Ici_RDI Knowpia

ICI RDI
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister channels	CBC News Network; Ici Radio-Canada Télé
History
Launched	January 1, 1995
Former names	Réseau de l'information (1995-2014)
Links
Website	ici.radio-canada.ca/rdi (in French)
Availability
Streaming media
Ici RDI's website	Live video; Live audio

Ici RDI is a Canadian French-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada). The channel began broadcasting on January 1, 1995, as Réseau de l'information (English: Information Network). It is the French-language equivalent of CBC News Network.

Overview edit

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.^[1]

ICI RDI relies on the news-gathering resources of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:

400 journalists
Ten newsrooms based in Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal
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.^[2] Ici RDI is likewise responsible for continuous news updates on all public screens in the Montreal Subway System.

Revenue edit

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. ^[3]

Programming edit

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. (eastern). 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 (The Big Reports), science in Découverte (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 English-language counterpart, the CBC News Network.

Current programs edit

L'info (News) - hosted by Christine Fournier (Weekdays 9:30 a.m.), Alexis De Lancer (Weekdays 1:30 p.m.) and various anchors (Weekends 1:30, 3 and 4 p.m.)
Le Téléjournal - anchored by Céline Galipeau (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 Marc-André Masson 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 Anne-Marie Dussault (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 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.)
Découverte (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 edit

Geneviève Asselin
Marie-Josée Bouchard
Brigitte Bougie
Claudine Bourbonnais
Martine Defoy
Julie Drolet
Anne-Marie Dussault
Gérald Fillion
Christine Fournier
Céline Galipeau - Le Téléjournal 1^re édition (Telejournal First Edition) (evening from Monday to Thursday)
Martin Labrosse
Emmanuelle Latraverse
Marc-André Masson
Isabelle Richer
Michel Viens

Past programming edit

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 edit

Claude Desbiens, Le Monde ce matin (The World This Morning)
Nathalie Chung, Aujourd'hui (week-end), Le monde ce soir (week-end)
Claude Beauchamp, Capital Actions
Michel Jean, Le Québec en direct (Quebec Live)
Simon Durivage, Sans Détour
Pascale Nadeau, Aujourd'hui (Today)
Christine Fournier, 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 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, Le Téléjournal 1^re édition (The Telejournal First Edition)
Bernard Derome, Le Téléjournal 1^re édition (The Telejournal First Edition)
Nancy Sabourin, Au travail (Work)

Slogans and branding edit

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.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Slogans edit

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 (Whenever that happened) 2020-2023
Voyez grand (See big) 2023–present

High definition edit

As with ICI Radio-Canada Télé, 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, Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco, Optik TV, Rogers Cable and Vidéotron.

Logos edit

1995-era RDI logo from the first broadcast day (screenshot).
Updated version of the original
Modified logo from the previous one, used until May 2, 2008.
Final logo as RDI; 2008-2014
First logo as Ici RDI; 2014-2016

References edit

^ Broadcasting Decision 2013-372
^ Corporate website. Retrieved 02-02-2014
^ "Communications Monitoring Report 2014: Broadcasting System". Archived from the original on 2014-09-07.
^ "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.
^ "Le minister Moore reticent au changement de nom de Radio-Canada". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Société Radio-Canada. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 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.