Vidéoclick

Vidéoclick
Country	Belgium
Headquarters	Chaussée d'Ixelles 227b 1050 Brussels; Tél: (32) (0)2/650.09.20; Fax: (32) (0)2/646.07.12
Programming
Language(s)	4:3 SDTV)
History
Launched	3 April 2007; 17 years ago
Closed	29 July 2009; 14 years ago
Former names	AB5 (2005-2006) La Quatre (2006-20 April 2007)
Links
Website	www.videoclick.com

Vidéoclick was a commercial television channel shown in the French Community of Belgium.

History of the channel

The Youth Channel Television group, which operates the Belgian channels

Club RTL

and AB5, the youth channel in competition with Plug TV.

Although Claude Berda, head of

AB Groupe, was still in conflict with the Audiovisual Council (CSA) over his non-cooperation with certain regulations with AB3 in 2001 and 2002, the members of the CSA awarded a 9-year licence to AB5 on 18 February 2005. The launch of the channel took place without any agreement being reached with a cable broadcaster. The broadcast tests took place over Idéatel (around Mons

) with the channel opening by showing pop videos for a few days, on Igeho (Hainaut Occidental) and channel 72, with the channel showing a black screen for a few days, and on Coditel from February 2005 to August 2006.

In September

digital television in France on the new "La Quatre". It also allowed the channel to place itself directly after the three main channels of the RTBF, as the fourth francophone Belgian channel, in place of RTL-TVI, which returned to Luxembourg in 2005

.

Failing to find an audience, and very similar to

AB Groupe decided to stop showing "La Quatre" on 3 April 2007

.

On 3 April 2007, Vidéoclick took over from La Quatre (formerly AB5) and became a channel based around a website.

Organisation

Managers

Président :

Rolland Berda

Capital

Vidéoclick is owned 100% by BTV SA (formerly YTV), financed 49% by

AB Groupe

, and Ipercast SA.

Programmes

Formerly, La Quatre showed similar programs to AB4, such as TV series and old films. There was no call-TV and no teleshopping. When call-TV and teleshopping was shown on AB4, La Quatre showed old series.

To start with, the programs shown on AB4 (including call-TV and teleshopping) were shown at the same time on La Quatre. Sometimes La Quatre showed the same programmes but delayed by a few days. La Quatre started showing pop videos in March 2007 until midday, and repeated these programmes in the evening.

Currently, Vidéoclick shows short advertising films, humorous videos, short clips, films, which are also available on the channel's website. People who visit the website of the channel can vote for the videos which they wish to be shown on the Vidéoclick channel.

Vidéoclick has changed broadcast since July 2008.

Broadcast

La Quatre was shown on

Belgacom TV

since mid-March 2007.

Since April 2007, Vidéoclick is available via AB Sat and on the channel's website.

External links