CFJP-TV
Encyclopedia
CFJP-DT is the callsign for V's flagship television station in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
.
The station was originally owned by the family of Jean Pouliot
, then-owner of CFCF. It was acquired by Cogeco
in 2001 concurrently with Cogeco's acquisition of the network. As an owned and operated station of the network, CFJP was part of V's takeover by Remstar Corporation
.
CFJP launched a high definition simulcast on June 4, 2007 available on Videotron and Cogeco cable in Quebec. It signed on over the air on channel 42 from their studio building in Montreal in December 2007.
CFJP formerly had a rebroadcaster in Rimouski, CJPC-TV
channel 18, but this switched to being a semi-satellite of CFTF-TV
in June 2007.
, which takes place on August 31, 2011, CFJP-TV moved from its pre-transition channel number, 42, to its post-transition and old analog channel number, 35. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers will display CFJP-TV's virtual channel
as 35.1.
Montreal
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...
, 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...
.
The station was originally owned by the family of Jean Pouliot
Jean Pouliot
Jean Adélard Pouliot, OC was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer who helped establish television stations in Kitchener, Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec...
, then-owner of CFCF. It was acquired by Cogeco
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
in 2001 concurrently with Cogeco's acquisition of the network. As an owned and operated station of the network, CFJP was part of V's takeover by Remstar Corporation
Remstar Corporation
Remstar Corporation is a Canadian media corporation with operations in broadcasting, production and distribution. The company is based in Montreal, Quebec and was founded in 1998 by brothers Julien and Maxime Rémillard.-Assets:...
.
CFJP launched a high definition simulcast on June 4, 2007 available on Videotron and Cogeco cable in Quebec. It signed on over the air on channel 42 from their studio building in Montreal in December 2007.
CFJP formerly had a rebroadcaster in Rimouski, CJPC-TV
CJPC-TV
CJPC-TV is a broadcast translator that serves the Rimouski, Quebec area on UHF channel 18.The station originally rebroadcast the signal from CFJP-TV in Montreal...
channel 18, but this switched to being a semi-satellite of CFTF-TV
CFTF-TV
CFTF-TV is a French-language television station in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, and an affiliate of V, a commercial television network in Quebec. The station is owned by Télé Inter-Rives, which also owns Radio-Canada affiliate CKRT-TV and TVA affiliate CIMT-TV, making the station part of a so-called...
in June 2007.
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, CFJP-TV moved from its pre-transition channel number, 42, to its post-transition and old analog channel number, 35. 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 CFJP-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 35.1.