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CFHD-DT (branded as ''International Channel/Canal International'' or ''ICI'') is a multicultural television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 47 from a transmitter located at Mount Royal Park, near Downtown Montreal. Owned by Sam Norouzi and his family, it maintains studios located on Christophe Colomb Avenue in Montreal's Ahuntsic district, at the home of the family's production company Mi-Cam Communications.〔(Burning questions about CJNT, Citytv and ICI ) Fagstein〕 The channel is a de facto successor to CJNT; the station had started as a multicultural station, but its ethnic output decreased significantly in favor of commercial, English-language programming after it was sold to Western International Communications (WIC), and in turn, Canwest and Channel Zero. CFHD was announced in parallel with a proposal by Rogers Media to purchase CJNT (which had since affiliated with its City network) and change its license to make it a conventional, English-language station. Both Rogers and Channel Zero also planned to provide resources to the new channel. ==History== Prior to the founding of ICI, Sam Norouzi's father produced a Persian program for Télévision Ethnique du Québec (TEQ), a cable access channel that was the precursor to CJNT, which went on the air in 1997. CJNT was sold to Western International Communications (WIC) in 1999, and became owned by Canwest as a CH/E! station when Canwest bought WIC in 2001. Canwest in turn sold the station to Channel Zero in 2009.〔(Rogers proposes two television stations to replace CJNT ) Fagstein〕 Over the years, the station's commitment to producing local ethnic programming declined. When it was owned by Channel Zero, it didn't produce any such programming at all.〔(Citytv comes to Montreal … kinda ) Fagstein〕 On May 3, 2012, Rogers Media announced its intent to acquire CJNT, with plans to convert it into an owned-and-operated station of its Citytv television system.〔(Citytv expanding into Quebec & Western Canada ), ''CityNews'', May 3, 2012.〕 In the purchase application published on September 5, 2012, Rogers asked the CRTC for permission to convert CJNT from a multicultural to a full English-language station with programming and conditions of licence similar to the company's other Citytv stations. In exchange, Rogers proposed to support a new multicultural station, ICI (standing for International Channel/Canal International), whose application was made public for the first time on the same date. The CRTC heard both the application for the sale and conversion of CJNT and the application for ICI on November 7, 2012, and approved them on December 20, 2012.〔(Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2012-697, December 20, 2012. )〕〔(Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2012-696, December 20, 2012. )〕 As promised, Rogers is supporting ICI with $1.07 million in funding as well as free access to 200 hours a year of programming from Rogers' ethnic Omni Television network. In addition, Channel Zero is offering the station a $1 million loan and free master control services for five years. The station turned on its transmitter for testing on August 21, 2013, and started programming on December 11, 2013, assuming CJNT's former role as Montreal's only multicultural station. The station's call letters were to be CFHG-DT, but this was changed to CFHD-DT prior to launch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CFHD-DT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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