CTV High-definition and Digital Transition
CTV carries their high definition television feed in the 1080i format. The following CTV stations are available in high-definition and digital over-the-air:
| Station | City | Pre-transition digital OTA channel |
Digital OTA launch date |
Post-Transition OTA channel |
BDU Carriage launch date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFTO | Toronto | 40 (9.1) | 2005 | 40 (9.1) | November 19, 2003 | Nationally on satellite |
| CIVT | Vancouver | 33 (32.1) | 2006 | 32 (32.1) | June 1, 2004 | Nationally on Bell TV |
| CFCN | Calgary | 36 (4.1) | January 8, 2009 | 29 (4.1) | Shaw: January 8, 2009 | Also available on Bell TV |
| CFCF | Montreal | 51 (12.1) | January 28, 2011 | 12 (12.1) | Vidéotron: December 1, 2009 | Also available on Bell TV |
| CJOH | Ottawa | ─ | 2011 | 13 (13.1) | Vidéotron: December 1, 2009 | |
| CFRN | Edmonton | ─ | 2011 | 47 (3.1) | MTS: January 2010 | |
| CKY | Winnipeg | ─ | September 1, 2011 | 7 (7.1) | Telus TV: February 2011 | Also available on Bell TV |
| CJCH | Halifax | ─ | September 1, 2011 | 48 (5.1) | Eastlink: May 12, 2011 | Also available on Bell TV |
On November 19, 2003, CTV launched an HD simulcast of its Toronto station CFTO, with the over-the-air feed going on the air in 2005. CTV has since launched HD simulcasts of CIVT Vancouver on June 1, 2004 (the OTA feed followed suit in 2006), CFCN Calgary on January 8, 2009, CFCF Montreal on December 1, 2009 (OTA feed followed suit on January 28, 2011), CJOH Ottawa on December 1, 2009 (BDU only), CFRN Edmonton in January 2011, CKY Winnipeg in February 2011, and CJCH Halifax on May 11, 2011.
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