| City of license | Gatineau, Quebec |
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| Branding | TVA Gatineau-Ottawa |
| Channels | Digital: 40 (UHF) Virtual: 40.1 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | TVA |
| Owner | RNC Media |
| First air date | October 30, 1978 |
| Call letters' meaning | C'est Hull/ Ottawa Télévision |
| Sister station(s) | CFGS-TV |
| Former callsigns | CHOT-TV (1978-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | 40 (Analog, 1978-2011) |
| Transmitter power | 111.4 kW |
| Height | 358.0 m |
| Website | TVA CHOT |
CHOT-DT is a television station in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is affiliated with the TVA network, and also serves Franco-Ontarians in the neighbouring city of Ottawa, Ontario. Its studios are located in the former city of Hull. The station broadcasts on channel 40, and it is owned by RNC Media as a twinstick with CFGS, the market's V affiliate. As such, it is the largest TVA station that is not owned and operated by the network. It is also the only large-market major-network affiliate in Canada that is not owned by its network.
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The station launched in 1978, following the bankruptcy of the region's earlier TVA affiliate CFVO.
For a time until the late 1990s, CHOT was branded as CHOT 40, referring to the station's channel number over the air. CHOT was one of the last television stations in Canada to use its over-the-air channel number in station branding. It is currently branded as TVA Gatineau-Ottawa.
The station is carried on channel 10 by both Vidéotron in Gatineau and Rogers Cable in Ottawa.
CHOT is also carried by most of EastLink's cable systems in Northeastern Ontario, one of the only regions in English Canada that carries an affiliate station instead of the national feed of CFTM-TV. Predecessor companies Northern Cable and Persona carried CHOT long before TVA carriage was mandated nationwide due to the area's large Franco-Ontarian population, and continued to carry CHOT rather than switching providers.
The station airs a 30-minute local newscast every weekday at 6:00pm anchored by Louka Jacques. In the past, CHOT had local news on weekends and a 15-minute noon newscast on weekdays, but recent cuts made by RNC Media had these newscasts replaced with Montreal-based TVA network news programs.
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which takes place on August 31, 2011,[1] CHOT-TV is required to begin digital broadcasts on its current assigned and analog channel number, 40, however should the station sign-on before the analog shut off date, the station will broadcast on channel 15. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CHOT-TV's virtual channel as 40.1.
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