CIHF-TV
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Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada |
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| Branding | Global Halifax (general) Global News (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8.1 () 1080i Virtual: 8.2 (PSIP) 480p |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | Global |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| First air date | September 5, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning | C Irving Family (station's original owner) Halifax & Fredericton |
| Sister station(s) | CHNB-DT |
| Former callsigns | CIHF-TV (1988-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 8 (1988-2011) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1988-1997) |
| Transmitter power | 1 kW |
| Height | 241.0 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°39′3″N 63°39′26″W / 44.65083°N 63.65722°W |
| Website | Global Halifax |
CIHF-DT (branded on-air as Global Halifax) is the Global owned-and-operated television station, serving Nova Scotia that is licensed to Halifax. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter located on Washmill Lake Drive in Halifax.
Owned by Corus Entertainment, it is sister station to CHNB-DT in Saint John, New Brunswick. The two stations share a studio on Gottingen Street in downtown Halifax. This station can also be seen on EastLink TV channel 6, Bell Aliant TV channel 4, and Bell TV channel 204. On Shaw Direct, the channel is available on 329 (Classic) or 060 (Advanced), and in high definition on channel 050 (Classic) or 550 (Advanced). There is a high definition feed offered on Eastlink TV digital channel 602 and Bell Aliant TV channel 402.
CIHF-TV was launched on September 5, 1988, and was initially owned by the Irving family of Saint John, New Brunswick and their New Brunswick Broadcasting Company. It was co-owned with Saint John-based CHSJ-TV, the CBC Television affiliate for all of New Brunswick. The station initially had only one transmitter, in Halifax; it served the rest of Nova Scotia via cable. When MITV launched, it took all primetime American shows from CBC station CBHT—reportedly a prelude to the CBC dropping all primetime American programming nationwide.
It was a sister station to CIHF-TV-2 in Saint John. Both stations were branded as MITV (Maritimes Independent Television), and their schedules were almost identical. However, the stations offered separate newscasts to their respective provinces and opportunities for advertisers to buy ad space on one or both stations. Furthermore, although the Saint John station's callsign made it appear that it was a rebroadcaster of the Halifax station, both stations were separately licensed by the CRTC. At the time, MITV was the only over-the-air independent television station in the area, with studios and main operation centre in Halifax, and all other functions in Saint John. As MITV shared owners with CHSJ-TV, a popular joke in the Maritimes was that MITV stood for "More Irving Television".
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