Dear Minister Moore,

I hope this finds you well. I’ve been busy interviewing Canadians for my doctorate since my previous blog post.

I now have plenty of interview audio to transcribe and theorize.

For updates related to my research, please visit this page.

Best,

Steven

Dear Minister Moore,

Hot summer we’re having, eh? Hope you and your dog are keepin’ cool.

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the CRTC has approved CBC’s request to shut off its remaining analogue television transmitters and to not replace them with digital transmitters.

Two elements of this CRTC decision stand out to me.

First, the CRTC mentions in the decision that CBC does not have an obligation to broadcast.

I find this curious since the CBC is defined in the Broadcasting Act (Section 3, l) as “the national public broadcaster”.

The other thing about the CRTC’s decision that stands out to me is that the CRTC is once again putting its faith in Shaw’s Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program as the sure fire fix to Canadians who stand to lose OTA CBC TV on August 1, 2012.  If a BDU like Shaw is going to be the saviour of rural and remote CBC TV, Shaw really should start promoting this largely unknown and limited time offer. CBC and Canadian Heritage should be promoting the LTSS too, I reckon.

Seeing that WordPress is advising that this here is my 100th Dude, Where’s My TV? blog post and that the CRTC has approved CBC’s request to shut off its remaining analogue television transmitters across Canada, I figure that it’s fitting that I make this my final Dude TV blog post.

Special thanks to the #DTV2011 Army and to Dr. Murphy at Ryerson for approving this blog as an assignment back in 2010.

Best,

Steven

Dear Minister Moore,

Spotted this beauty up the hill from my apartment.

It’s the first multi-tool portable CRT TV I’ve seen curbside.

In addition to its 5 inch screen (likely B&W) this Coleman thing also contains a latern and a AM/FM radio.

It’s battery powered and has a handy strap for when you’re portaging.

I was about to take it home when I remembered that it’s useless in most Canadian television markets.

Steven

Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Dear Minister Moore,

I see that your Digital Television Transition team has received a Public Service Award of Excellence for their work on Canada’s transition.

Having spoken with members of your DTV team last year, I agree that they tried their best with the limited resources made available to them to assist citizens with the transition.

It’s also interesting to hear that 210,000 Canadians accessed your DTV website and that thousands phoned your toll free DTV hotline. I hope you release more data related to visits to your website and calls to your hotline.

The thing is, it seems a tad early to bestow such an important award on your team.

Canada’s DTV transition is far from over.

Here are just a few items/issues still on the DTV To Do list:

• CBC/Radio-Canada upgrading its television transmitters in all mandatory digital markets.
• CBC/Radio-Canada shutting down its analogue television transmitters across Canada
• TVO shutting down its analogue television transmitters in non-mandatory digital markets in Ontario.
• Shaw upgrading all of Global TV’s analogue transmitters to digital.

I’m all for awarding public servants for a job well done but I think in the case of your DTV transition team there is still plenty of work ahead.

Best,

Steven

p.s. Thanks to Dad for bringing this announcement to my attention.

Source: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/arp/aepe12-eng.asp#toc8

Credit: SJM

Dear Minister Moore,

Received a Twitter tip from @mvormittag this morning that CBLFT (French CBC TV in Toronto) was doing ATSC Mobile DTV testing, also known as ATSC Mobile DTV, ATSC M/H or just MDTV.

I scanned for signals on the RCA MDTV portable television borrowed from @catmiddleton when I got home this afternoon.

Sure enough, I was able to pull in one MDTV signal.

It wasn’t in French but it was a MDTV broadcast of the same episode of CBC TV’s “In the Kitchen with Stefano Faita” that was also airing on CBC’s Toronto DTV broadcast.

As you can see above, the station displayed as 5 -2 (25) CBC E. Please note that the time in the photo is one hour behind (I need to spring the internal clock forward).

The display did not show any Closed Captioning or multilingual audio.

Both H-264 and HE-AAC were both highlighted which is strange.

The picture signal was good but the audio had a variable clicking sound to it.

This is exciting news. I hope CBC keeps this sort of multiplexing up.

Now we just need MDTV devices in Canada.

Best,

Steven

Dear Minister Moore,

Writing with a list of some of the communities that stand to lose over-the-air CBC/Radio-Canada television after July 31, 2012, according to CBC’s current request before the CRTC.

Citizens can comment on CBC’s request here until June 18/12 (use your computer’s Find function to search for 2012-0509-7):

https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/instances-proceedings/Default-Defaut.aspx?S=O&PA=A&PT=A&PST=A&Lang=eng

Here’s the list. It’s a long one!

(Source: CBC/Radio-Canada)

CBC Television

CBIT-TV1
Sydney
NS
CBIT-17
Bay St. Lawrence
NS
CBIT-2
Cheticamp
NS
CBIT-16
Dingwall
NS
CBIT-15
Ingonish
NS
CBIT-19
Inverness
NS
CBIT-4
Mabou
NS
CBIT-5
Margaree
NS
CBIT-20
Middle River
NS
CBIT-6
Northeast Margaree
NS
CBIT-3
Pleasant Bay
NS
CBIT-18
Whycocomagh
NS
CBKST2
Saskatoon
SK
CBKBT
Beauval
SK
CBKDT
Buffalo Narrows
SK
CBKST-11
Greenwater Lake
SK
CBKCT
Ile-à-la-Crosse
SK
CBKDT-2
La Loche
SK
CBKST-2
La Ronge
SK
CBKST-3
Leoville
SK
CBCS-TV-1
Meadow Lake
SK
CBKST-5
Montreal Lake
SK
CBKST-15
Nipawin
SK
CBKST-10
North Battleford
SK
CBKDT-1
Palmbere Lake
SK
CBKPT
Patuanak
SK
CBKST-6
Pinehouse Lake
SK
CBKST-9
Prince Albert
SK
CBKST-8
Southend
SK
CBKST-13
Spiritwood
SK
CBKST-4
Stanley Mission
SK
CBKST-1
Stranraer
SK

CBNAT-1
Baie Verte
NL
CBNAT-24
Baie Verte
NL
CBNT-27
Bay l’Argent
NL
CBNT-23
Belleoram
NL
CBYT-3
Bonne Bay
NL
CBNAT-18
Brent’s Cove
NL
CBNAT-2
Buchans
NL
CBNAT-7
Carmanville
NL
CBNT-21
Cartwright
NL
CBNLT-1
Churchill Falls
NL
CBNT-10
Clarenville
NL
CBNAT-16
Coachman’s Cove
NL
CBNAT-8
Conche
NL
CBYT
Corner Brook
NL
CBYT-6
Cow Head
NL
CBYAT
Deer Lake
NL
CBNT-7
Elliston
NL
CBNT-5
Fermeuse
NL
CBMRT
Fermont
QC
CBNT-38
Ferryland
NL
CBNAT-20
Fleur de Lys
NL
CBNAT-6
Fogo Island
NL
CBNT-33
Fortune
NL
CBNAT-10
Fox Harbour
NL
CBNT-14
Gambo/Middle Brook
NL
CBYT-12
Gillams
NL
CBNT-13
Glovertown
NL
CFLA-TV
Goose Bay
NL
CBNAT
Grand Falls
NL
CBNAT-23
Hampden
NL
CBNT-22
Harbour Breton
NL
CBYT-10
Harbour Le Cou
NL
CBNT-29
Harbour Mille
NL
CBNAT-19
Harbour Round
NL
CBYT-9
Hawkes Bay
NL
CBNT-24
Hermitage
NL
CBNT-18
Hickman’s Harbour
NL
CBNHT
Hopedale
NL
CBYT-2
Irishtown
NL
CBNAT-21
La Scie
NL
CBNLT
Labrador City
NL
CBNT-35
Lamaline
NL
CBYT-13
Lark Harbour
NL
CBNT-36
Lawn
NL
CBNT-8
Little Hearts Ease
NL
CBNT-34
Lord’s Cove
NL
CBNT-20
Lumsden
NL
CBNMT
Makkovik
NL
CBNT-3
Marystown
NL
CBNAT-5
Millertown
NL
CBNAT-14
Ming’s Bight
NL
CBNAT-9
Mount St. Margaret
NL
CBNAT-11
Musgrave Harbour
NL
CBNT-17
Musgravetown
NL
CBNBT
Nain
NL
CBNT-11
North West Brook
NL
CBNAT-17
Pacquet/Woodstock
NL
CBNT-37
Petty Harbour
NL
CBNT-2
Placentia
NL
CBNT-32
Port Blandford
NL
CBNAT-12
Port Hope Simpson
NL
CBNT-1
Port Rexton
NL
CBYT-4
Port-aux-Basques
NL
CBYT-8
Portland Creek
NL
CBNPT
Postville
NL
CBNT-25
Ramea
NL
CBNT-19
Random Island
NL
CBNT-40
Riverhead
NL
CBNAT-22
Roddickton
NL
CBYT-11
Rose Blanche
NL
CBNAT-15
Seal Cove (White Bay)
NL
CBNAT-13
Springdale
NL
CBNT-4
St. Alban’s
NL
CBYT-5
St. Andrew’s
NL
CBNAT-4
St. Anthony
NL
CBNT-30
St. Bernard’s
NL
CBNT-12
St. Jones Within
NL
CBNT-28
St. Lawrence
NL
CBNT-6
St. Mary’s
NL
CBNT-26
St. Vincent’s
NL
CBYT-1
Stephenville
NL
CBNT-41
Sunnyside
NL
CBNT-31
Swift Current
NL
CBNT-39
Trepassey
NL
CBNT-16
Trinity/Wareham
NL
CBYT-7
Trout River
NL
CBNT-15
Wellington/Hare Bay
NL
CBNT-9
Wesleyville
NL
CBYT-14
York Harbour
NL
CBHT-14
Aspen
NS
CBHT-18
Blue Mountain
NS
CBHT-9
Caledonia
NS
CBHT-15
Country Harbour
NS
CBHT-7
Digby
NS
CBHT-19
Garden of Eden
NS
CBHT-13
Goshen
NS
CBHT-1
Liverpool
NS
CBHT-12
Lochaber
NS
CBHT-6
Middleton
NS
CBHT-11
Mulgrave
NS
CBHT-5
New Glasgow
NS
CBHT-4
Sheet Harbour
NS
CBHT-2
Shelburne
NS
CBHT-16
Sherbrooke
NS
CBHT-17
Sunnybrae
NS
CBHT-8
Truro
NS
CBHT-10
Weymouth
NS
CBHT-3
Yarmouth
NS
CBCT-2
Elmira
PE
CBCT-1
St. Edward/St. Louis
PE
CBAT-TV-6
Boiestown
NB
CBAT-TV-1
Bon Accord
NB
CBAT-TV-4
Campbellton
NB
CBAT-TV-5
Doaktown
NB
CBAT-TV-2
Moncton
NB
CBAT-TV-3
Newcastle
NB
CBAT-TV
Saint John
NB
CBJET-1
Alma
QC
CBMIT
Baie-Comeau
QC
CBMST
Blanc Sablon
QC
CBVB-TV
Chandler
QC
CBMCT
Chibougamau
QC
CBJET
Chicoutimi
QC
CBMGT
Chisasibi (Fort-George)
QC
CBVA-TV
Escuminac
QC
CBVG-TV
Gaspé
QC
CBMUT
Harrington Harbour
QC
CBMYT
Iles-de-la-Madeleine
QC
CBMLT
La Tabatière
QC
CBMET
La Tuque
QC
CBVD-TV
Malartic
QC
CBVU-TV
Maniwaki
QC
CBMMT
Murdochville
QC
CBVN-TV
New Carlisle
QC
CBVR-TV
New Richmond
QC
CBMVT
Old Fort Bay
QC
CBVP-TV
Percé
QC
CBVF-TV
Port-Daniel (partie est)
QC
CBMDT
Poste-de-Mistassini
QC
CBVE-TV
Québec
QC
CBMPT
Rivière-Saint-Paul
QC
CBMXT
Saint-Augustin (Saguenay)
QC
CBSET-1
Schefferville
QC
CBSET
Sept-Îles
QC
CBMT-3
Sherbrooke
QC
CBMT-4
Thetford Mines
QC
CBMT-1
Trois-Rivières
QC
CBVH-TV
Wakeham
QC
CBMHT
Waskaganish
QC
CBVW-TV
Waswanipi
QC
CBMNT
Wemindji
QC
CBOT-2
Barry’s Bay
ON
CBOT-1
Foymount
ON
CBOT-4
Maynooth
ON
CBOT-5
McArthur Mills
ON
CBOT-6
Pembroke
ON
CBOT-3
Whitney
ON

CBLIT
Armstrong
ON
CBLET
Attawapiskat
ON
CBLAT-5
Beardmore
ON
CBCU-TV
Chapleau
ON
CBLN-TV-3
Chatham
ON
CBEC-TV
Elliot Lake
ON
CBLDT
Fort Albany
ON
CBLHT
Fort Hope
ON
CBLCT
Fraserdale
ON
CBLGT
Geraldton
ON
CBCC-TV
Hearst
ON
CBLAT-6
Hornepayne
ON
CBLT-2
Huntsville
ON
CBLT-9
Kapuskasing
ON
CBLT-8
Kearns
ON
CBLN-TV-1
Kitchener
ON
CBCE-TV
Little Current
ON
CBLN-TV
London
ON
CBLAT-1
Manitouwadge
ON
CBLAT-4
Marathon
ON
CBCO-TV-1
Moosonee
ON
CBLN-TV-6
Normandale
ON
CBLT-4
North Bay
ON
CBLT-3
Parry Sound
ON
CBLN-TV-2
Sarnia
ON
CBLT-5
Sault Ste. Marie
ON
CBLT-6
Sudbury
ON
CBCQ-TV-1
Temagami
ON
CBLT-7
Timmins
ON
CBLAT-3
Wawa
ON
CBLAT-2
White River
ON
CBLN-TV-5
Wiarton
ON
CBLN-TV-4
Wingham
ON

CBWCT-1
Atikokan
ON
CBWT-1
Big Trout Lake
ON
CBDE-TV
Brochet
MB
CHFC-TV
Churchill
MB
CBWNT
Cross Lake
MB
CBWIT-2
Cumberland House
SK
CBWST
Dauphin
MB
CBWDT
Dryden
ON
CBWJT
Ear Falls
ON
CBWHT-2
Easterville
MB
CBWGT-2
Fairford
MB
CBWGT
Fisher Branch
MB
CBWBT
Flin Flon
MB
CBWCT
Fort Frances
ON
CBWLT
Gillam
MB
CBWXT
Gods Lake Narrows
MB
CBWHT
Grand Rapids
MB
CBWDT-2
Ignace
ON
CBWBT-2
Island Falls
SK
CBWGT-1
Jackhead
MB
CBWAT
Kenora
ON
CBWT-2
Lac du Bonnet
MB
CBWQT
Leaf Rapids
MB
CBWZT
Little Grand Rapids
MB
CBWRT
Lynn Lake
MB
CBWYT
Mafeking
MB
CBWGT-3
Manigotagan
MB
CBWUT
McCusker Lake
MB
CBWIT-1
Moose Lake
MB
CBWPT
Nelson House
MB
CBWOT
Norway House
MB
CBWDT-4
Osnaburgh
ON
CBWVT
Oxford House
MB
CBWBT-3
Pelican Narrows
SK
CBWDT-5
Pickle Lake
ON
CBWDT-6
Pikangikum
ON
CBWT-3
Piney
MB
CBDI-TV
Poplar River
MB
CBWBT-1
Pukatawagan
MB
CBWET
Red Lake
ON
CBWDT-7
Sandy Lake
ON
CBWDT-3
Savant Lake
ON
CBDG-TV
Shamattawa
MB
CBWDT-1
Sioux Lookout
ON
CBWAT-1
Sioux Narrows
ON
CBWKT
Snow Lake
MB
CBWQT-1
South Indian Lake
MB
CBWIT
The Pas
MB
CBWTT
Thompson
MB
CBWWT
Waasagomach
MB
CBWMT
Wabowden
MB
CBKT-DT
Regina
SK
CBCP-TV-2
Cypress Hill
SK
CBKAT-2
Fond du Lac
SK
CBKT-3
Fort Qu’Appelle
SK
CBKGT
Gravelbourg
SK
CBKT-10
Hudson Bay
SK
CBKT-1
Moose Jaw
SK
CBKT-9
Norquay
SK
CBCP-TV-3
Ponteix
SK
CBKT-5
Riverhurst
SK
CBCP-TV-1
Shaunavon
SK
CBKAT-3
Stony Rapids/Black Lake
SK
CBKT-4
Swift Current
SK
CBKAT
Uranium City
SK
CBKT-7
Warmley
SK
CBKT-2
Willow Bunch
SK
CBKT-8
Wynyard
SK
CBKT-6
Yorkton
SK

CBXT-1
Athabasca
AB
CBXAT-14
Beaverlodge
AB
CBXAT-7
Chateh
AB
CBXT-14
Coronation
AB
CBXT-11
Daysland
AB
CBXT-12
Forestburg
AB
CBXBT
Fort Chipewyan
AB
CBXT-6
Fort McMurray
AB
CBXAT-5
Fort Vermilion
AB

CBXT-7
Fox Creek
AB
CBXAT-10
Fox Lake
AB
CBXAT
Grande Prairie
AB
CBXAT-4
High Level
AB
CBXAT-2
High Prairie
AB
CBXT-3
Hinton
AB
CBXT-4
Jasper
AB
CBXAT-9
Jean d’Or
AB
CBXT-5
Lac La Biche
AB
CBXAT-3
Manning
AB
CBXAT-6
Paddle Prairie
AB
CBXAT-1
Peace River
AB
CBXT-8
Plamondon
AB
CBXAT-8
Rainbow Lake
AB
CBXT-13
Red Deer
AB
CBXAT-11
Slave Lake
AB
CBXAT-12
Wabasca
AB
CBXT-2
Whitecourt
AB

CBRT-1
Banff
AB
CBRT-10
Bellevue
AB
CBRT-8
Burmis
AB
CBRT-12
Cardston
AB
CBRT-11
Coleman
AB
CBRT-16
Coutts/Milk River
AB
CBRT-15
Cowley
AB
CBRT-14
Drumheller
AB
CBRT-2
Drumheller West
AB
CBCA-TV-1
Etzikom
AB
CBRT-13
Harvie Heights
AB
CBRT-4
Lake Louise
AB
CBRT-6
Lethbridge
AB
CBRT-9
Pincher Creek
AB
CBRT-5
Rosemary
AB
CBRT-7
Waterton Park
AB

CBUT-16
Alert Bay
BC
CBUO-TV
Bamfield
BC
CBUIT-1
Bella Bella
BC
CBUIT-3
Bella Coola
BC
CBUJ-TV
Blue River
BC
CBUDT
Bonnington Falls
BC
CBUT-4
Bowen Island
BC
CBUT-34
Brackendale
BC
CBUT-39
Braeloch
BC
CBUT-8
Campbell River
BC
CBUBT-1
Canal Flats
BC
CBUAT-2
Castlegar
BC
CBUT-2
Chilliwack
BC
CBUT-25
Chilliwack
BC
CBUAT-7
Christina Lake
BC
CBUT-20
Coal Harbour
BC
CBUBT-7
Cranbrook
BC
CBUCT-1
Crawford Bay
BC
CBUCT-4
Crescent Valley
BC
CBUCT-2
Creston
BC
CBUBT-4
Donald Station
BC
CBUT-44
Enderby
BC
CBUBT-8
Fernie
BC
CBUBT-9
Fernie
BC
CBUBT-13
Field
BC
CBUGT
Fort Nelson
BC
CBUAT-3
Fruitvale/Montrose
BC
CBUT-12
Gold River
BC
CBUBT-2
Golden
BC
CBUT-37
Grand Forks
BC
CBUT-31
Greenwood
BC
CBUIT-4
Hagensborg
BC
CBUT-23
Harrison Hot Springs
BC
CBUT-6
Hope
BC
CBUBT-3
Invermere
BC
CBUT-38
Kelowna
BC
CBUT-36
Madeira Park
BC
CBUHT-3
McBride
BC
CBUT-32
Midway
BC
CBUBT-14
Moyie
BC
CBUCT
Nelson
BC
CBUCT-6
New Denver
BC
CBUT-42
Osoyoos
BC
CBUPT
Pemberton
BC
CBUT-40
Penticton
BC
CBUT-30
Phoenix (Greenwood)
BC
Province
CBUT-3
Port Alberni
BC
CBUT-17
Port Alice
BC
CBUT-19
Port Hardy
BC
CBUT-18
Port McNeill
BC
CBRG-TV
Princeton
BC
CBUHT-1
Purden Lake/Sinclair Mills
BC
CBUBT-5
Radium Hot Springs
BC
CBUT-46
Revelstoke
BC
CBUT-33
Rock Creek
BC
CBUT-26
Ruby Creek
BC
CBUAT-5
Salmo
BC
CBUT-43
Salmon Arm
BC
CBUT-10
Sayward
BC
CBUT-35
Sechelt
BC
CBUCT-5
Slocan
BC
CBUT-28
Sooke
BC
CBUBT-10
Sparwood
BC
CBUT-5
Squamish
BC
CBUT-14
Tahsis
BC
CBUHT-4
Tete Jaune
BC
CBUT-22
Tofino
BC
CBUAT
Trail
BC
CBUT-7
Ucluelet
BC
CBUHT-5
Valemount
BC
CBUT-41
Vernon
BC
CBUWT
Whistler
BC
CBUCT-3
Winlaw
BC
CBUT-13
Woss Camp
BC
CBEX-TV
Aklavik
NT
CBEHT
Arviat (Eskimo Point)
NU
CBEIT
Baker Lake
NU
CBENT
Cambridge Bay
NU
CBEJT
Cape Dorset
NU
CBDDT
Dawson
YK
CBETT
Deline (Fort Franklin)
NT
CBKHT-1
Elsa
YK
CBDBT
Faro
YK
CBEST
Fort Good Hope
NT
CHAK-TV-1
Fort Mcpherson
NT
CBEBT-3
Fort Providence
NT
CBEV-TV
Fort Resolution
NT
CBEGT
Fort Simpson
NT
CBEAT
Fort Smith
NT
CBERT
Gjoa Haven
NU
CBEBT-1
Hay River
NT
CBII-TV
Igloolik
NU
CHAK-TV
Inuvik
NT
CFFB-TV
Iqaluit
NU
CBEOT
Kugluktuk (Coppermine)
NU

CBKHT-2
Mayo
YK

CBEDT
Norman Wells
NT

CBEKT
Pangnirtung
NU
CBELT
Pond Inlet
NU

CFYK-TV-1
Rae/Edzo
NT

CBECT
Rankin Inlet
NU
CBEMT
Resolute Bay
NU
CBEQT
Taloyoak (Spence Bay)
NU

CBEPT
Tuktoyaktuk
NT

CBDAT
Watson Lake
YK
CFWH-TV
Whitehorse
YK

CFYK-DT
Yellowknife
NT

Télévision Radio-Canada

CBAFT-3
Allardville
NB
CBAFT-7
Campbellton
NB
CBAFT-5
Charlottetown
PE
CBHFT-4
Cheticamp
NS
CBHFT-6
Digby
NS
CBAFT-2
Edmundston
NB
CBAFT-10
Fredericton
NB
CBAFT-1
Fredericton/Saint John
NB
CBAFT-4
Grand Falls
NB
CBHFT
Halifax
NS
CBAFT-9
Kedgwick
NB
CBHFT-5
Middleton
NS
CBHFT-2
Mulgrave
NS
CBHFT-7
New Glasgow
NS

CBFNT
Port au Port
NL

CBAFT-8
Saint-Quentin
NB

CBAFT-6
St. Edward/St. Louis
PE

CBFJ-TV
St. John’s
NL

CBHFT-3
Sydney
NS
CBHFT-8
Weymouth
NS
CBHFT-1
Yarmouth
NS

CBST-7
Aguanish-Natashquan
QC
CBST-19
Baie-Comeau
QC
CBST-8
Baie-Johan-Beetz
QC
CBST-17
Blanc Sablon
QC
CBGAT-6
Cap-Chat
QC
CBGAT-14
Carleton
QC
CBGAT-5
Causapscal
QC
CBGAT-15
Chandler
QC
CBGAT-16
Cloridorme
QC
CBGAT-17
Gaspé
QC
CBST-9
Gethsémani/La Romaine
QC
CBGAT-3
Grande-Vallée
QC
CBGAT-9
Gros-Morne
QC
CBST-11
Harrington Harbour
QC
CBST-1
Havre-St-Pierre
QC
CBST-13
La Tabatière
QC
CBGAT-19
Lac-Humqui
QC
CBGAT-18
L’Anse-à-Valleau
QC
CJBR-TV-1
Latour
QC
CBGAT-23
Les Méchins
QC
CBST-18
Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan
QC
CBGAT-8
Marsoui
QC
CBGAT
Matane
QC
CBGAT-1
Mont-Climont
QC
CBGAT-4
Mont-Louis
QC
CBGAT-10
Mont-Louis-en-Haut
QC
CBGAT-2
Murdochville
QC
CBST-15
Old Fort Bay
QC
CBGAT-20
Percé
QC
CBGAT-21
Port-Daniel (partie est)
QC
CBGAT-13
Rivière-à-Claude
QC
CBGAT-22
Rivière-au-Renard
QC
CBST-6
Rivière-au-Tonnerre
QC
CBST-16
Rivière-Saint-Paul
QC
CBST-14
Saint-Augustin (Saguenay)
QC
CBGAT-11
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
QC
CBGAT-7
Saint-René-de-Matane
QC
CBST
Sept-Îles
QC
CBST-12
Tête-à-la-Baleine
QC
CBVT-6
Beauceville
QC
CBVT-4
Lac-Etchemin
QC
CBVT-3
Lac-Mégantic
QC
CBVT-5
Saint-Fabien-de-Panet
QC
CBVT-8
Stoneham
QC
CBVT-7
Tewkesbury
QC
CBVT-9
Thetford Mines
QC
CBFAT-1
Chapais
QC
CBFAT
Chibougamau
QC
CBFGT
Chisasibi (Fort-George)
QC
CBFT-11
Churchill Falls
NL
CBFT-13
Fermont
QC
CBIMT-1
Ile-du-Havre-Aubert
QC
CBIMT
Iles-de-la-Madeleine
QC
CBFI-TV
Inukjuak
QC
CBFQ-TV
Kuujjuaq (Fort Chimo)
QC
CBFT-14
La Tuque
QC
CBFT-12
Labrador City
NL
CBFT-5
Manouane
QC
CBFK-TV
Mistassini (Kuujjuarapik)
QC
CBFT-2
Mont-Laurier
QC
CBFT-9
Mont-Saint-Michel
QC
CBFT-1
Mont-Tremblant
QC
CBFT-6
Obedjiwan
QC
CBFT-4
Parent
QC
CBFMT
Poste-de-Mistassini
QC
CBFP-TV
Povungnituk
QC
CBFRT
Radisson
QC
CBFT-3
Saint-Michel-des-Saints
QC
CBFS-TV
Salluit
QC
CBFT-8
Schefferville
QC
CBFHT
Waskaganish
QC
CBFV-TV
Waswanipi
QC
CBFWT
Wemindji
QC
CBFT-7
Weymont
QC
CBFT-15
Whitehorse
YT
CBOFT-DT

CBOFT-1
Chapeau
QC
CBOFT-3
Notre-Dame-du-Laus
QC
CBOFT-2
Rapides-des-Joachims
QC

CBLFT-11
Barrie
ON
CBLFT-13
Belleville
ON
CBLFT-22
Chapleau
ON
CBLFT-10
Chatham
ON
CBLFT-24
Dubreuilville
ON
CBLFT-6
Elliot Lake
ON
CBLFT-7
Espanola
ON
CBLFT-26
Geraldton
ON
CBLFT-21
Gogama
ON
CBLFT-5
Hearst
ON
CBLFT-4
Kapuskasing
ON
CBLFT-14
Kingston
ON
CBLFT-8
Kitchener
ON
CBLFT-9
London
ON
CBLFT-25
Manitouwadge
ON
CBLFT-27
Mattawa
ON
CBLFT-19
Nipigon
ON
CBLFT-15
Penetanguishene
ON
CBLFT-12
Peterborough
ON
CBLFT-17
Sarnia
ON
CBLFT-20
Sault Ste. Marie
ON
CBLFT-1
Sturgeon Falls
ON
CBLFT-2
Sudbury
ON
CBFST-2
Témiscaming
ON
CBLFT-18
Thunder Bay
ON
CBLFT-3
Timmins
ON
CBLFT-23
Wawa
ON
CBEFT
Windsor
ON

MB
CBWFT-10
Brandon
MB
CBWFT-9
Dryden
ON
CBWFT-2
Flin Flon
MB
CBWFT-11
Fort Frances
ON
CBWFT-7
Kenora
ON
CBWFT-12
Oak Lake
MB
CBWFT-6
Pine Falls
MB
CBWFT-3
St. Lazare
MB
CBWFT-4
Ste. Rose du Lac
MB
CBWFT-1
The Pas
MB
CBWFT-5
Thompson
MB

CBKFT-9
Bellegarde
SK
CBKFT-3
Debden
SK
CBKFT-6
Gravelbourg
SK
CBKFT-11
Leoville
SK
CBKFT-10
Moose Jaw
SK
CBKFT-12
North Battleford
SK
CBKFT-7
Ponteix
SK
CBKFT-2
Prince Albert
SK
CBKFT-1
Saskatoon
SK
CBKFT-4
St. Brieux
SK
CBKFT-8
Willow Bunch
SK
CBKFT-5
Zenon Park
SK

CBXFT-1
Bonnyville
AB
CBRFT
Calgary
AB
CBXFT-2
Falher
AB
CBXFT-6
Fort McMurray
AB
CBXFT-8
Grande Prairie
AB
CBXFT-7
Hinton
AB
CBXFT-3
Lethbridge
AB
CBXFT-11
Medicine Hat
AB
CBXFT-5
Peace River
AB
CBXFT-9
Plamondon
AB
CBXFT-4
Red Deer
AB

CBUFT-6
Chilliwack
BC
CBUFT-5
Dawson Creek
BC
CBUFT-2
Kamloops
BC
CBUFT-1
Kelowna
BC
CBUFT-7
Kitimat
BC
CBUFT-4
Prince George
BC
CBUFT-3
Terrace
BC

Dear Minister Moore,

June’s Free CRT TV of the Month was actually spotted in Toronto back in February.

It might be gone by now.

Not sure of the make or model but it looks to be about a 20 incher.

The pathetic pile of snow next to the TV reminds me of how mild Toronto’s most recent winter was.

Steven

p.s. I’ve been seeing less TVs on the street lately.

Photo Credit: PGM

Dear Minister Moore,

Summer has arrived early, eh?

Before I get to Part 3 of my review of Shaw’s Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program, I’d first like to add something I forgot to mention in Part 2 of this post.

While the LTSS program is now bringing more and better quality television channels to my parents’ place in Denbigh, ON, one downside of the LTSS program that I failed to mention is that it is low on the local (in Ontario, at least).

Of the 12 channels that my parents can now watch in Denbigh, none are local.

Ottawa is only 2 hours away but zero Ottawa stations are available in Denbigh via the LTSS (or OTA DTV for that matter).

For the 40 years leading up to Canada’s digital television transition, Denbigh residents could watch CJOH (CTV Ottawa) and CBOT (CBC Ottawa) among others over-the-air in analogue. No luck since August 31, 2011.

The closest station available in Denbigh under the LTSS is CTV Sudbury which is 6 hours away.

My point here is that there is a downside to satellite beyond cost and line of sight reception. Satellite sucks for local television.

Now for Part 3 of my LTSS report featuring the handsome hoser pictured above.

Toby is the son of my parents’ neighbours in Denbigh.

Like so many Canadian sons and daughters, Toby has been trying to help his parents (both Seniors) to adjust to the digital television transition.

Toby’s mother thought she would also apply to the LTSS after learning of the eventual success my parents had.

The refurbished Starchoice SD receiver arrived no problem (as pictured above).

Things were looking up until it came to the installation.

The same guy from Kingston who installed my parents dish drove up to Denbigh.

Chris the Installer started doing his thing but soon ran into trouble.

In order to get to a spot with a clear line of sight from the dish to the Shaw satellite(s), Chris had to run a bunch of cable up to the road.

Unfortunately for Toby, his parents domicile is more than 250 feet from where the Shaw Direct dish needed to be installed.

Apparently, installers are not allowed to run more than 250 feet of coax to the dish since the signal will degrade too much.

The end result for Toby and his parents (and his sister and brother in law) is that they are not able to receive TV under Shaw’s LTSS program.

From what my brother has advised, Chris the Installer simply packed up and left once he learned that they needed more than 250 feet of cable.

I mentioned this scenario on Twitter and the ever resourceful Mike Vormittag advised that an amplifier at the 250 foot mark could be a fix.

Whether Shaw will resend Chris to try again with an amp is unclear.

That’s Toby’s LTSS story.

Do you have a LTSS story? Please let me know via a comment on this here blog.

Best,

Steven

Source: shawdirect.ca

Dear Minister Moore,

In case you’re wondering, here is a sample Shaw LTSS application.

Best,

Steven

Dear Minister Moore,

Today is the two-year anniversary of this here blog.

Originally launched as part of a directed research course at Ryerson, the blog has since taken on a life of its own.

My first post was made 15 months before Canada’s digital television transition deadline.

At the time, I was worried that Canadians weren’t being given enough information about the transition. This blog was to serve as a platform where Canadians who watched over-the-air (OTA) television could learn more about the DTV transition and also share their own stories. One of my posts, a vlog entry featuring a Roblin, Ontario OTA TV viewer, was played to the CRTC in 2011.

Following Canada’s digital television transition deadline of August 31, 2011, this blog has shifted to being more about how Canadians are accessing their television in the digital age and at what cost.

Next up is the shut-off of CBC/Radio-Canada’s remaining 620 analogue OTA television transmitters on July 31, 2012. TVO will also be shutting off its remaining 100 or so analogue transmitters on the same day.

If you are part of the 1.7% of TV viewers who are still watching CBC/Radio-Canada over-the-air in analogue, and/or an analogue TVO viewer, please leave a comment and share your story.

Best,

Steven