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DejaView is a Canadian English language specialty television channel owned by Corus Entertainment. It primarily airs from the 1970s to 2010s. The channel's name is a play on the phrase Deja Vu.
The channel was launched on September 4, 2001, as DejaView.
After DejaView's parent company, Canwest, filed for creditor protection in October 2009, Shaw Communications subsequently completed a purchase and took over the assets of Canwest's broadcasting arm on October 27, 2010, Shaw Completes Purchase of Canwest Broadcasting Assets Marketwire press release 2010-10-10 which was announced in February of that year, Shaw moves for Canwest control, CBC.ca, 2010-02-12 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 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 simulcast of the standard definition feed was launched.
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