December 2008 Spectrum Management and Telecommunications DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Aussi disponible en français Contents Introduction................................................................................................................................................1 DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Principles ....................................................................................1 Allotment Criteria......................................................................................................................................1 Coordination with the United States........................................................................................................2 DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Description..................................................................................2 Explanatory Notes......................................................................................................................................2 Plan..............................................................................................................................................................4 i DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Introduction On November 8, 1997, Canada adopted the ATSC Digital Television standard for terrestrial transmission (Gazette Notice No. SMBR-004-97). In April 1999, the DTV Transition Allotment Plan was published through Gazette Notice No. SMBR-002-99. The plan provided for the introduction and operation of DTV undertakings alongside existing NTSC (National Television System Committee) undertakings. Industry Canada began the development of the post-transition plan in 2004. In consultation with the broadcasting industry, the Department first established the post-transition allotment plan development principles. This was followed by the development of the allotment plan itself, which lists the post-transition digital channels of all Canadian television stations and standalone allotments based on the aforementioned principles. On May 17, 2007, in Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-53, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) established a deadline of August 31, 2011 for television stations to shut down analogue television transmission. The DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan (the Plan) provides for the operation of DTV undertakings. DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Principles The following principles were used in the creation of the Plan. These principles were developed in government-industry discussions and are an extension of those used in the creation of the DTV Transition Allotment Plan (the Transition Plan). - The DTV service is a replacement service for the analogue NTSC service. - A DTV allotment is provided for each regular operational NTSC station; additional allotments are available for future use. - The Plan does not accommodate the NTSC service. Allotment Criteria - Allotment planning is based on a single transmitter coverage configuration. - An allotment was provided for each existing or proposed regular NTSC station as of July 1, 2008. - Standalone allotments were added where feasible. - Where possible, the channel of an associated allotment in the Plan is the same as the channel of the NTSC assignment that it replaces or the DTV channel allocated to that assignment in the Transition Plan. - For planning purposes and where feasible, associated allotments are given technical parameters that provide F(90,90) coverage at 28 dBu (low VHF), 36 dBu (high VHF), and 41 dBu (UHF) to or beyond the NTSC station’s F(50,50) coverage at 47 dBu (low VHF), 56 dBu (high VHF), and 64 dBu (UHF) up to a maximum distance of 82 km. - The required separation between allotments is based on F(50,90) protection and F(50,10) interference statistics. - All allotments are in the 2 to 51 channel range. Channel 37 is not available for broadcast use, as it is allocated to the Radio Astronomy Service. - Allotments are given specific technical parameters (ERP, EHAAT and possibly a directional horizontal antenna pattern). Station class designations are not used as was customary for NTSC. In cases where 1 DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan stations are implemented with parameters lower than those assigned, such stations may experience additional interference. - Standalone allotments in the Plan may have to use operating parameters that are lower than those indicated in the Plan to provide protection to allotments associated with NTSC stations. Coordination with the United States This plan was developed in coordination with the U.S. DTV post-transition plan. Canadian allotments within 360 km of the border area were coordinated with the United States in an exchange of letters dated August 5, 2008. DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Description The Plan provides an allotment for each existing regular NTSC station in operation on July 1, 2008, and for planned stations for which applications were received by the CRTC before July 1, 2008. Several standalone allotments are also provided in the Plan and their future use will depend on any modifications made to the Plan during the licensing process. The Plan consists of a table with headings for channel number, technical parameters, geographic coordinates and city. Post-transition DTV allotments associated with NTSC stations are indicated with their call sign. The allotments in the Plan are listed alphabetically by province, then city. Antenna patterns are included after the allotments and are listed by pattern number. The gain at each specified azimuth is provided in dB. Explanatory Notes The definitions of the column headings in the table of the Plan are as follows: DTV: Channel number in Plan NTSC: Channel number of previous NTSC station, if applicable T-DTV: Channel number of transition DTV allotment, if applicable PR: This column identifies provinces and territories as follows: AB Alberta NU Nunavut BC British Columbia ON Ontario MB Manitoba PE Prince Edward Island NB New Brunswick QC Quebec NF Newfoundland and Labrador SK Saskatchewan NS Nova Scotia YT Yukon Territory NT Northwest Territories CITY_VILLE: City name 2 DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan CALL_IND: Call sign. If blank, the entry is a standalone allotment. LAT: Latitude North (degrees, minutes, seconds) LONG: Longitude West (degrees, minutes, seconds) EHAAT_HEASM: Effective Height of the Antenna above Average Terrain (in metres) ERP_PAR: Effective Radiated Power of the station (in Watts) ANT: Antenna pattern number. If blank, an omnidirectional antenna can be used. 3 DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan Plan DTV NTSC T-DTV PR CITY_VILLE CALL_IND LAT LONG EHAAT_HEASM ERP_PAR ANT 12 12 43 AB Ashmont CFRN-TV-4 540807 1113616 194.00 24000 2333 15 AB Ashmont 540800 1113400 100.00 300 43 AB Ashmont 540807 1113616 300.00 115000 8 8 16 AB Athabasca CBXT-1 544536 1131951 147.80 46000 2035 13 13 41 AB Athabasca CFRN-TV-12 544214 1131719 96.00 880 16 AB Athabasca 544536 1131951 300.00 115000 24 AB Athabasca 544300 1131700 100.00 300 40 AB Athabasca 544214 1131719 96.00 17000 41 AB Athabasca 544214 1131719 150.00 6000 48 AB Athabasca 544300 1131700 150.00 6000 49 AB Athabasca 544300 1131700 150.00 6000 34 AB Banff 511000 1153400 150.00 6000 31 AB Barrhead 540800 1142400 100.00 300 32 AB Barrhead 540800 1142400 150.00 6000 10 AB Battle River 572703 1173057 300.00 10600 16 AB Battle River 572703 1173057 300.00 850000 15 AB Blairmore 493600 1142600 100.00 300 25 AB Blairmore 493600 1142600 100.00 300 31 AB Blairmore 493600 1142600 100.00 300 34 AB Blairmore 493600 1142600 100.00 300 6 6 54 AB Bonnyville CBXFT-1 541055 1105155 178.60 8000 2455 9 9 33 AB Bonnyville CKSA-TV-2 541154 1105027 195.10 24000 32 AB Bonnyville 541055 1105155 300.00 850000 33 AB Bonnyville 541154 1105027 300.00 115000 41 AB Bonnyville 541600 1104400 150.00 6000 39 39 AB Bow Island CJIL-TV-1 494708 1111926 112.00 12000 29 AB Brooks 503500 1115300 150.00 6000 30 AB Brooks 503500 1115300 150.00 6000 47 AB Brooks 503500 1115300 150.00 6000 3 AB Burmis 493154 1141137 300.00 2400 5 5 18 AB Burmis CFCN-TV-4 493154 1141137 133.80 150 6 AB Burmis 493154 1141137 128.00 170 9 3 22 AB Burmis CISA-TV-1 493154 1141137 128.00 460 18 AB Burmis 493154 1141137 150.00 6000 4 DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan DTV NTSC T-DTV PR CITY_VILLE CALL_IND LAT LONG EHAAT_HEASM ERP_PAR ANT 20 AB Burmis 493300 1141700 100.00 300 22 AB Burmis 493154 1141137 150.00 6000 32 47 32 AB Burmis CBRT-8 493314 1141037 165.50 110 40 AB Burmis 493300 1141700 100.00 300 47 AB Burmis 493314 1141037 165.50 110 51 55 AB Burmis CJIL-TV-2 493314 1141037 163.30 120 2 AB Calgary 510424 1141534 301.50 2400 4 AB Calgary 510337 1141013 300.00 2400 5 AB Calgary 510354 1141247 300.00 2400 9 9 49 AB Calgary CBRT 510354 1141247 346.00 7000 13 13 51 AB Calgary CIAN-TV 510354 1141247 246.30 16000 2016 15 AB Calgary 510354 1141247 246.30 2100 16 16 21 AB Calgary CBRFT 510354 1141247 286.50 1000000 19 AB Calgary 510300 1140500 150.00 6000 21 AB Calgary 510354 1141247 300.00 115000 23 AB Calgary 510300 1140500 300.00 115000 25 AB Calgary 510354 1141247 325.10 84000 27 32 27 AB Calgary CKCS-TV 510337 1141013 286.50 1000000 29 4 56 AB Calgary CFCN-TV 510337 1141013 286.50 1000000 32 AB Calgary 510337 1141013 300.00 115000 38 38 AB Calgary CJCO-TV 510354 1141251 325.10 84000 41 2 54 AB Calgary CICT-TV 510424 1141534 301.5 830000 43 AB Calgary 510337 1141017 301.5 830000 44 44 AB Calgary CHCA-TV-1 510337 1141017 206.00 390000 49 5 52 AB Calgary CKAL-TV 510354 1141247 286.50 1000000 50 AB Calgary 510300 1140500 300.00 115000 51 AB Calgary