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CFTU-DT
Montreal, Quebec; Canada;
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF); Virtual: 29;
Branding	Savoir média
Programming
Affiliations	Educational Independent
Ownership
Owner	Savoir média
History
First air date	August 20, 1986 (37 years ago)
Former call signs	CFTU-TV (1986–2012)
Former channel number(s)	Analogue: 29 (UHF, 1986–2012)
Call sign meaning	Télé-Université
Technical information
Licensing authority	CRTC
ERP	450 W
HAAT	208.5 m (684 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	45°30′10″N 73°36′54″W / 45.50278°N 73.61500°W
Links
Website	savoir.media (in French)

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CFTU-DT (channel 29), branded savoir média, is a French-language educational independent television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by Savoir Media, a private consortium consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. CFTU-DT's studios are located on Rue Sainte-Catherine East and Rue Pathenais in Downtown Montreal, and its transmitter is located at Pavillon Roger-Gaudry on the campus of the Université de Montréal.

History[edit]

CFTU's history traces back to 1981, when a distance learning organization known as Télé-Université (the "TU" in the station's callsign) negotiated with Vidéotron, the local cable provider in Montreal, to take responsibility for running an educational television service in the province. The following year, an agreement between Télé-Université and Vidéotron was reached, subsequently leading to the startup of a publicly accessible educational cable television service, using Radio-Québec as its over-the-air gateway for its programming.

Savoir média logo from April 1, 2019, to July 3, 2023

In the next three years, 13 other educational institutions around Quebec, starting with the Université de Montréal, joined up with Télé-Université to provide administrative and technical support for the new television service. The institutions formed a new consortium, known as the Corporation pour l'Avancement des Nouvelles Applications des Langages (or "CANAL" for short), to co-ordinate the educational television service and prepare it to begin broadcasting over-the-air.

After over a year of test transmissions on channel 62, Télé-Université officially launched its over-the-air service, CFTU-TV on UHF channel 29, on August 20, 1986. On cable television in Montreal, it was carried on channel 26 on the West Island and 47 in the east, and was the first over-the-air television station in Canada to be given a cable assignment outside the basic band (channels 2–13) of the dial. CFTU launched under the brand name of "Canal de Télé-enseignement" (The Learning Channel), and later changed its branding to "Canal Savoir" in 1997 and then "Savoir média" in 2019.

Technical information[edit]

Subchannel[edit]

Subchannel of CFTU-DT^[1]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
29.1	720p	16:9		Main CFTU-DT programming

Analogue-to-digital conversion[edit]

Although the analogue television shutdown and digital conversion took place on August 31, 2011,^[2] CFTU-TV was granted a temporary extension for their analogue broadcasts until October 31, 2011. This extension deadline could not be met, so a second extension was granted until December 15, 2011. When it too could not be met, a third extension until March 31, 2012, was granted.

CFTU finally turned off its analogue signal and converted to digital on February 23, 2012, broadcasting on UHF channel 29, making it the last television station in Montreal to do so; however, it broadcast in standard-definition 480i until March 28, 2013, when it began broadcasting in high definition 720p.

The digital transition slightly improved CFTU's coverage in Montreal. For most of its history, it was plagued by a weak signal. Its analogue signal broadcast at only 10,000 watts, roughly on the same level as low-powered UHF stations in the United States. It was one of the weakest full-power stations in Canada and the second-weakest in Montreal. This effectively limited its over-the-air footprint to the Island of Montreal, Jésus Island, and a few inner-ring off-island suburbs. However, its signal was marginal at best even in Montreal. Although the station's digital signal broadcasts at 450 watts, it penetrates further into Montreal than its analogue predecessor. However, it is not viewable in parts of downtown and southeast Montreal as its signal is blocked by Mount Royal, to the east of its transmitter at the Université de Montréal. It still relies on cable for the bulk of its viewership.

References[edit]

^ RabbitEars TV Query for CFTU-DT
^ "Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)". Archived from the original on November 20, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

External links[edit]

Official website (in French)
canal.qc.ca (archive 2000–2009)
canalsavoir.tv (archive 2009–2019)
savoir.tv (archive 2019-2023)
CFTU-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CFTU at TV Hat
CFTU-TV in the REC Canadian station database

[1] RabbitEars TV Query for CFTU-DT

[Analog_to_Digital-2] "Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)". Archived from the original on November 20, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

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+{{short description|Educational independent television station in Montreal}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
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+| logo                   = Savoirmedia.png
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+| branding               = {{lang|fr|italic=no|Savoir média}}
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+| virtual                = 29
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-| translators            =
+| subchannels            =
+| affiliations           = [[Educational television|Educational]] [[Independent station|Independent]]
-| subchannels            =
-| affiliations           = [[Educational television|Educational]] [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
 | airdate                = {{start date and age|1986|8|20|p=y}}
-| location               = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
+| location               = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
 | country                = Canada
-| callsign_meaning       = CF '''T'''élé '''U'''niversité
+| callsign_meaning       = {{lang|fr|italic=no|Télé-Université}}
 | former_callsigns       = CFTU-TV (1986–2012)
-| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:'''<br>29 (UHF, 1986–2012)
+| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 29 (UHF, 1986–2012)
-| owner                  = Canal Savoir
+| owner                  = Savoir média
 | licensee               =
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 | coordinates            = {{coord|45|30|10|N|73|36|54|W|type:landmark}}
+| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
-| website                = [https://savoir.tv/ savoir.tv] {{in lang|fr}}
+| website                = {{url|https://savoir.media/}} {{in lang|fr}}
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-'''CFTU-DT''', [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 29, branded on-air as '''Canal Savoir''' (the French translation for "Knowledge Channel"), is a [[Canadian French|French-language]] [[educational television|educational]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. The station is owned by CANAL (Corporation pour l'Avancement de Nouvelles Applications des Langages), a private consortium consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. CFTU's studios are located on Rue Sainte-Catherine East and Rue Pathenais in [[Downtown Montreal]], and its transmitter is located at Pavillon Roger-Gaudry on the campus of [[Université de Montréal]].
+'''CFTU-DT''' (channel 29), branded '''{{lang|fr|italic=no|savoir média}}''', is a [[Canadian French|French-language]] [[educational television|educational]] [[independent television station]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada. The station is owned by Savoir Media, a private consortium consisting primarily of Quebec-based post-secondary institutions. CFTU-DT's studios are located on Rue Sainte-Catherine East and Rue Pathenais in [[Downtown Montreal]], and its transmitter is located at Pavillon Roger-Gaudry on the campus of the [[Université de Montréal]].
-On [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television|satellite]], the station is available on [[Vidéotron]] channel 22, [[Bell Satellite TV]] channel 152 and [[Shaw Direct]] channel 720. It is also carried on cable through much of Quebec, and in parts of [[Ontario]], [[New Brunswick]] and [[Western Canada]].
 == History ==
-CFTU's history traces back to 1981, when a [[distance learning]] organization known as ''[[Télé-Université]]'' (the "TU" in the station's callsign) negotiated with Vidéotron, the local cable provider in Montreal, to take responsibility for running an educational television service in the province. The following year, an agreement between Télé-Université and Vidéotron was reached, subsequently leading to the startup of a publicly accessible educational cable television service, using [[Télé-Québec|Radio-Québec]] as its over-the-air gateway for its programming.
+CFTU's history traces back to 1981, when a [[distance learning]] organization known as {{lang|fr|italic=no|[[Télé-Université]]}} (the "TU" in the station's callsign) negotiated with Vidéotron, the local cable provider in Montreal, to take responsibility for running an educational television service in the province. The following year, an agreement between Télé-Université and Vidéotron was reached, subsequently leading to the startup of a publicly accessible educational cable television service, using [[Radio-Québec]] as its over-the-air gateway for its programming.
-[[Image:Canal Savoir.svg|thumb|left|175px|Canal Savoir logo used from 1997 until September 8, 2009]]
-In the next three years, 13 other educational institutions around Quebec, starting with the Université de Montréal, joined up with Télé-Université to provide administrative and technical support for the new television service. The institutions formed a new consortium, known as the Corporation pour l'Avancement des Nouvelles Applications des Langages (or "CANAL" for short), to co-ordinate the educational television service and prepare it to begin broadcasting over-the-air.
-After over a year of test transmissions on channel 62, Télé-Université officially launched its [[terrestrial television|over-the-air]] service, CFTU-TV on UHF channel 29, on August 20, 1986. On cable television in Montreal, it was carried on channel 26 on the West Island and 47 in the east, and was the first over-the-air television station in Canada to be given a cable assignment outside the basic band (channels 2–13) of the dial. CFTU launched under the brand name of '''Canal de Télé-enseignement''' (The Learning Channel), and later changed its branding to '''Canal Savoir''' in 1997.
+[[File:Canal Savoir 2009 logo.svg|thumb|125px|Canal Savoir logo from September 8, 2009, to April 1, 2019]]
-==Digital television==
+[[File:Savoir média logo.png|thumb|175px|Savoir média logo from April 1, 2019, to July 3, 2023]]
+In the next three years, 13 other educational institutions around Quebec, starting with the Université de Montréal, joined up with Télé-Université to provide administrative and technical support for the new television service. The institutions formed a new consortium, known as the {{lang|fr|italic=no|Corporation pour l'Avancement des Nouvelles Applications des Langages}} (or "CANAL" for short), to co-ordinate the educational television service and prepare it to begin broadcasting over-the-air.
+After over a year of test transmissions on channel 62, Télé-Université officially launched its [[terrestrial television|over-the-air]] service, CFTU-TV on UHF channel 29, on August 20, 1986. On cable television in Montreal, it was carried on channel 26 on the West Island and 47 in the east, and was the first over-the-air television station in Canada to be given a cable assignment outside the basic band (channels 2–13) of the dial. CFTU launched under the brand name of "{{lang|fr|italic=no|Canal de Télé-enseignement}}" (The Learning Channel), and later changed its branding to "{{lang|fr|italic=no|Canal Savoir}}" in 1997 and then "{{lang|fr|italic=no|Savoir média}}" in 2019.
-===Digital channel===
+==Technical information==
+===Subchannel===
 {| class="wikitable"
+|+Subchannel of CFTU-DT<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=CFTU#station RabbitEars TV Query for CFTU-DT]</ref>
+! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#Canada|Channel]]
+! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
+! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
+! scope = "col" | Short name
+! scope = "col" | Programming
 |-
+! scope = "row" | 29.1
-! [[Digital subchannel#Canada|Channel]]
+| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] ||   || Main CFTU-DT programming
-! [[Display resolution|Video]]
-! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
-! [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP Short Name]]
-! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=CFTU#station RabbitEars TV Query for CFTU-DT]</ref>
-|-
-| 29.1 || [[720p]] || [[16:9]] ||   || Main CFTU-DT programming
-|-
 |}
 ===Analogue-to-digital conversion===
+Although the [[Digital television in Canada|analogue television shutdown and digital conversion]] took place on August 31, [[2011 in Canadian television|2011]],<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735988428/1298735988465 |title=Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) |access-date=June 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120000609/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735988428/1298735988465 |archive-date=November 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> CFTU-TV was granted a temporary extension for their analogue broadcasts until October 31, 2011. This extension deadline could not be met, so a second extension was granted until December 15, 2011. When it too could not be met, a third extension until March 31, 2012, was granted.
+CFTU finally turned off its analogue signal and converted to digital on February 23, 2012, broadcasting on [[UHF]] channel 29, making it the last television station in Montreal to do so; however, it broadcast in [[standard-definition]] [[480i]] until March 28, 2013, when it began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|high definition]] [[720p]].
-Although the [[Digital television in Canada|analogue television shutdown and digital conversion]] took place on August 31, [[2011 in Canadian television|2011]],<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735988428/1298735988465 |title=Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) |access-date=2013-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120000609/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735988428/1298735988465 |archive-date=2013-11-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> CFTU-TV was granted a temporary extension for their analogue broadcasts until October 31, 2011. This extension deadline could not be met, so a second extension was granted until December 15, 2011. When it too could not be met, a third extension until March 31, 2012 was granted.
+The digital transition slightly improved CFTU's coverage in Montreal. For most of its history, it was plagued by a weak signal. Its analogue signal broadcast at only 10,000 [[watt]]s, roughly on the same level as [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] UHF stations in the United States. It was one of the weakest full-power stations in Canada and the second-weakest in Montreal. This effectively limited its over-the-air footprint to the [[Island of Montreal]], [[Île Jésus|Jésus Island]], and a few inner-ring [[off-island suburbs]]. However, its signal was marginal at best even in Montreal. Although the station's digital signal broadcasts at 450 watts, it penetrates further into Montreal than its analogue predecessor. However, it is not viewable in parts of downtown and southeast Montreal as its signal is blocked by [[Mount Royal]], to the east of its transmitter at the [[Université de Montréal]]. It still relies on cable for the bulk of its viewership.
-CFTU finally turned off its analogue signal and converted to digital on February 23, 2012, broadcasting on [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 29, making it the last television station in Montreal to do so; however, it broadcast in [[Standard-definition television|standard-definition]] [[480i]] until March 28, 2013, when it began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|high definition]] [[720p]].
-The digital transition slightly improved CFTU's coverage in Montreal. For most of its history, it was plagued by a weak signal. Its analogue signal broadcast at only 10,000 [[watt]]s, roughly on the same level as [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] UHF stations in the United States. It was one of the weakest full-power stations in Canada and the second-weakest in Montreal. This effectively limited its over-the-air footprint to the [[Island of Montreal]], [[Île Jésus|Jésus Island]], and a few inner-ring [[off-island suburbs]]. However, its signal was marginal at best even in Montreal. Although the station's digital signal broadcasts at 450 watts, it penetrates further into Montreal than its analogue predecessor. However, it is not viewable in parts of downtown and southeast Montreal as its signal is blocked by [[Mount Royal]], to the east of its transmitter at [[Université de Montréal]]. It still relies on cable for the bulk of its viewership.
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
-*[https://savoir.tv/ Canal Savoir] {{in lang|fr}}
+*{{Official website|https://savoir.media/}} {{in lang|fr}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/2016*/canal.qc.ca canal.qc.ca] (archive 2000–2009)
-* {{History of Canadian Broadcasting|type=television}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/canalsavoir.tv canalsavoir.tv] (archive 2009–2019)
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://savoir.tv/ savoir.tv] (archive 2019-2023)
+*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/quebec/quebec-montreal-et-ouest-du-quebec/CFTU-DT CFTU-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027123935/http://geocities.com/tvhatton/mtl-local/cftu.html  CFTU at TV Hat]
 *{{RecnetCanada|CFTU-TV}}
-*{{TV Fool|CFTU}}
 {{Montreal TV}}
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+[[Category:1986 establishments in Quebec]]
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+[[Category:Distance education in Canada]]
+[[Category:Educational broadcasting in Canada]]
+[[Category:French-language television stations in Canada|FTU-DT]]
 [[Category:Independent television stations in Canada|FTU-DT]]
 [[Category:Public television in Canada]]
 [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986]]
-[[Category:French-language television stations in Canada|FTU-DT]]
+[[Category:Television stations in Montreal|FTU-DT]]
-[[Category:Distance education in Canada]]
+[[Category:Université de Montréal]]
-[[Category:1986 establishments in Quebec]]

v t e Broadcast television in the Montreal market
Local stations in French (_DTV)	CBFT-DT (2.1 Ici R-C) CFTM-DT (10.1 TVA) CIVM-DT (17.1 TQc) CFTU-DT (29.1 Ind.) CFJP-DT (35.1 Noovo) CFHD-DT (47.1 Ind./Omni)
Local stations in English (_DTV)	CBMT-DT (6.1 CBC) CFCF-DT (12.1 CTV) CKMI-DT (15.1 Global) CJNT-DT (62.1 Citytv)
Defunct	CHOY-TV 4 _Analog (Ind, Saint-Jérôme)
Cable television	CUTV MATV MétéoMédia (Metro Montreal Feed) RDS Sportsnet East TSN5 TVA Sports
See also List of Quebec stations Quebec TV Burlington/Plattsburgh TV Quebec City TV Ottawa-Gatineau TV