Digital Television and High Definition
CHCH currently broadcasts a digital signal on channel 11. The station's pre-transition digital transmitter on channel 18 in Hamilton was launched on April 18, 2008 by previous owners Canwest.
During the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which mandated stations in mandatory markets to shut down their analog signals before August 31, 2011, CHCH-DT moved from its pre-transition channel number, 18, to the channel position formerly occupied by its analog channel 11, on August 15, 2011. The analog signal was discontinued immediately preceding the switch. CHCH-DT is available on digital cable as well as for free over the air using a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner, included in most new TVs. Reception of CHCH-DT on channel 11 has been difficult for some people in the GTA.
As of September 12, 2011, CHCH is now offered in HD on Bell TV via channel 1057.
On March 9, 2012, 2190015 Ontario Inc. (Channel Zero, owners of CHCH-DT) were granted permission to move the station's broadcasts from VHF 11 to UHF 15 (which was recently vacated by CKXT-DT-1), in response to poor reception of CHCH-DT along its fringes in the Greater Toronto Area, compared to its former analog service on VHF 11 and transitional digital service on UHF 18, however as of October, 2012 the technical changes have not been implemented and the station remains on channel 11 with an ERP of only 6 KW. During the application process the station also claimed that Mobile DTV services perform better in the UHF band, and this move would allow the station to plan for a potential Mobile DTV feed. Industry Canada stated that this application is technically feasible, but does not address potential frequency conflicts and co-channel interference with pirate broadcaster, VX9AMK ("Star Ray TV"), broadcasting in analog on UHF 15 in Toronto's Beaches neighbourhood, or WBNF-CD, which operates on UHF 15 in nearby Buffalo, New York.
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