delayed three hours after the original broadcast, matching up with Pacific Time. Digital television and high definition CFTM received CRTC approval in March 2006 for its request to broadcast digitally on UHF channel 59 and was granted a requested extension to August 31, 2009, to launch this service but the launch never occurred. On July 6, 2009, as part of a license renewal hearing, TVA was granted a second extension in which to launch CFTM-DT. During the analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011, CFTM silenced its analogue transmitter on September 1, 2011, at 12:01 a.m. during a movie's airing and began broadcasting a digital signal a few minutes later on its old analog channel number, 10. References External links TVA News - Montréal CFTM at TV Hat FTM-DT FTM-DT Television channels and stations established in 1961 National Hockey League over-the-air television broadcasters 1961 establishments in Quebec