CHOT-TV
Encyclopedia
CHOT-DT is a television station
in Gatineau
, Quebec
, Canada
. It is affiliated with the TVA
network, and also serves Franco-Ontarian
s in the neighbouring city of Ottawa
, Ontario
. Its studios are located in the former city of Hull
. The station broadcasts on channel 40, and it is owned by RNC Media as a twinstick
with CFGS, the market's V affiliate. As such, it is the largest TVA station that is not owned and operated by the network. It is also the only large-market major-network affiliate in Canada that is not owned by its network.
.
For a time until the late 1990s, CHOT was branded as CHOT 40, referring to the station's channel number over the air. CHOT was one of the last television stations in Canada to use its over-the-air channel number in station branding. It is currently branded as TVA Gatineau-Ottawa.
in Gatineau and Rogers Cable
in Ottawa.
CHOT is also carried by most of EastLink
's cable systems in Northeastern Ontario
, one of the only regions in English Canada that carries an affiliate station instead of the national feed of CFTM-TV
. Predecessor companies Northern Cable
and Persona carried CHOT long before TVA carriage was mandated nationwide due to the area's large Franco-Ontarian
population, and continued to carry CHOT rather than switching providers.
-based TVA network news programs.
, which takes place on August 31, 2011, CHOT-TV is required to begin digital broadcasts on its current assigned and analog channel number, 40, however should the station sign-on before the analog shut off date, the station will broadcast on channel 15. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers will display CHOT-TV's virtual channel
as 40.1.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Gatineau
Gatineau
Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is affiliated with the TVA
TVA (TV network)
TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
network, and also serves Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarians are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. They are sometimes known as "Ontarois"....
s in the neighbouring city of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Its studios are located in the former city of Hull
Hull, Quebec
Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...
. The station broadcasts on channel 40, and it is owned by RNC Media as a twinstick
Twinstick
A twinstick, in Canadian broadcasting, is a term for two television stations, broadcasting in the same market, which are owned by the same company...
with CFGS, the market's V affiliate. As such, it is the largest TVA station that is not owned and operated by the network. It is also the only large-market major-network affiliate in Canada that is not owned by its network.
History
The station launched in 1978, following the bankruptcy of the region's earlier TVA affiliate CFVOCFVO-TV
CFVO-TV is a defunct television station that broadcast from Hull, Quebec. It was the immediate predecessor to today's CHOT-TV, and launched on September 1, 1974 under the ownership of a company known as La Coopérative de Télévision de l'Outaouais...
.
For a time until the late 1990s, CHOT was branded as CHOT 40, referring to the station's channel number over the air. CHOT was one of the last television stations in Canada to use its over-the-air channel number in station branding. It is currently branded as TVA Gatineau-Ottawa.
Cable distribution
The station is carried on channel 10 by both VidéotronVidéotron
Vidéotron GP is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Currently, the company primarily serves Quebec, as well as the francophone...
in Gatineau and Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
in Ottawa.
CHOT is also carried by most of EastLink
EastLink (company)
EastLink is a Canadian cable television and telecommunications company. In 1970, EastLink was established in Amherst, Nova Scotia, when it was issued one of the first cable licences granted by the CRTC...
's cable systems in Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing and Manitoulin; and the single-tier municipality of Greater...
, one of the only regions in English Canada that carries an affiliate station instead of the national feed of CFTM-TV
CFTM-TV
CFTM-DT channel 10, is the flagship of the TVA television network, located in Montreal, Quebec.-History: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 DeSève and his company, Télé-Métropole...
. Predecessor companies Northern Cable
Northern Cable
Northern Cable was a Canadian cable television provider, which operated from 1972 to 1998.The company, based in Sudbury, Ontario, served most of the Northeastern Ontario region. Although CUC Broadcasting was the largest single shareholder, the company was structured to maintain corporate control...
and Persona carried CHOT long before TVA carriage was mandated nationwide due to the area's large Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarians are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. They are sometimes known as "Ontarois"....
population, and continued to carry CHOT rather than switching providers.
News staff and reporters
The station airs a 30-minute local newscast every weekday at 6:00pm anchored by Louka Jacques. In the past, CHOT had local news on weekends and a 15-minute noon newscast on weekdays, but recent cuts made by RNC Media had these newscasts replaced with MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
-based TVA network news programs.
- Louka Jacques, News anchor
- André Chevalier, News Director
- Mathieu Locas, Desk Manager
- Pierre-Jean Séguin, Reporter, anchor for CFGS 5:15 PM news bulletin
- Pierre Plouffe, Reporter
- Geneviève Larose, Occasional news anchor, Reporter
- Sébastien Côté, Reporter for both CFGS and CHOT
Former staff
- Gilles Mailloux, News anchor, now media relations at the Université du Québec en OutaouaisUniversité du Québec en OutaouaisThe Université du Québec en Outaouais is a branch of the Université du Québec located in Gatineau, Québec, Canada. As of September 2010, combined enrolment at UQO's Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme campuses was 6,017, of which 4,738 were undergraduates and 1,279 postgraduate students...
- Nathalie Tremblay, News anchor and journalist, - now at http://www.radio-canada.ca/ottawa Radio-Canada, Ottawa-Gatineau, journalist
- Mathieu Bellehumeur, Reporter, now at LCNLe Canal NouvellesLe Canal Nouvelles is a Canadian French language Category C 24 hour headline news specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media...
- Emilie Beaulieu, Reporter and occasional news anchor, now at http://www.radio-canada.ca/ottawa Radio-Canada, Ottawa-Gatineau, assignment editor
- Marie-Lou St-Onge, Reporter, now at TAG Radio XCFTX-FMCFTX-FM is a French-language radio station based in Gatineau, Quebec. After receiving approval in 2005, the station was launched in 2006 with an active rock format as Tag Radio and later, Tag Radio X, after its sister station in Quebec City, CHOI-FM. It changed to a modern rock format as Tag Radio...
- Jhade Montpetit, Entertainment section, - now at http://www.radio-canada.ca/ottawa Radio-Canada, Ottawa-Gatineau, culturel reporter
- Marjorie Vallée, Entertainment section, - now at http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/
- Geneviève Latulippe, reporter , - now at the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ).
Digital television and high definition
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversionDigital television in Canada
Digital television in Canada is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States. Because Canada and the U.S...
, which takes place on August 31, 2011, CHOT-TV is required to begin digital broadcasts on its current assigned and analog channel number, 40, however should the station sign-on before the analog shut off date, the station will broadcast on channel 15. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers will display CHOT-TV's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 40.1.