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{{Short description|Canadian specialty television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name              = DejaView
| logo              = DejaView logo.svg
| logo_size         = 150px
| launch_date       = {{start date|2001|9|4}}, 23 years ago
| picture_format    = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| network           = 
| owner             = [[Canwest]] (2001–2010)<br>[[Shaw Media]] (2010–2016)<br>[[Corus Entertainment]] (2016–present)
| country           = [[Canada]]
| area              = Nationwide
| headquarters      = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| former_names      = 
| replaced          = 
| sister_channels   = 
| timeshift_service = 
| website           = {{URL|dejaviewtv.ca}} 
}}
'''DejaView''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[English language]] [[specialty television]] channel owned by [[Corus Entertainment]]. It primarily airs [[television show]]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]]) was granted approval from the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (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."<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-567.htm Decision CRTC 2000-567] CRTC 2000-12-14</ref>

The channel was launched on September 4, 2001, as '''DejaView'''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Digital channels struggling at start of third year on cable and satellite TV | date= August 2003 | publisher=[[Sympatico|Sympatico.ca]]}}</ref>

After DejaView's parent company, Canwest, filed for creditor protection in October 2009,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/06/television-pressandpublishing |title=Canwest Global Communications files for bankruptcy protection |author=Clark, Andrew |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=England |date=October 6, 2009 |access-date=July 9, 2011 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209042808/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/06/television-pressandpublishing |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Shaw Communications]] subsequently completed a purchase and took over the assets of Canwest's broadcasting arm on October 27, 2010,<ref>[http://www.sys-con.com/node/1588479 Shaw Completes Purchase of Canwest Broadcasting Assets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528010528/http://www.sys-con.com/node/1588479 |date=2012-05-28 }} Marketwire press release 2010-10-10</ref> which was announced in February of that year,<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shaw-moves-for-canwest-control-1.865997 Shaw moves for Canwest control] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909181826/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shaw-moves-for-canwest-control-1.865997 |date=2024-09-09 }}, [[CBC.ca]], 2010-02-12</ref> and renamed the company Shaw Media.

On April 1, 2016, DejaView's parent company, Shaw Media, was acquired by [[Corus Entertainment]]. It once became a sister station to [[CMT (Canadian TV channel)|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 [[1080i]] [[high-definition television|high definition]] simulcast of the [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] feed was launched.

== Programming ==
{{further|List of programs broadcast by DejaView}}
Throughout the channel's existence, it has primarily aired [[sitcoms]] and television [[Drama (film and television)|dramas]] from the United States and Canada, however, other genres of programs have aired including game shows, reality television, and lifestyle series.

==See also==
* [[Comedy Gold (TV channel)|Comedy Gold]] – a former specialty service owned by [[Bell Media]], specializing in comedies from the 1970s to 1990s.
* [[Teletoon Retro]] – a former offshoot of [[Teletoon]], also owned by [[Corus Entertainment]], that focused on classic cartoons and television series aimed at children.

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://dejaviewtv.ca/}}

{{Corus Entertainment}}

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[[Category:Specialty television channels in Canada]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Canada]]
[[Category:Classic television networks]]
[[Category:Corus Entertainment networks]]
[[Category:English-language television stations in Canada]]


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