16x9 is a Canadian investigative

Investigative journalism

Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...

 newsmagazine

Newsmagazine

A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...

 television program

Television program

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 which airs on Global

Global Television Network

Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...

. The series debuted on November 30, 2008. The show was hosted by Mary Garofalo

Mary Garofalo

Mary Garofalo is a Multi Award Winning anchor, and investigative correspondent.- Career :Anchor and Investigative Reporter Mary Garofalo, is a native of Toronto, she began her broadcast news career in radio, later moving on to television with City TV in Toronto as an anchor and reporter.Her first...

 from September 2008 until October 2011.
The title refers to the aspect ratio

Aspect ratio (image)

The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of the width of the image to its height, expressed as two numbers separated by a colon. That is, for an x:y aspect ratio, no matter how big or small the image is, if the width is divided into x units of equal length and the height is measured using this...

 of 16:9

16:9

16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...

 high definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

 television broadcasts which display a wider area, hence, a bigger picture, as opposed to 4:3 standard definition.

Originally airing as a half-hour series, 16x9 has expanded to an hour-long program for the 2011-12 television season.