CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It is Canada's first all-news channel, and the world's third-oldest television service of this nature (after CNN in the United States, and Sky News in the United Kingdom).
CBC News Network is funded by cable subscriber fees and commercial advertising, unlike the CBC'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.Decision CRTC 2000-3 , CBC News Network's 2000 CRTC licence renewal
CBC News Network's French-language counterpart is Ici RDI, also owned by the CBC (or, Société Radio-Canada in French).
Revenue
According to the 2014 "Communications Monitoring Report" by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), CBC News Network in 2014 had 11.3 million subscribers and a revenue of $86.7 million."2014 Communications Monitoring Report." Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014 September 18. p. 114.
History With CNN and CNN 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, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) awarded a licence to the CBC.
The launch of the CBC's 24-hour news service was delayed several times: first when Allarcom, who had filed a competing application for an all-news channel, chose to appeal the CRTC decision;"Allarcom asks cabinet to overturn ruling giving licence to CBC for all-news channel". Ottawa Citizen, December 23, 1987. second, when the federal cabinet issued a directive to the CBC to revise its service plan for the network to include private commercial broadcasters and to launch a parallel French language service;"CBC being sent back to drawing board over all-news plan". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 1988. and lastly, when cable companies were reluctant to add the service just five months after a similar launch of numerous other channels."CBC all-news network launch put off to August from February". The Globe and Mail, December 23, 1988.
CBC Newsworld finally began broadcasting on 31 July 1989 from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary, becoming Canada's first all-news channel. (As of 2017, there are production studios in Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax.)
In the 1990s, the channel also aired repeats of CBC Television's political sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Royal Canadian Air Farce, but these were discontinued in 2001 after a CRTC directive that the shows did not qualify as news programming."Broadcasters can't have it both ways". National Post, July 9, 2001.
In 2000, because of a fee dispute between Persona (then known as Regional Cablesystems; later acquired by Eastlink) 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.Newsworld disappears from rural cable, CBC Saskatchewan, September 26, 2000
Newsworld International
Some of CBC News Network's programming also aired on the now-defunct Newsworld International, an American cable news network co-owned by the CBC and the Power 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's BBC World, which did not air on the Canadian channel.
Soon after, Newsworld International was sold to USA Networks in 2000, then to Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2001, and then to Al Gore and Joel 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 the Al Jazeera Media Network and became Al Jazeera America on 20 August 2013.
2009 re-launch In December 2008, it was reported that the CBC planned to revamp Newsworld in 2009, as the result of a strategic review and market survey. The CBC found that consumer awareness of CBC Newsworld was lower in comparison to other specialty 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.
On 21 October 2009, it was announced that CBC Newsworld would be renamed CBC News Network on October 26 as part of a larger re-launch of the CBC News division. A new lineup of programs was introduced to the network, with a greater emphasis towards live news coverage. New programs included CBC News Now (the channel's rolling news coverage), Power & Politics, The Lang and O'Leary Exchange (a business news program hosted by Amanda Lang and Dragons' Den-investor Kevin O'Leary), and Connect with Mark Kelley.
CBC News Network HD In January 2009, the CBC launched an HD simulcast of CBC News Network (then CBC Newsworld) called CBC Newsworld HD. The channel was renamed CBC 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 at 720p resolution on Shaw Cable after it was added to the lineup in 2014. It is available through all major television providers in the country.
Programming 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, including The Passionate Eye and Rough Cuts—both of which used to be hosted by Michaëlle Jean—and Politics—a political affairs program hosted by Don Newman that aired twice daily. The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos was launched in 2005 in an attempt to attract younger viewers; similar news-oriented talk shows, such as Pamela Wallin Live, CounterSpin, Face Off, and Benmergui Live, also aired on the network in the 1990s.
The network's daytime schedule consists of live rolling news coverage, branded as CBC Newsroom (formerly known as CBC News Now), which airs weekdays from 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. ET, Saturdays from 6:00a.m. to 5:30p.m. ET, and Sundays from 6:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. ET (with a two-hour break from 10:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. ET). Instead of producing a separate noon-hour program, most CBC Television stations simulcast CBC News Network from 12:00 to 1:00pm local time, with an "L-bar" showing local news and weather headlines.
Power & Politics airs live from 5:00 to 7:00p.m. ET. From 7:00 to 9:00p.m. on weekdays, CBC News Network airs Hanomansing Tonight.
Beginning with the Atlantic Time Zone airing at 9:00p.m. ET, The National—CBC News' flagship nightly newscast—runs live until 2:00a.m. ET and then on a loop until 6:00 a.m. ET the following morning.
Other original programming that appear on CBC News Network includes:
Marketplace — Canadian consumer watchdog series The Fifth Estate — investigative documentary newsmagazine series The Passionate Eye — documentary television series Rosemary Barton Live — live weekly program on political news and issues, hosted by CBC's chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton. The Investigators — hosted by Diana Swain
Since 2021, the channel has also simulcast the first hour of CBC Radio One's news phone-in show Cross 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-hour Canada Tonight.
In February 2025, the network announced that Canada Tonight would be replaced with a new two-hour show, Hanomansing Tonight, hosted by Ian Hanomansing from Vancouver.Cassandra Szklarski, "Ian Hanomansing to host live CBC News Network prime-time show from Vancouver". Toronto Star, February 12, 2025. The show began on February 18.
David Common became the host of CBC Morning Live on February 2, 2026, following the retirement of longtime host Heather Hiscox in November 2025.Connie Thiessen, "David Common named new host of CBC Morning Live". Broadcast Dialogue, November 6, 2025.
+CBC News Network programming, as of February 2025ProgramDayTime (ET)Anchor/hostDescriptionWeekday programmingCBC Morning LiveMon – Fri6 – 10amDavid CommonCBC Newsroom with...10am – 1pmAarti Polelive rolling news1 – 5pmAndrew NicholsPower & Politics5 – 7pmDavid Cochranenews & political talk showHanomansing Tonight7 – 9pmIan Hanomansingnews & political talk showAll-week programmingThe NationalMon – Thurs12 – 6am; 9 – 11:59pmAdrienne Arsenaultnews broadcastFriIan HanomansingSat12 – 6amSun9 – 11:59pmWeekend programmingCBC Newsroom with....Sat6 – 11amMarianne Dimainlive rolling news11am – 4pmNatasha FatahSun6 – 10amMarianne Dimain12 – 4pmNatasha FatahRosemary Barton LiveSun10am – 12pm; 5 – 7pmRosemary Bartonweekly program on political news and issues Cross Country CheckupSun 4 – 5pm Ian Hanomansing Weekly call-in news show simulcast from CBC Radio OneMarketplaceSat5:30 – 6pm;
9:30 – 10pm;
11:30pm – 12:00amAsha Tomlinson, Charlsie Agro and David CommonCanadian consumer watchdog seriesCBC Newsroom with...Sat4 – 5:30, 6 – 6:30pm, 9 – 9:30pm, 11 – 11:30pmDeana Sumanac-Johnsonlive newsThe Fifth EstateSat – Sun7 – 8pmBob McKeown, Mark Kelley, Habiba Nosheen, and Gillian Findlayinvestigative documentary newsmagazine seriesCBC Docs POVSat10 – 11pmN/Apoint-of-view documentary seriesSun1 – 2amAt IssueSat6:30 – 7pmRosemary Barton; Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj (panelists)political panel showSun12:30 – 1am;
2:30 – 3am;CBC News NetworkSun8 – 9pmDeanna Sumanac-Johnson live newsThe Nature of ThingsSat8 – 9pmDavid Suzukipopular science programSun4 – 5amMon2 – 3am
Anchors Current Peter Armstrong Adrienne Arsenault Rosemary Barton David Common Natasha Fatah Jennifer Hall Ian Hanomansing Colleen Jones Carole MacNeil Andrew Nichols Scott Peterson Aarti Pole
Former Original members of the first Newsworld anchor team:
George Boyd Whit Fraser Beth Gaines Jane Gilbert Paul Griffin
Other former anchors: Dave Brindle Kim Brunhuber — now with The National Bill Cameron — deceased (2005) Bruce Dowbiggin — 1990s Harry Forestell — later host of CBC News: New Brunswick Dawna Friesen — now with Global National Tom Harrington — later host of The World This Hour on CBC Radio One Heather Hiscox Michaëlle Jean — now former Governor General of Canada Vassy Kapelos — moved to CTV News in November 2022 to become the host of Power Play and Question Period."CBC’s Vassy Kapelos moves to CTV News to host political shows Power Play and Question Period". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 2022. Mark Kelley"Major changes ahead at CBC News" . The Globe and Mail, Print Edition: June 16, 2009, Page R1. Nil Köksal — became host of World Report, CBC News Toronto Weekend, and CBC Toronto News at 11 (Sunday), currently host of As It Happens since July 2022"Nil Köksal is the new host of CBC's As It Happens — and she's ready to make radio 'magic'". CBC Radio, July 11, 2022. Amanda Lang — eponymous anchor of The Lang and O'Leary Exchange; now host of Bloomberg North on Bloomberg TV Canada Anne-Marie Mediwake — now CTV Morning Live Suhana Meharchand Jordi Morgan — official for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and metro organiser for the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Reshmi Nair Don Newman — retired