Editing DejaView (section)

==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 }}</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] 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], [[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.