Ici RDI (stylized ICI RDI) is a

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specialty news channel owned by the

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(known in French as Société Radio-Canada). The channel began broadcasting on January 1, 1995 as Réseau de l'information ( en, Information Network). It is the French-language equivalent of

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Overview

Ici RDI is distributed on basic cable and satellite television to 9.8 million homes, including two million in Quebec and seen each week by half-million English viewers. The channel has mandatory carriage status for viewers outside Quebec. Ici RDI relies on the news-gathering resources of the

: * 400 journalists * Ten newsrooms based in ''

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'' in

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* 30 bureaus across Canada, and seven foreign bureaus Ici RDI provides news, business, weather and sports information on Air Canada's inflight entertainment and is seen in five major Canadian airports as ''RDI express''. Ici RDI is likewise responsible for continuous news updates available on all public screens in the Montreal Subway System.

Revenue

According to the Canadian Communication's Monitoring report - Broadcasting System 2014, there are 11.1 million subscribers to the channel and revenue of $54.6 million.

Programming

Ici RDI broadcasts full newscasts at the top of each hour and headlines every half hour from the newsroom of

and

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. '' Le Téléjournal Midi'' is broadcast each weekday at noon and the main evening news bulletin ''Le Téléjournal/Le Point'' every evening live at 9:00 p.m. (eastern). These bulletins are also seen on the main French-language television network,

Ici Radio-Canada Télé Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly known as Télévision de Radio-Canada) is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada), the national pub ...

. The channel covers major events live from around the world, relying on a staff interpreter for simultaneous translation from English to French whenever necessary. It also rebroadcasts the main supper-hour bulletins from CBVT-DT

CBAFT-DT CBAFT-DT (channel 11) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, serving Acadians in the Maritimes and Franco-Newfoundlanders in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is part of a twinstick with Fredericton-based CBC Tele ...

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and

CKTV-DT CKTV-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, branded on-air as ICI Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada and serving the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. ...

Saguenay. The channel also broadcasts factual programs in the form of food program ''L'épicerie'', current affairs in ''Les Grand Reportages'' (The Big Reports), science in

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(Discovery) and ''Tout le Monde en Parlait'' - a look back at past culture seen through the eyes of current events. During the weekend there is a greater amount of these programs, much in the same format as its

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counterpart, the

. Ici RDI also carries ''

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'' from France 2, rebroadcasting it the following weekday at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern).

Current programs

* ''L'info'' (News) - hosted by

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(Weekdays 9:30 a.m.),

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(Weekdays 1:30 p.m.) and various anchors (Weekends 1:30, 3 and 4 p.m.) * ''

Le Téléjournal ''Le Téléjournal'' is the umbrella title used for the television newscasts aired on the Ici Radio-Canada Télé broadcast network. ''Le Téléjournal'' (by itself) has been used since 1954 as the title of the network's flagship newscast, orig ...

'' - anchored by

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(Monday-Thursday 9 p.m.) and

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(Friday-Sunday 9 p.m.) * '' Le Téléjournal Midi'' - anchored by Geneviève Asselin (Daily 12 p.m.) * ''RDI Matin'' - hosted by Marc-André Masson and Martine Defoy (Weekdays 5 a.m.) *'' RDI Matin Week-End'' - hosted by

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(Saturday and Sunday 5:30 a.m.) *''24/60'' (formerly ''24 heures en 60 minutes'') (24 Hours in 60 minutes) - hosted by Anne-Marie Dussault (Weeknights 7 p.m.) * ''Les EX'' - (The EX's) hosted by

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(Monday to Thursday 12:30 p.m.) * ''La période de questions'' - (Question period) hosted by

(Friday 12:30 p.m.) * ''

En Direct avec Patrice Roy En or EN may refer to: Businesses * Bouygues (stock symbol EN) * Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (reporting mark EN, but now known as Southern Railway of Vancouver Island) * Euronews, a news television and internet channel Language and writing * E ...

'' - hosted by Patrice Roy (Monday to Friday 5 p.m.) * ''RDI Économie'' - hosted by

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(Weeknights 6:30 p.m.) * '' Grands reportages'' (The Big Reports) * '' Le National'' - hosted by

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and Claudine Bourbonnais (Weeknights 6 and 11 p.m.)

Productions: * '' L'Épicerie'' - hosted by

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and Joane Despins (Saturday 5:30 p.m.) * ''

Les Coulisses du pouvoir ''Les Coulisses du pouvoir'' ("The Corridors of Power") is a Canadian television news series, which airs on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and Ici RDI. Hosted by Daniel Thibeault, the series covers Canadian politics in a Sunday morning talk show format, ...

'' (The corridors of Power) - hosted by

Emmanuelle Latraverse Emmanuelle Latraverse (born December 30, 1974) is a Canadian television journalist, who previously worked for Radio Canada and currently for TVA Nouvelles and the Journal de Montréal.Marc-André Lemieux"« Retour au bercail » pour Emmanuelle L ...

(Sunday 11 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.) * ''

'' (Discovery) - hosted by

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(Sunday 8 p.m.) * '' Second Regard'' (A Second Look) - a religious show hosted by Alain Crevier (Sunday 9:30 p.m.) * '' La Facture'' - a consumer affairs program hosted by Pierre Craig (Sunday 5:30 p.m.) * '' La Semaine Verte'' (The Green Week) - hosted by Catherine Mercier (Sunday 11 p.m.)

Current anchors

* Geneviève Asselin * Marie-Josée Bouchard *

* Claudine Bourbonnais * Martine Defoy * Julie Drolet * Anne-Marie Dussault * Gérald Fillion *

- ''

'' 1^re édition (Telejournal First Edition) (evening from Monday to Thursday) *

* Marc-André Masson *

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Past programming

Former

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Michaëlle Jean hosted programs for both the English and French language CBC networks. She presented '' Grands Reportages'' on Ici RDI and ''

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'' on

as well as having her own talk show, called ''Michaëlle''. She also served as a substitute anchor on ''Le Téléjournal''.

Original hosts

* Claude Desbiens, Le Monde ce matin (The World This Morning) * Nathalie Chung,

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(week-end), Le monde ce soir (week-end) *

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, Capital Actions *

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, Le Québec en direct (Quebec Live) * Simon Durivage, Sans Détour *

(Today) *

, Le Monde ce matin (The World This Morning) * Pierre Chevrier, L'ouest en direct (The West Live) * Michaëlle Jean, Le Canada aujourd'hui (Canada Today), Le Monde ce soir (The World This Evening) * Geneviève Asselin,

RDI week-end RDI may refer to: Organisations * Ici RDI, formerly Réseau de l'information, a Canadian French language news channel owned by Radio-Canada * Rassemblement démocratique pour l'indépendance, unofficial banner of dissident deputies of Parti Québ ...

(RDI Weekend) *

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, L'Ontario en direct (Ontario Live) *

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, L'Atlantique en direct (The Atlantic Live) * Odette Gough, RDI en ligne (RDI Online) * Michelle Vimly,

1^re édition (The Telejournal First Edition) *

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1^re édition (The Telejournal First Edition) *

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, Au travail (Work)

Slogans and branding

In January 2014, RDI changed its on-air brand to Ici RDI as part of a plan to rebrand all of CBC's French-language outlets under a common brand.

Slogans

* ''L'information continue'' (Continuous information) 1995-? * ''Source d'information'' (Source of information) 2006–2013. Advertised on-screen as analogous to a source of water, a source of energy etc. * ''L'info en premier'' (News first) 2013–present

High definition

As with

, all programming aired on RDI began being produced in widescreen (and letterboxed on all standard definition feeds) on September 10, 2007. On May 2, 2008, RDI launched a high-definition simulcast, ''RDI HD''. It is available on Bell Satellite TV,

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, Optik TV,

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and Vidéotron.

Logos

Image:rdi-1994.jpg , 1995-era RDI logo from first day of broadcast (screenshot). Image:Rdi tv.png, Updated version of the original Image:RDI logo.svg, Modified logo from the previous one, used until May 2, 2008. File:RDI (TV).svg, Final logo as RDI; 2008-2014 Image:ICI RDI.png, First logo as Ici RDI; 2014-2016

References

External links

* {{Television news in Canada 24-hour television news channels in Canada CBC News Television channels and stations established in 1995 French-language television networks in Canada Analog cable television networks in Canada Category C services Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television networks