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 (, ''Information Network''). It is the French-language equivalent of

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Overview

ICI RDI is distributed on

basic cable Cable television first became available in the United States in 1948. By 1989, 53 million American households received cable television subscriptions, with 60 percent of all U.S. households doing so in 1992. A 2021 Pew Research Center survey found ...

and satellite television to 9.8 million homes, including two million in Quebec, and is seen by half a million English viewers each week. 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

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's inflight entertainment and is seen in five major Canadian airports as ''RDI express''. Ici RDI was also responsible for continuous news updates on MétroVision screens in the

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. This service has been discontinued as of an unknown date.

Revenue

According to the Canadian Communication's Monitoring Report - Broadcasting System 2014, there are 11.1 million subscribers to the channel and a 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 on the main French-language television network,

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. 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 CBVT-DT (channel 11), branded on-air as ICI Québec, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as ). CBVT-DT's studios are located on Rue ...

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 duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada, twinstick wi ...

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and

CKTV-DT CKTV-DT (channel 12), branded ICI Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, serving the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known ...

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

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, ...

'' - anchored by

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(Monday-Thursday 9 p.m.) and Pascale Nadeau (Friday-Sunday 9 p.m.) * '' Le Téléjournal Midi'' - anchored by Geneviève Asselin (Daily 12 p.m.) * ''RDI Matin'' - hosted by

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and Martine Defoy (Weekdays 5 a.m.) *'' RDI Matin Week-End'' - hosted by Martin Labrosse (Saturday and Sunday 5:30 a.m.) *''24/60'' (formerly ''24 heures en 60 minutes'') (24 Hours in 60 minutes) - hosted by

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(Weeknights 7 p.m.) * ''Les EX'' - (The EX's) hosted by Michel Viens (Monday to Thursday 12:30 p.m.) * ''La période de questions'' - (Question period) hosted by Michel Viens (Friday 12:30 p.m.) * '' En Direct avec Patrice Roy'' - hosted by Patrice Roy (Monday to Friday 5 p.m.) * ''RDI Économie'' - hosted by Gérard Fillion (Weeknights 6:30 p.m.) * '' Grands reportages'' (The Big Reports) * ''Le National'' - hosted by Brigitte Bougie and Claudine Bourbonnais (Weeknights 6 and 11 p.m.)

ICI Radio-Canada Télé Ici Radio-Canada Télé (stylized as ICI Radio-Canada Télé, and sometimes abbreviated as Ici Télé) is a Television in Canada, Canadian Canadian French, French-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by the Can ...

Productions: * '' L'Épicerie'' - hosted by Denis Gagné and Joane Despins (Saturday 5:30 p.m.) * '' Les Coulisses du pouvoir'' (The corridors of Power) - hosted by Emmanuelle Latraverse (Sunday 11 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.) * ''

'' (Discovery) - hosted by Charles Tisseyre (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 * Brigitte Bougie * Claudine Bourbonnais * Martine Defoy * Julie Drolet *

* Gérald Fillion *

- ''

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

* Isabelle Richer * Michel Viens

Past programming

Former

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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 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 * Pascale Nadeau,

(Today) *

, Le Monde ce matin (The World This Morning) * Pierre Chevrier, L'ouest en direct (The West Live) *

, Le Canada aujourd'hui (Canada Today), Le Monde ce soir (The World This Evening) * Geneviève Asselin, RDI week-end (RDI Weekend) * Jean Groulx, L'Ontario en direct (Ontario Live) * Daniel Poirier, L'Atlantique en direct (The Atlantic Live) * Odette Gough, RDI en ligne (RDI Online) * Michelle Vimly,

1^re édition (The Telejournal First Edition) * Bernard Derome,

1^re édition (The Telejournal First Edition) * Nancy Sabourin, 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 the 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) 2013–2020 * ''Quoi qu'il arrive'' (Whatever happens) 2020-2023 * ''Voyez grand'' (See big) 2023–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

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and

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Logos

rdi-1994.jpg , 1995-era RDI logo from the first broadcast day (screenshot). Rdi tv.png, Updated version of the original Réseau de l'information (logo).svg, Modified logo from the previous one, used until May 2, 2008. RDI (TV).svg, Final logo as RDI; 2008-2014 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 Specialty television channels in Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television networks