Editing CBUFT-DT

{{Short description|Television station in Vancouver}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = CBUFT-DT
| city = 
| logo = ICI Colombie-Britannique logo 2018.svg
| logo_size = 280px
| image = CBC Regional Broadcast Centre 2018.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = ICI Colombie-Britannique's studios at the [[CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver|CBC Regional Broadcast Centre]] in [[downtown Vancouver]].
| branding = {{lang|fr|italic=no|ICI Colombie-Britannique}}
| digital = 26 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 26
| subchannels = 
| translators = 
| affiliations = '''26.1:''' [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]
| owner = [[Société Radio-Canada]]
| licensee = 
| location = [[Vancouver]], British Columbia
| country = Canada
| airdate = {{start date and age|1976|9|27|p=y}}
| last_airdate = 
| callsign_meaning = CBC Vancouver [[Canadian French|Français]] Télévision
| sister_stations = {{ubl|'''TV:''' [[CBUT-DT]]|'''Radio:''' [[CBU (AM)]], [[CBU-FM]], [[CBUF-FM]], [[CBUX-FM]]}}
| former_callsigns = CBUFT (1976–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 26 ([[UHF]], 1976–2011)
| former_affiliations = 
| erp = 27.52 [[watt|kW]]
| haat = {{convert|615.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 
| coordinates = {{coord|49|21|13|N|122|57|24|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CBUFT Tower}}
| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]]
| website = {{URL|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/colombie-britannique-et-yukon/}}
}}

'''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 [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]] with [[CBC Television]] station [[CBUT-DT]] (channel 2). The two stations share studios at the [[CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver|CBC Regional Broadcast Centre]] on Hamilton Street in [[downtown Vancouver]]; CBUFT-DT's transmitter is located atop [[Mount Seymour]] in the district municipality of [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|North Vancouver]].

==History==
The station first signed on the air on September 27, 1976, on UHF channel 26; as Vancouver's second UHF television station after [[CKVU-DT|CKVU-TV]] (channel 21, now on channel 10); it took Radio-Canada programming from [[CBUT-DT|CBUT-TV]] (channel 2), which had previously aired select programs from the network on weekend mornings since 1964;<ref name="Sun TV listings">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IZhlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O4oNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5117%2C856478 Vancouver Sun TV listings - October 4, 1964]</ref> upon CBUFT's sign-on, CBUT became an exclusive [[Canadian English|English-language]] station again.

==Technical information==
===Subchannel===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannel of CBUFT-DT<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=CBUFT|title=RabbitEars TV Query for CBUFT|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref>
! [[Digital subchannel#Canada|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming 
|-
! scope = "row" | 26.1 
| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || CBUFT || [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]
|-
|}

===Analogue-to-digital conversion===
On August 31, 2011, the official date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts]],<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298734754616/1298734754746 |title=Digital Television - Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) |access-date=June 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119235800/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298734754616/1298734754746 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=1310207&postcount=919 Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums - View Single Post - CBC HD Switches To 720p From 1080i]</ref> This differs from the majority of terrestrial television stations in Canada that broadcast digital signals, which transmit HD programming in the [[1080i]] format.

===Former transmitters===
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-DT|CBFT-TV]]. It also formerly operated rebroadcast transmitters in [[Chilliwack]], [[Dawson Creek]], [[Kitimat]], [[Lillooet]], [[Logan Lake]], [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]] and [[Terrace, British Columbia|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.<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/04/04/ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan]</ref> 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.

====British Columbia====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[City of license]]
! [[Callsigns in North America|Callsign]] 
! Channel 
|-
| Chilliwack 
| CBUFT-6
| 14 (UHF)
|- 
| Dawson Creek
| CBUFT-5
| 33 (UHF)
|- 
| Kamloops
| CBUFT-2
| 50 (UHF)
|- 
| Kelowna
| CBUFT-1
| 21 (UHF) 
|- 
| Kitimat
| CBUFT-7
| 8 ([[VHF]])
|- 
| Prince George
| CBUFT-4
| 4 (VHF) 
|- 
| Terrace
| CBUFT-3
| 11 (VHF) 
|- 
|}

====Yukon====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City of license 
! Callsign 
! Channel 
! Notes
|-
| [[Whitehorse]]
| CBFT-TV-15
| 7 (VHF)
| Part of the license for [[CBFT-DT|CBFT-TV]]&mdash;Montreal, but repeated CBUFT's signal. 
|-
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/colombie-britannique-et-yukon/ CBUFT-DT ("ICI Colombie-Britannique–Yukon") official website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/british-columbia/cbuft-dt/ Canadian Communications Foundation - CBUFT-DT History]
* {{RecnetCanada|CBUFT-DT}}

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