TVOntario is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA), a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario. It operates flagship station CICA-DT in Toronto, which also relays programming across portions of Ontario through eight rebroadcast stations. All pay television providers throughout Ontario are required to carry TVO on their basic tier, and programming can be streamed for free online.
CHWI-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 16, is a CTV 2 owned-and-operated television station serving Windsor, Ontario, Canada, that is licensed to Wheatley. The station is owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. CHWI-DT's studios are located at the Bell Canada Building in Downtown Windsor with a secondary office in Chatham, and its transmitter is located on Zion Road in Chatham.
CBLT-DT, virtual channel 5, is the flagship station of the English language service of CBC Television, licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBLFT-DT. Both stations share studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in downtown Toronto, which is also shared with national cable news channel CBC News Network and houses the studios for most of CBC's news and entertainment programs. CBLT-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
CIII-DT, virtual channel 41, is the flagship station of the Global Television Network, licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CIII-DT's studios are located at 81 Barber Greene Road in the Don Mills district of Toronto, and its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower in downtown Toronto. The station serves much of the population of Ontario through a network of 13 transmitters across primarily the southern and central portions of the province.
In cable television, governments apply a must-carry regulation stating that locally licensed television stations must be carried on a cable provider's system.
CBEFT was the Radio-Canada owned-and-operated television station serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it later operated as a semi-satellite of Toronto station CBLFT-DT. It broadcast an analogue signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter near Concession Road 12 in Essex.
CBLFT-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 25, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which serves the province's Franco-Ontarian population. Owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it is part of a twinstick with CBC Television's flagship station CBLT-DT. Both stations share studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in downtown Toronto, while CBLFT-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
CFTM-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is the flagship station of the French-language TVA television network, licensed to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media. CFTM-DT's studios are located on Boulevard de Maisonneuve East and Rue Alexandre de Sève in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, and its transmitter is located on Voie Camillien Houde.
CBC Television is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé.
CFRN-DT, virtual channel 3, is a CTV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc., it is sister to cable-exclusive CTV 2 Alberta. The two outlets share studios with sister radio station CFRN on Stony Plain Road in Edmonton; CFRN-DT's transmitter is located near Highway 21, southeast of Sherwood Park.
WGTE-TV, virtual channel 30, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, United States, serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Owned by the Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio, it is a sister station to National Public Radio (NPR) member WGTE-FM (91.3). The two stations share studios on South Detroit Avenue in Toledo; WGTE-TV's transmitter is located on Corduroy Road in Oregon, Ohio.
CFTO-DT, virtual channel 9, is the flagship station of the CTV Television Network, licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc., it is part of a twinstick with Barrie-based CTV 2 owned-and-operated station CKVR-DT, channel 3. CFTO-DT's studios are located at 9 Channel Nine Court in Agincourt, and its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower in Downtown Toronto. The station shares the Agincourt studio complex with CTV's headquarters, which includes studios for the network's news programming, along with most of Bell Media's specialty channels.
WLPC-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a low-powered, Class A religious television station serving Detroit, Michigan, United States that is licensed to Redford. The station is owned by Glenn and Karin Plummer. On cable, the station is available on Charter Cable channel 397.
WHNE-LD, virtual and VHF digital channel 3, is a low-powered television station licensed to Detroit, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by Tait Broadcasting. The station's transmitter and studio offices are located in Oak Park, Michigan.
Canada is served by various multichannel television services, including cable television systems, two direct-broadcast satellite providers, and various other wireline IPTV and wireless MMDS video providers.
CHEX-DT-2, virtual channel 22, is a Global owned-and-operated television station licensed to Oshawa, Ontario, Canada and serving the Regional Municipality of Durham. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CHEX-DT-2's studios are located on Simcoe Street in Downtown Oshawa, and its transmitter is located on Enfield Road in Clarington. On cable, the station is available on Rogers Cable channel 12 in Oshawa; it is also carried on Rogers Cable digital channel 129 in the Greater Toronto Area.
Windsor, Ontario is the fourth-largest border city media market in Canada, after Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. It is also the only one of those four markets to exist within the shadow of a larger American media market. While Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are all the dominant media markets in their regions and are adjacent to significantly smaller American markets, Windsor is located directly across the border from Detroit, the 11th largest television market and ninth-largest radio market in the United States. Thus, it is considered part of the Detroit television and radio market for purposes of territorial programming rights. It can also receive radio and television signals from Toledo, Flint, Lansing and even Cleveland.
Digital terrestrial television in Canada is transmitted using the ATSC standard. Because Canada and the U.S. use the same standard and frequencies for channels, people near the Canada–United States border can watch digital television programming from television stations in either country where available. The ATSC standards are also used in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, and South Korea.
Channel 34 refers to several television stations:
