Ici Radio-Canada Télé
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Ownership | |
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Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
Launched | September 6, 1952 |
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Website | ici |
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (stylized as ICI Radio-Canada Télé, and sometimes abbreviated as Ici Télé) is a
Its headquarters are at
Programming
This network is considered[
News programming is anchored by Le Téléjournal, which airs nightly at 10:00 p.m. Local newscasts, which air during the lunch and supper hours, now also carry the Téléjournal name, i.e., Le Téléjournal Montréal. The regional newscasts used to be called Ce Soir (This Evening).
Le Téléjournal
All Radio-Canada newscasts are broadcast under the name
Current affairs
Investigative reporting is broadcast weekly as
There is also weekly programming on political affairs concerning the National Assembly of Quebec and the House of Commons of Canada with Les coulisses du pouvoir (The Corridors of Power). Science and technology issues are covered in Découverte and agricultural and rural topics in La semaine verte. Consumer affairs are covered in L'épicerie and Facture.
Sports
From 1952 to 2004, the network was home to weekly French-language broadcasts of ice hockey matches involving the Montreal Canadiens, called La Soirée du hockey. The show was discontinued when broadcast rights reverted to RDS. Viewers outside Quebec were able to continue watching games via Radio-Canada stations until 2006 when RDS became exclusive broadcasters. Radio-Canada was also the home of the Montreal Alouettes before moving to RDS. It was also home for many years to French-language television broadcasts of the Montreal Expos.
After briefly losing the rights to
Entertainment
The most popular entertainment shows on the network are variety shows such as
Tout le monde en parle in particular is a long-running talk show imported from the same show of the same name in France and has featured high-profile guests, such as
Although the bulk of the prime-time schedule is Quebec-produced, a few dubbed shows from the US have also aired in prime-time, such as Perdus, Beautées désepérées, and Chère Betty.
On New Year's Eve, Radio-Canada presents Bye Bye, a sketch comedy special satirizing news stories and events from the past year (comparable to the Royal Canadian Air Farce New Year's Eve specials formerly shown by the English-language CBC Television). In recent years it has become the most-watched program of the year on Quebecois television; the 2021 edition of Bye Bye was the most-watched program in Quebecois television history, and four out of the top five overall were editions of Bye Bye.[6]
Children
- Like CBC Television, ICI Télé also airs a morning programming block named Zone Jeunesse and Zone des petits from 5:30am to 9:00 am (weekdays) and 6:00am to 10:00am (weekends) [7]
- The most popular children's show on Radio-Canada was Passe-Partout, which was in production for 10 years and broadcast until 1987. It was for some time a co-production with Radio-Québec.
Regional programming
Non-news regional programming is usually programmed for broadcast on weekends. It is limited to arts and culture and typically airs outside Quebec, especially in Atlantic Canada and Western Canada. For example, Zeste broadcasts on stations in Western Canada on Saturday early evenings, while Luc et Luc airs on Sunday evenings in Atlantic Canada.
Stations and affiliates
Of Canada's three major French-language television networks, Radio-Canada was the only one that, until 2012, broadcast terrestrially in all Canadian provinces. Except for Atlantic Canada, where a single station serves all four provinces, the network has at least one originating station in every province. These stations serve every major market in French and English Canada, with privately owned affiliates serving smaller markets in Quebec.
Unlike CBC Television affiliates, which often had several alternative programming sources, Radio-Canada affiliates are effectively constrained to carry network programming throughout the day in a pattern with no preemptions. The only exceptions are for local and regional programming and commercials.
In 2007, Radio-Canada announced its intention to terminate its long-time affiliation with three regional affiliates in Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, and Saguenay. These stations were owned by Cogeco, at the time a majority owner of commercial rival TQS (now Noovo). By the end of the year, TQS had filed for bankruptcy; as part of exiting bankruptcy, a deal was announced the following spring for Radio-Canada to directly acquire the stations.[8] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on June 26, 2008.[9] Only the stations in Rouyn-Noranda (CKRN-DT, which closed in 2018)[10] and Rivière-du-Loup (CKRT-DT, which closed in 2021)[11] remained as private affiliates, rather than owned-and-operated stations.
On February 27, 2009, CBC/Radio-Canada President Hubert Lacroix admitted at the Empire Club of Canada that the corporation is facing a budget shortfall and as a result some services may be forced to close down and/or stations merged or sold off, saying:
"La crise économique nous force à revoir toutes les facettes de nos activités."
("The economic crisis forced us to review all facets of our activities.")[12]
It is not yet clear how the announcement will affect stations owned by either CBC Television or Télévision de Radio-Canada, however it is envisaged that regional news programming may be merged in the regions outside Quebec.
Radio-Canada once operated an extensive network of rebroadcasters, but they were closed by 2012.
Digital terrestrial television transition
SRC converted its originating station transmitters to digital as part of the digital transition deadline in mandatory markets, which took place on August 31, 2011.
On July 31, 2012, all of the corporation's 620 analogue television transmitters were permanently shut down, leaving CBC's English and French television network with a total of 27 digital transmitters.
Slogans and branding
For most of its history, the network was branded as Radio-Canada. In television listings such as TV Guide or TV Hebdo, where space limitations usually require television networks to be referred to by a three-letter abbreviation; while its full name was previously Télévision de Radio-Canada, the network was normally coded as SRC (for Société Radio-Canada, the French language corporate name of the CBC as a whole). While the network experimented with using SRC as its on-air brand in the 1990s, within a few months it reverted to using "Radio-Canada" for nearly all verbal references. The experiment ended later in the decade. In 2009 Radio-Canada refreshed its branding featuring the word "Télévision" underneath the corporate logo; in promos, it features the logo, without any wording or slogans.
On June 5, 2013, it was announced that as part of an overall effort to unify the CBC's French-language platforms and outlets under a common name, Télévision de Radio-Canada was to be renamed Ici Télé on September 9, 2013—a nod to its longtime
Slogans
- 1966–1973: Regardez bien regardez Radio-Canada (Watch carefully, watch Radio-Canada)
- 1973–1979: Partout pour nous, Radio-Canada est là (Radio-Canada is in everywhere for us)
- 1979–1980: Faut voir ça (Must see that)
- 1980–1981: Je choisis Radio-Canada (I choose Radio-Canada)
- 1981–1982: Radio-Canada d'abord (Radio-Canada first)
- 1982–1983: Soyez au poste (Be at the station)
- 1983–1985(?): Vous méritez ce qu'il y'a de mieux (You deserve the best)
- 1985 La Télévision de l'heure (The television of the hour)
- 1989–1990: Pour Vous Avant Tout (Everything for you)
- 1994–2006: (System cue/closedown): Le réseau national (The national network/Public broadcasting)
- 1992–late 2004: Ici Radio-Canada (This is Radio-Canada): This is what the announcer says during the system cue, when the network logo is displayed on-screen, but in the early 2000s, it became a promotional slogan in its own right, and by 2013, was repurposed as a brand for all Radio-Canada operations.
- 2005: Vous allez voir (You are going to see/You will see).
- 2006: Ici comme dans la vie (Here as in life) and Radio-Canada, source d'information (Radio-Canada, source of information) for news promos.
- 2007: On l'aime déjà (We already love it)[citation needed]
- 2008: Bienvenue à Radio-Canada[citation needed]
- 2009: Mon monde est à Radio-Canada (My world is on Radio-Canada)
- 2013: Tout est possible (Everything is possible)
- 2016: Pour toute la vie Ici Radio Canada Télé (For life, Ici Radio Canada Télé)
- since 2022: Plein la vie (full of life)
Ombudsmen
The ombudsman of Radio-Canada has been Pierre Tourangeau since July 2011. He was preceded by Julie Miville-Dechêne (2007–2011) Renaud Gilbert (2000–2007), Marcel Pépin (1997–1999), Mario Cardinal (1993–1997) and Bruno Gauron (1992).
High-definition television
On March 5, 2005, Télévision de Radio-Canada launched an
on the following channels:- Quebec City: 12 (11.1)
- Montreal: 19 (2.1)
- Ottawa: 22 (9.1)
- Toronto: 24 (25.1)
- Vancouver: 26 (26.1)
On September 10, 2007, the network (as well as sister cable news network
International coverage
Certain shows such as Virginie and Le Téléjournal are carried on international francophone channels TV5Monde.
As with CBC Television, Ici Télé stations can be viewed over-the-air in the northern United States including the border areas of eastern Maine via CBAFT-DT Moncton or CKRT-DT Rivière-du-Loup; northern and central New England via CKSH-DT Sherbrooke; the border areas of New York and Vermont via CBFT-DT Montreal, CBOFT-DT Ottawa-Gatineau or CBLFT-DT Toronto; or in northwest Washington via CBUFT-DT Vancouver.
Notable staff
- Marcel Desjardins — televised news editor-in-chief and director[20][21]
- Pierre Dufault — sports journalist[22]
- Pierre Nadeau — journalist, television presenter and producer[23][24]
Notes
- ^ Radio Canada (in French)
- ^ "Radio Canada". Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "IOC awards 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games broadcast rights in Canada". Olympic.org. August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ^ "The countdown is on! CBC/Radio-Canada marks six months to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". cbc.radio-canada.ca (Press release). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 5, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "This year's Bye Bye was the top-rated show in Quebec TV history". montrealgazette. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Radio-Canada, Médias numériques de (December 13, 2023). "Horaire | ICI Télé | Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2008-5". April 25, 2008.
- ^ "ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-130". June 26, 2008.
- ^ de Noncourt, Thierry (March 1, 2018). "Fin de diffusion pour CKRN". Le Citoyen Rouyn-Noranda (in French). Médias Transcontinental S.E.N.C. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ "Application 2021-0236-7" (ZIP). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. April 15, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Aucun thème sélectionné- (February 27, 2009). "Des choix s'imposent". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "First transformation step is to Recreate Radio-Canada" (Press release). CBC/Radio-Canada. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "Branding: Radio-Canada corrects the record" (Press release). CBC/Radio-Canada. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ ""ICI" stands for "ICI Radio-Canada"" (Press release). CBC/Radio-Canada. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "New Brand Architecture" (PDF). News Releases. CBC/Radio-Canada French Services. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ "ICI Radio-Canada: We've heard you" (Press release). CBC/Radio-Canada. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "Radio-Canada retreats on rebranding company as ICI". CBC News. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Radio-Canada president apologizes for 'Ici' rebranding plan". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Décès de Marcel Desjardins". Le Devoir (in French). February 11, 2003. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "Obsèques de Marcel Desjardins". Radio-Canada (in French). February 16, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Gratton, Denis (June 22, 2018). "Pierre Dufault, le dernier des grands". Le Droit (in French). Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Agence QMI (September 3, 2019). "Décès du journaliste Pierre Nadeau". TVA Nouvelles (in French). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "Pierre Nadeau, grand reporter au parcours exceptionnel, s'éteint à 82 ans". Radio-Canada (in French). September 3, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2021.