Global Television Network
Canadian broadcast TV network
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| October 2022 | The channel received a new logo and on-air graphics as part of Corus Entertainment's rebranding of Global News properties. |
| August 29 2022 | Transition of master control hub from Calgary (CICT-DT) to Toronto (CIII-DT). |
| 2021 | CKSA-DT in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan ended its affiliation with Global Television Network and became a Citytv affiliate. |
| 2021 | CKSA-DT in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan ended its affiliation with Citytv. |
| 2020 | Global TV relaunched its apps to include streaming for subscribers of most Corus Entertainment's specialty channels, expanding its digital streaming capabilities and aligning with similar moves by other Canadian broadcasters like CTV. |
| 2018 | Kingston, Oshawa, and Peterborough stations became full-time owned-and-operated stations. |
| January 27 2017 | Shaw Communications closed CJBN-TV in Kenora, Ontario after electing not to renew the station's licence. |
| 2016 | CKSA-DT in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan changed affiliation from CBC Television to Citytv, ending its long-standing relationship with CBC that had existed since 1960. |
| 2016 | Global Television Network added stations in Kingston (CKWS-DT), Oshawa (CHEX-DT-2), and Peterborough (CHEX-DT) for news programming. |
| September 2016 | Global updated its on-screen bug to simply 'Global' without local station city identifiers, except for local newscasts, reverting to a more standardized network branding approach. |
| April 1 2016 | Shaw Media, including Global News: BC 1, was sold to Corus Entertainment, with the station acquiring four radio stations for sister networks. |
| 2015 | Global broadcast coverage of the Canada West conference's university football championship, including one semi-final game and the Hardy Cup game, produced through Shaw TV's Canada West Football on Shaw package. |
| January 2015 | BC1 updated its on-screen graphics to a white and light blue color scheme, and added live traffic cameras and traffic feed to the right side of the screen. |
| March 14 2013 | Global News: BC 1 soft launched at 8:00 a.m. PDT and officially launched at 9:00 a.m. PT with the debut of the show AM/BC. |
| 2012 | Global Reality Channel ceased operations. |
| 2012 | CKND-DT in Winnipeg replaced the Fox Soccer Report with Sportsnet-produced Fox Soccer News after the discontinuation of Fox Sports World Canada. |
| August 30 2012 | Global BC posted a statement about Global News: BC 1, highlighting its intention to provide province-wide local and regional stories as part of Global News' Digital First objective. |
| July 20 2012 | The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the channel, which was described as a regional English-language specialty service focusing on British Columbia news. |
| January 11 2012 | Shaw Media announced plans to launch a 24-hour local news channel for British Columbia, the first regional news channel in Canada outside of Ontario. |
| 2011 | Global acquired CJBN-TV in Kenora, Ontario. |
| 2011 | Global affiliated with CJBN-TV in Kenora, Ontario. |
| 2011 | Shaw Communications purchased Global and committed to converting all of the network's over-the-air analog transmitters to digital by 2016. |
| August 31 2011 | All noted Global transmitters were converted to digital as part of Canada's mandatory over-the-air analog to digital transition deadline in mandatory markets. |
| 2010 | Global Reality Channel was launched, dedicated to reality shows. |
| 2010 | CHFD-DT in Thunder Bay, Ontario transitions to a Global affiliate, adopting the on-air brand 'Global Thunder Bay', replacing its previous CTV affiliation. |
| 2010 | Global stations began using sustained on-screen bugs with full local station branding, with the exception of CIII-DT in Toronto. |
| 2010 | Canwest broke up, effectively ending the cross-promotion strategy between its media properties. |
| November 29 2010 | E! in the U.S. reached an agreement to rebrand Bell Media's Star! channel as a Canadian version of E! |
| October 27 2010 | Shaw Communications acquired Canwest's broadcasting assets and created Shaw Media, with Global Television Network as its flagship brand. |
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