Why Family is going to be just fine without Disney

By etan vlessing

WHEN DHX MEDIA ANNOUNCED in April it wouldn’t renew a licensing deal with The Walt Disney Co. leaving big holes in the Family Channel schedule, questions immediately arose over how the broadcaster would keep giving Canadian tweens and teens what they want when Phineas and Ferb and Jessie go for good.The answer: Family Channel faces a radical rebranding that, from January 4, 2016, will include a Disney to Degrassi makeover in primetime.The new look and feel will feature DHX's Studios' Degrassi: Next Class reboot anchoring a new teen programming block, F2N.Joe Tedesco, senior vice-president and general manager at DHX Television...