Ванкувердегі «Ici Radio Canada Télé» телеарнасы

Ici Radio Canada Télé station in Vancouver

CBUFT DT (channel 26) is an Ici Radio Canada Télé station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which serves the province's Franco Columbian population and Franco Yukonnais in Yukon. It is part of a twinstick with CBC Television station CBUT DT (channel 2). Both stations share studios at the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre on Hamilton Street in downtown Vancouver, while CBUFT DT's transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour in the district municipality of North Vancouver.

The station first signed on the air on September 27, 1976, on UHF channel 26; as Vancouver's second UHF television station after CKVU TV (channel 21, now on channel 10); it took Radio Canada programming from CBUT TV (channel 2), which had previously aired select programs from the network on weekend mornings since 1964; upon CBUFT's sign on, CBUT became an exclusive English language station again.

+Subchannel of CBUFT DT Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming 26.1 720p 16:9 CBUFT Main CBUFT DT programming / Ici Radio Canada Télé

On August 31, 2011, the official date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts, CBUFT flash cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 26. Following the transition, the station's over the air signal coverage area expanded to include parts of the Saanich Peninsula, though reception in Victoria varies depending on the area. CBUFT's transmits its digital signal in the 720p resolution format. This differs from the majority of terrestrial television stations in Canada that broadcast digital signals, which transmit HD programming in the 1080i format.

CBUFT formerly operated seven analogue rebroadcast transmitters, which broadcast in some of the larger British Columbia communities such as Kelowna and Kamloops. CBUFT's content was also broadcast on a transmitter in Whitehorse, Yukon, although that transmitter was technically licensed to Montreal sister station CBFT TV. It also formerly operated rebroadcast transmitters in Chilliwack, Dawson Creek, Kitimat, Lillooet, Logan Lake, Prince George and Terrace. Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July 31, 2012. None of CBC or Radio Canada's television rebroadcast transmitters were converted to digital, leaving rural Canadians and U. S. border regions with no free over the air Radio Canada coverage, requiring a subscription to a cable or satellite provider to receive programming from the two networks in those areas.

City of license Callsign Channel Notes Whitehorse CBFT TV 15 7 (VHF) Part of the license for CBFT TV—Montreal, but repeated CBUFT's signal.