Ici RDI


Ici RDI is a Canadian French-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel began broadcasting on January 1, 1995, as Réseau de l'information. It is the French-language equivalent of CBC News Network.

Overview

ICI RDI is distributed on basic cable 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 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
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 was also responsible for continuous news updates on MétroVision screens in the Montreal Metro. 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 Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal and Quebec City. 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.. These bulletins are also on the main French-language television network, Ici Radio-Canada Télé. 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 Quebec City, CBAFT-DT Moncton and CKTV-DT Saguenay.
The channel also broadcasts factual programs in the form of food program L'épicerie, current affairs in Les Grand Reportages, science in Découverte, 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 English-language counterpart, the CBC News Network.

Current programs

  • L'info - hosted by Christine Fournier, Alexis De Lancer and various anchors
  • Le Téléjournal - anchored by Céline Galipeau and Pascale Nadeau
  • Le Téléjournal Midi - anchored by Geneviève Asselin
  • RDI Matin - hosted by Marc-André Masson and Martine Defoy
  • RDI Matin Week-End - hosted by Martin Labrosse
  • 24/60 - hosted by Anne-Marie Dussault
  • Les EX - hosted by Michel Viens
  • La période de questions - hosted by Michel Viens
  • En Direct avec Patrice Roy - hosted by Patrice Roy
  • RDI Économie - hosted by Gérard Fillion
  • Grands reportages
  • Le National - hosted by Brigitte Bougie and Claudine Bourbonnais
ICI Radio-Canada Télé Productions:
  • L'Épicerie - hosted by Denis Gagné and Joane Despins
  • Les Coulisses du pouvoir - hosted by Emmanuelle Latraverse
  • Découverte - hosted by Charles Tisseyre
  • Second Regard - a religious show hosted by Alain Crevier
  • La Facture - a consumer affairs program hosted by Pierre Craig
  • La Semaine Verte - hosted by Catherine Mercier

    Current anchors

  • Geneviève Asselin
  • Marie-Josée Bouchard
  • Brigitte Bougie
  • Claudine Bourbonnais
  • Martine Defoy
  • Julie Drolet
  • Anne-Marie Dussault
  • Gérald Fillion
  • Christine Fournier
  • Céline Galipeau - Le Téléjournal 1re édition
  • Martin Labrosse
  • Emmanuelle Latraverse
  • Marc-André Masson
  • Isabelle Richer
  • Michel Viens

    Past programming

Former Governor General Michaëlle Jean hosted programs for both the English and French language CBC networks. She presented Grands Reportages on Ici RDI and The Passionate Eye on CBC News Network 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
  • Nathalie Chung, Aujourd'hui, Le monde ce soir
  • Claude Beauchamp, Capital Actions
  • Michel Jean, Le Québec en direct
  • Simon Durivage, Sans Détour
  • Pascale Nadeau, Aujourd'hui
  • Christine Fournier, Le Monde ce matin
  • Pierre Chevrier, L'ouest en direct
  • Michaëlle Jean, Le Canada aujourd'hui, Le Monde ce soir
  • Geneviève Asselin, RDI week-end
  • Jean Groulx, L'Ontario en direct
  • Daniel Poirier, L'Atlantique en direct
  • Odette Gough, RDI en ligne
  • Michelle Vimly, Le Téléjournal 1re édition
  • Bernard Derome, Le Téléjournal 1re édition
  • Nancy Sabourin, Au travail

    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 1995-?
  • Source d'information 2006–2013. Advertised on-screen as analogous to a source of water, a source of energy etc.
  • L'info en premier 2013–2020
  • Quoi qu'il arrive 2020-2023
  • Voyez grand 2023–present

    High definition

As with ICI Radio-Canada Télé, all programming aired on RDI began being produced in widescreen on September 10, 2007. On May 2, 2008, RDI launched a high-definition simulcast, RDI HD.
It is available on Bell Satellite TV, Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco, Optik TV, Rogers Cable and Vidéotron.

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