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| Type | Broadcastingnews,discussions |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 720pHDTV (downscaled toletterboxed480i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister channels | CBC Television Ici Radio-Canada Télé Ici RDI Ici ARTV Ici Explora Documentary Channel CBC North |
| History | |
| Launched | July 31, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-07-31) |
| Former names | CBC Newsworld (1989–2009) |
| Links | |
| Website | cbc |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| CBC Gem | Over-the-top TV |
| RiverTV | Over-the-top TV |
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CBC News Network (formerlyCBC Newsworld) is aCanadianEnglish-languagespecialty news channel owned by theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It is Canada's first all-news channel,[1] and the world's third-oldest television service of this nature (afterCNN in theUnited States, andSky News in theUnited Kingdom.)
CBC News Network is funded by cable subscriber fees and commercial advertising, unlike theCBC's main television network, and it cannot directly receive operational funds from the corporation's public funding allotment. Nonetheless, the network benefits from synergies with other CBC services; such as the ability to share reporters and programs with the main network.[2]
CBC News Network'sFrench-language counterpart isIci RDI, also owned by the CBC (or,Société Radio-Canada in French).
According to the 2014 "Communications Monitoring Report" by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), CBC News Network in 2014 had 11.3 million subscribers and a revenue of $86.7 million.[3]
WithCNN andCNN International already being widely available in Canada during the 1980s and beyond, private and state-owned Canadian broadcasters began to apply for a licence for a similar 24-hour news service in Canada. In 1987, theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) awarded a licence to the CBC.[4]
The launch of the CBC's 24-hour news service was delayed several times: first whenAllarcom, who had filed a competing application for an all-news channel, chose to appeal the CRTC decision;[5] second, when thefederal cabinet issued a directive to the CBC to revise its service plan for the network to include private commercial broadcasters and to launch a parallelFrench language service;[6] and lastly, when cable companies were reluctant to add the service just five months after a similar launch of numerous other channels.[7]
CBC Newsworld finally began broadcasting on 31 July 1989 from several regional studios inHalifax,Toronto,Winnipeg andCalgary, becoming Canada's first all-news channel.[1] (As of 2017, there are production studios in Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax.)
In the 1990s, the channel also aired repeats ofCBC Television's political sketch comedy seriesThis Hour Has 22 Minutes andRoyal Canadian Air Farce, but these were discontinued in 2001 after a CRTC directive that the shows did not qualify as news programming.[8]
In 2000, because of a fee dispute betweenPersona (then known as Regional Cablesystems; later acquired byEastlink) and the CBC, CBC News Network was dropped by a number of Persona-owned cable systems. Thereafter, while CBC News Network was sometimes thought to be a mandatory basic cable channel, these cable systems did not carry the channel at all during much of the 2000s.[9]
Some of CBC News Network's programming also aired on the now-defunctNewsworld International, an American cable news network co-owned by the CBC and thePower Corporation of Canada. CBC Newsworld (as it was then known) produced some programming for Newsworld International, and scheduled programming from other news networks like Britain'sBBC World, which did not air on the Canadian channel.
Soon after, Newsworld International was sold toUSA Networks in 2000, then toVivendi Universal Entertainment in 2001, and then toAl Gore andJoel Hyatt in 2004. Newsworld continued to provide the network's programming until Gore and Hyatt launched their own network,Current TV, on 1 August 2005. In 2013, the channel was sold again to theAl Jazeera Media Network and becameAl Jazeera America on 20 August 2013.
In December 2008, it was reported that the CBC planned to revamp Newsworld in 2009, as the result of a strategic review andmarket survey. The CBC found thatconsumer awareness of CBC Newsworld was lower in comparison to otherspecialty channels, and there was a perception that the CBC broke stories too slowly. Tentative plans also called for the revamped channel to have more prominent displays of news headlines and weather reports.[10]
On 21 October 2009, it was announced that CBC Newsworld would be renamedCBC News Network on October 26 as part of a larger re-launch of theCBC News division. A new lineup of programs was introduced to the network, with a greater emphasis towards live news coverage. New programs includedCBC News Now (the channel'srolling news coverage),Power & Politics,The Lang and O'Leary Exchange (a business news program hosted byAmanda Lang andDragons' Den-investorKevin O'Leary), andConnect with Mark Kelley.[11]
In January 2009, the CBC launched an HDsimulcast of CBC News Network (then CBC Newsworld) calledCBC Newsworld HD. The channel was renamedCBC News Network HD on 26 October 2009 to coincide with the renaming of CBC Newsworld to CBC News Network. The HD feed has been confirmed at720p resolution onShaw Cable after it was added to the lineup in 2014.[citation needed] It is available through all major television providers in the country.
CBC News Network used to air a number of magazine-style programs, along with hourly news updates. The network has moved from that style of programming to focusing solely on live-news and documentary programs, includingThe Passionate Eye andRough Cuts—both of which used to be hosted byMichaëlle Jean—andPolitics—a political affairs program hosted byDon Newman that aired twice daily.The Hour withGeorge Stroumboulopoulos was launched in 2005 in an attempt to attract younger viewers; similar news-oriented talk shows, such asPamela Wallin Live,CounterSpin,Face Off, andBenmergui Live, also aired on the network in the 1990s.[citation needed]
The network's daytime schedule consists of live rolling news coverage, branded asCBC Newsroom (formerly known asCBC News Now), which airs weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.ET, Saturdays from 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET, and Sundays from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET (with a two-hour break from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET).[1] Instead of producing a separate noon-hour program, mostCBC Television stations simulcast CBC News Network from 12:00 to 1:00 pm local time, with an "L-bar" showing local news and weather headlines.[citation needed]
Power & Politics airs live from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. ET.[12] From 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, CBC News Network airsHanomansing Tonight.
Beginning with theAtlantic Time Zone airing at 9:00 p.m. ET,The National—CBC News' flagship nightlynewscast—runs live until 2:00 a.m. ET and then on a loop until 6:00 a.m. ET the following morning.[1]
Other original programming that appear on CBC News Network includes:[1]
Since 2021, the channel has also simulcast CBC Radio One's news phone-in showCross Country Checkup on Sunday afternoons.
In 2023, CBC announced several programming changes, including news hosts, for both weekday and weekend programs. Among the changes was an official name change to daytime and weekend rolling news programming to ‘CBC Newsroom’. ‘CBC Rundown with Andrew Nichols’ was also ended, in favour of an expanded two-hourCanada Tonight.[15]
In February 2025, the network announced thatCanada Tonight would be replaced with a new two-hour show,Hanomansing Tonight, hosted byIan Hanomansing from Vancouver.[16] The show began on February 18th.
| Program | Day | Time (ET) | Anchor/host | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday programming | ||||
| CBC Morning Live | Mon – Fri | 6 – 10 am | Heather Hiscox | |
| CBC Newsrooom with... | 10 am – 1 pm | Aarti Pole | liverolling news | |
| 1 – 5 pm | Andrew Nichols | |||
| Power & Politics | 5 – 7 pm | David Cochrane | news & political talk show | |
| Hanomansing Tonight | 7 – 9 pm | Ian Hanomansing | news & political talk show | |
| All-week programming | ||||
| The National | Mon – Thurs | 12 – 6 am; 9 – 11:59 pm | Adrienne Arsenault | news broadcast |
| Fri | Ian Hanomansing | |||
| Sat | 12 – 6 am | |||
| Sun | 9 – 11:59 pm | |||
| Weekend programming | ||||
| CBC Newsroom with.... | Sat | 6 – 11 am | Marianne Dimain | liverolling news |
| 11 am – 4 pm | Natasha Fatah | |||
| Sun | 6 – 10 am | Marianne Dimain | ||
| 12 – 4 pm | Natasha Fatah | |||
| Rosemary Barton Live[14] | Sun | 10 am – 12 pm; 5 – 7 pm | Rosemary Barton | weekly program on political news and issues |
| Cross Country Checkup | Sun | 4 – 5 pm | Ian Hanomansing | Weekly call-in news show simulcast from CBC Radio One |
| Marketplace[13] | Sat | 5:30 – 6 pm; 9:30 – 10 pm; 11:30 pm – 12:00 am | Asha Tomlinson,Charlsie Agro andDavid Common | Canadian consumerwatchdog series |
| CBC Newsroom with... | Sat | 4 – 5:30, 6 – 6:30 pm, 9 – 9:30 pm, 11 – 11:30 pm | Deana Sumanac-Johnson | live news |
| The Fifth Estate | Sat – Sun | 7 – 8 pm | Bob McKeown,Mark Kelley,Habiba Nosheen, andGillian Findlay | investigative documentarynewsmagazine series |
| CBC Docs POV[18] | Sat | 10 – 11 pm | N/A | point-of-view documentary series |
| Sun | 1 – 2 am | |||
| At Issue[19] | Sat | 6:30 – 7 pm | Rosemary Barton;Chantal Hébert,Andrew Coyne andAlthia Raj (panelists) | politicalpanel show |
| Sun | 12:30 – 1 am; 2:30 – 3 am; | |||
| CBC News Network | Sun | 8 – 9 pm | Deanna Sumanac-Johnson | live news |
| The Nature of Things[20] | Sat | 8 – 9 pm | David Suzuki | popular science program |
| Sun | 4 – 5 am | |||
| Mon | 2 – 3 am | |||
Original members of the first Newsworld anchor team:
Other former anchors:
CBC News Network at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
