CTV announced yesterday that they have begun broadcasting HDTV signals over the air in Toronto and Vancouver. Toronto and Vancouver are the two largest English Canadian markets.

CTV’s HD signals, identified as “CTV HD East” and “CTV HD West,” are now being transmitted from Toronto’s CN Tower and B.C.’s Mount Seymour respectively. Viewers in those cities who have an HD-capable television equipped with a digital tuner and antenna can pull the HD signal off air.

CTV West is the first HDTV OTA station in Vancouver while CTV East becomes the third digital station available OTA in Toronto. The first was CityHD followed by the CBC affiliate in Toronto.

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