sketch (January–February 2016; May 6, 2017 – present)
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! (January 7, 2017 – present)
- Sonic Boom (October 24, 2015 – present)
- Thunderbirds Are Go (June 14, 2016–present)[22]
- Turbo F.A.S.T. (June 14, 2016 – present)[22]
- Voltron: Legendary Defender (July 22, 2018 – present)
- Xiaolin Chronicles (October 9, 2015 – present)[1]
- Zak Storm (August 21, 2017 – present)
As Disney XD (2011–2015)
- The 7D
- Aaron Stone
- American Dragon: Jake Long
- Baxter
- Cory in the House
- Crash & Bernstein
- The Emperor's New School
- Even Stevens
- Fantastic Four
- Fish Hooks
- Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
- Gargoyles
- Gravity Falls
- I'm In the Band
- Iron Man
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- Kirby Buckets
- Lab Rats
- The Legend of Tarzan
- Motorcity
- The Replacements
- Spider-Man
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Star Wars Rebels
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- The Suite Life on Deck
- Tron: Uprising
- Wander Over Yonder
- X-Men
- Yin Yang Yo!
- Zeke & Luther
As Family Chrgd (2015–present)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "DHX Television's Family CHRGD to Go to Air". October 7, 2015.
- ↑ Wedge, Pip. "Disney XD". programming. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Biblic, Mirko. "Re: Voting Trust Agreement between BCE Inc. and Pierre Boivin, the trustee Application No. 2013-0243-9 – Approved". CRTC. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Disney XD and Disney Junior Commission Original Canadian Series". Daily News. Broadcaster Magazine. June 12, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ↑ "DHX Media to buy Family, other children's channels". Toronto Star. November 28, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ↑ "DHX to acquire Family Channel, three others from Bell Media". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. November 28, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ↑ "DHX Media receives CRTC approval on $170M acquisition of Family Channel and three other children's channels". DHX Media. July 24, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ Vessing, Etan (July 24, 2014). "DHX Media approved for Family Channel takeover". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "DHX Media closes Family Channel acquisition and announces management changes". Canada Newswire. July 31, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "DHX Television Commissions Radical Sheep's Animated Comedy Action Series Fangbone!". Newswire. March 5, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Disney XD gets its game on with the premiere of Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) November 16". Newswire. November 5, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- 1 2 "Corus gains Canadian rights to Disney Channel content". The Globe and Mail. Canadian Press. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ↑ "DHX-Disney Divorce Almost Done". Cartt.ca. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- 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.
- ↑ "DreamWorks Animation Inks Strategic Content Pact With DHX Media". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ "DHX MEDIA, CBBC, FAMILY CHRGD ANNOUNCE DRONE CONTEST SERIES, AIRMAGEDDON – DHX Media". DHXMedia.com. Halifax, NS. December 10, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- 1 2 "Disney XD snaps up two DHX shows". Kidscreen. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Flight 29 Down – CHRGD.ca". Chrgd.ca. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ↑ "9 Story licenses Nature Cat to DHX TV".
- ↑ "DHX TELEVISION BRINGS THE HEAT INTO FALL WITH HOTTEST PROGRAMMING LINEUP TO DATE – DHX Media". DHXMedia.com. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Family CHRGD East TV Listings, TV Shows and Schedule – Zap2it".
- ↑ "My Side of the Sky". DHX Media. Retrieved 22 December 2017.