TVO offering 105 analog transmitters to local communities

One hundred and five low-powered TVO analog TV transmitters scheduled for decommission this week are being offered to local communities to use at no cost, the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA), the provincial agency that operates TVO, said.

TVO, TFO approved for analog shutdown

Ontario’s French and English-language public broadcasters will begin decommissioning some of their 123 analog TV transmitters across the province on Tuesday after receiving the CRTC’s permission last week.

In a pair of decisions handed down on Friday, the CRTC said it will allow TVO (CICA-TV Toronto) and TFO (CHLF-TV Toronto) to shut down a series of analog transmitters that was used to rebroadcast their channels’ free, over-the-air signals into rural and remote communities across the province.

CBC to be unavailable on antennas in 604 communities

CBC/Radio-Canada's programming, including local news shows, will become unavailable using TV antennas in 604 communities across Canada under the broadcaster's plan to shut down its analog transmitters, according to a count by The Wire Report.

CRTC clears CBC to shut down transmitters, communities to lose CBC

The CRTC approved CBC/Radio-Canada’s plan to shut down all of its analog transmitters that support 23 English and French-language television stations across Canada.