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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 1h

It looks like Family Channel (51 on Rogers Xfinity TV for most of the GTA) has finally been removed from the guide, 2 weeks after it shut down for good:

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 8d

Our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Jamaica due to the impending threat of Hurricane Melissa... www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurr...

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

www.nbcnews.com

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 10d

Here's a split-screen version of the WildBrain TV channel closures that took place a few days ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INh...

The End of WildBrain Channels (10/23/25)

YouTube video by DJ Unikitty Too

www.youtube.com

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 11d

Looks like CBC Television is airing Lana Longbeard on November 8th, just 2 weeks after Canada's Family Channel ceased transmissions:

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 11d

Despite TSN getting new score bugs for the CFL and regional NHL coverage, the NBA score bug that was used since the 2020-21 season is still intact:

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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 13d

This will be the first time ever that a Canadian broadcaster will produce its own World Series broadcast. The Globe explains what this means for Sportsnet: www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseb...

Canada steps up to the plate with a World Series broadcast all its own

Network says Jays-Dodgers World Series will be the biggest production it’s ever undertaken

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Plushblue EP @plushblueeperic.bsky.social · 14d

It’s the end of an era for Canadian television, as not one, not two, but four WildBrain-owned TV stations will be taking their final bows after years of entertaining the country.
Thank you for all the great memories you’ve given to all families across the provinces of Canada.

Sincerely,
An American

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 13d

It looks like Citytv is simulcasting the Fox feed for at least the first 2 games of the 2025 World Series involving the Toronto Blue Jays, starting on Friday, again due to simultaneous substitution rights:

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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 14d

'Inside the NBA' is officially on ESPN.

Good luck figuring out the sponsor. 🏀 📺 🎙️ #NBA

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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 15d

Blue Jays Game 7 win draws 6 million average-minute viewers to Sportsnet and Citytv about.rogers.com/news-ideas/r... — For comparison, the most-watched Sportsnet broadcast in history was Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final (Oilers-Panthers), which had 7.5 million average-minute viewers.

Rogers Delivers Most-Watched Blue Jays Game Ever with ALCS Game 7 on Sportsnet - About Rogers

October 21, 2025 – Game 7 of the American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners delivered record-breaking viewership on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+, with an av...

about.rogers.com

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 15d

"For the first time in 32 years, the Blue Jays have won the pennant!"

they got the call right! they got it right!

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 15d

It means that the Toronto Blue Jays are off to the World Series for the first time in 32 years: kesq.com/sports/2025/...

Toronto Blue Jays beat Seattle Mariners in ALCS, will face Dodgers in World Series

TORONTO (KESQ) - We now know who is going to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners the in Game 7 to win the American League Championship Ser...

kesq.com

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 15d

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 16d

It looks like Citytv is simulcasting the Fox feed for the 7th game of the ALCS tonight, due to simsub requirements for pay-TV providers in most Canadian markets:

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TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 16d

The Blue Jays have forced a GAME 7 👀

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 16d

It seems that tomorrow night's episodes of Name That Tune and The Weakest Link will be postponed to a later date, due to Fox airing the 7th game of the ALCS that night!

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 17d

A Wallace and Gromit movie has aired today on CTV Sci-Fi Channel?
I'm sorry, what? www.youtube.com/shorts/5FLGB...

Wallace And Gromit has aired on the CTV Sci-fi Channel.

YouTube video by Kawaiimation

www.youtube.com

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 18d

It seems that Canada's Family Channel has an in-program graphic regarding the final day of broadcasting on October 22nd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eye9...

family (2025) - Final Broadcast Graphic

YouTube video by MIKER PHONE

www.youtube.com

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 18d

The future of PBS might be bleak due to funding cuts and closing down some of their stations... variety.com/2025/tv/news...

PBS CEO Reveals Plan to Save Stations and Programming After Trump Killed Funding, Admits There’s No ‘White Knight That Will Save Us’

PBS CEO Paula Kerger on her plan to save local stations and continue original programming now that federal funding for public broadcasting is gone.

variety.com

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 20d

For subscribers of La Presse, here's the article on more job cuts at TVA: www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...

Postes de cadres | Nouvelles compressions au réseau TVA

En difficulté financière, le réseau TVA sabre dans son secteur des opérations, qui comprend entre autres la technique et la mise en ondes. Six gestionnaires ont appris jeudi matin qu’ils perdaient leu...

www.lapresse.ca

angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 20d

It looks like NBC is broadcasting their first NBA game since the 2002 NBA Finals on October 21st between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, as part of the league's new media contracts that will last for 11 years:

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 20d

As you can see, the 4 WildBrain linear TV channels were dropped from all Bell TV platforms (Fibe, Satellite, and App) back in May, right before the final broadcast on October 22nd:

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22d

Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78

He created many iconic movie posters

The Thing poster and Back to the Future poster

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angeloyacon.bsky.social @angeloyacon.bsky.social · 22d

Remember when YTV had a preschool block called Playtime between 2009 and 2012, but during this era, it aired some strange shows... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzYx...

YTV Playtime was strange.

YouTube video by Kawaiimation

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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 24d

Thank God. We do not need another merger between film studios.

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