CFTM-TV's third logo used from 1969 until 1978, as "CFTM 10".
It opened on February 19, 1961, a few weeks after CFCF-TV went on the air for the first time. It was owned by Joseph Alexandre de Sève and his company, Télé-Métropole. At first it relied primarily on kinescopes from RTL, and also from Télé Monte Carlo, but it wasn't long before it settled into a more peculiar and local form. On April 14, 1963, CFTM started sharing programs with CJPM-TV in Chicoutimi (now Saguenay) in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region on the day the latter station signed on. They were joined by CFCM-TV in Quebec City in 1964. This was the informal beginning of TVA, though the network wasn't officially established until September 12, 1971. When de Sève died in 1968, the city government renamed the street in front of CFTM's studios rue Alexandre de Sève in his honour.
CFTM has always been by far the largest station in the TVA network. As such, it dominated the network long before Télé-Métropole bought majority control of TVA in 1990. At one point, CFTM produced as much as 90 percent of TVA's programming. Even today, TVA's network feed is little more than a retransmission of CFTM. Whenever CFTM has to interrupt its programming for breaking news or weather alerts in Montreal, the entire network usually gets interrupted as well.
CFTM-TV was essentially available on satellite beginning November 1, 1981, as TCTV, carried via Cancom by cable television operators across Canada, though not in most major cities. TCTV carried mainly the same programs as CFTM, but with some local news and programming from other TVA affiliates.
The TCTV service ended when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved TVA for a national network license in 1998. Since May 1, 1999, all Canadian cable companies have been required to carry a TVA station. CFTM is the affiliate carried in most markets outside of Quebec — excepting some markets in Northern Ontario, Eastern Ontario and New Brunswick, which have long carried the stations in adjacent markets. The station also provides a time-shifted feed for cable companies in western Canada, delayed three hours after the original broadcast, matching up with Pacific Time.
Digital television and high definitionedit
CFTM received CRTC approval in March 2006 for its request to broadcast digitally on UHF channel 59[1] and was granted a requested extension to August 31, 2009, to launch this service but the launch never occurred.[2] On July 6, 2009, as part of a license renewal hearing, TVA was granted a second extension in which to launch CFTM-DT.
During the analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011,[3] CFTM silenced its analogue transmitter on September 1, 2011, at 12:01 a.m. during a movie's airing and began broadcasting a digital signal a few minutes later on its old analog channel number, 10.
Referencesedit
^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006–78, 15 March 2006, re: TVA Group Inc, Montréal, Québec
^Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-0050-0 17 March 2008, approval of extension to 31 August 2009 to commence operation of transitional digital television at CFTM-TV Montréal
^. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
cftm, channel, television, station, montreal, quebec, canada, serving, flagship, french, language, network, owned, groupe, station, studios, boulevard, maisonneuve, east, alexandre, sève, ville, marie, borough, montreal, transmitter, located, voie, camillien, . CFTM DT channel 10 is a television station in Montreal Quebec Canada serving as the flagship of the French language network TVA Owned by Groupe TVA the station has studios on Boulevard de Maisonneuve East and Rue Alexandre de Seve in the Ville Marie borough of Montreal and its transmitter is located on Voie Camillien Houde near Mount Royal CFTM DTMontreal QuebecCanadaChannelsDigital 11 VHF Virtual 10 1BrandingTVA general TVA Nouvelles newscasts ProgrammingAffiliationsTVAOwnershipOwnerGroupe TVA Inc HistoryFirst air dateFebruary 19 1961 63 years ago 1961 02 19 Former affiliationsIndependent 1961 1971 Call sign meaningCanal Francophone Tele MetropoleTechnical informationLicensing authorityCRTCERP11 kWHAAT292 m 958 ft Transmitter coordinates45 30 20 N 73 35 30 W 45 50556 N 73 59167 W 45 50556 73 59167LinksWebsiteTVA Contents 1 History 2 Digital television and high definition 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp CFTM TV s third logo used from 1969 until 1978 as CFTM 10 It opened on February 19 1961 a few weeks after CFCF TV went on the air for the first time It was owned by Joseph Alexandre de Seve and his company Tele Metropole At first it relied primarily on kinescopes from RTL and also from Tele Monte Carlo but it wasn t long before it settled into a more peculiar and local form On April 14 1963 CFTM started sharing programs with CJPM TV in Chicoutimi now Saguenay in the Saguenay Lac Saint Jean region on the day the latter station signed on They were joined by CFCM TV in Quebec City in 1964 This was the informal beginning of TVA though the network wasn t officially established until September 12 1971 When de Seve died in 1968 the city government renamed the street in front of CFTM s studios rue Alexandre de Seve in his honour CFTM has always been by far the largest station in the TVA network As such it dominated the network long before Tele Metropole bought majority control of TVA in 1990 At one point CFTM produced as much as 90 percent of TVA s programming Even today TVA s network feed is little more than a retransmission of CFTM Whenever CFTM has to interrupt its programming for breaking news or weather alerts in Montreal the entire network usually gets interrupted as well CFTM TV was essentially available on satellite beginning November 1 1981 as TCTV carried via Cancom by cable television operators across Canada though not in most major cities TCTV carried mainly the same programs as CFTM but with some local news and programming from other TVA affiliates The TCTV service ended when the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC approved TVA for a national network license in 1998 Since May 1 1999 all Canadian cable companies have been required to carry a TVA station CFTM is the affiliate carried in most markets outside of Quebec excepting some markets in Northern Ontario Eastern Ontario and New Brunswick which have long carried the stations in adjacent markets The station also provides a time shifted feed for cable companies in western Canada delayed three hours after the original broadcast matching up with Pacific Time Digital television and high definition editCFTM received CRTC approval in March 2006 for its request to broadcast digitally on UHF channel 59 1 and was granted a requested extension to August 31 2009 to launch this service but the launch never occurred 2 On July 6 2009 as part of a license renewal hearing TVA was granted a second extension in which to launch CFTM DT During the analogue television shutdown and digital conversion which took place on August 31 2011 3 CFTM silenced its analogue transmitter on September 1 2011 at 12 01 a m during a movie s airing and began broadcasting a digital signal a few minutes later on its old analog channel number 10 References edit Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006 78 15 March 2006 re TVA Group Inc Montreal Quebec Broadcasting Public Notice 2008 0050 0 17 March 2008 approval of extension to 31 August 2009 to commence operation of transitional digital television at CFTM TV Montreal Canada s Office of Consumer Affairs What You Need to Know About the Analog to Digital Television Transition in Canada Archived from the original on September 16 2008 Retrieved March 15 2012 External links editOfficial website nbsp in French TVA News Montreal in French CFTM DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation CFTM at TV Hat CFTM DT in the REC Canadian station database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CFTM DT amp oldid 1215068118, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
