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42-539: In November 2000, a joint venture between Stornoway Communications and Cogeco were granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called The Pet Network , described as "a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service devoted to pets and working animals." Prior to the channel's launch, in January 2004,

84-672: A VoIP -based telephony service offering customers unlimited local & long distance calling within Canada and to the United States, voice mail, call display, call waiting, visual call waiting, call forwarding, 411-directory assistance, 911-emergency assistance, 611-technical support assistance, 711-message relay services and 0-operator services. More than 400,000 television service subscribers. Ici Radio-Canada T%C3%A9l%C3%A9 Ici Radio-Canada Télé (stylized as ICI Radio-Canada Télé , and sometimes abbreviated as Ici Télé )

126-638: A sketch comedy special satirizing news stories and events from the past year (comparable to the Royal Canadian Air Farce New Year's Eve specials formerly shown by the English-language CBC Television). In recent years it has become the most-watched program of the year on Quebecois television; the 2021 edition of Bye Bye was the most-watched program in Quebecois television history, and four out of

168-697: A loop from November 23 until its official launch on December 3 at 5:00pm EST . The channel would subsequently be added to various other television services providers over the years since its launch, however, the largest being Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct , added in October and November 2010, respectively. The launch on the Shaw Communications-owned platforms gave the channel wide distribution in Western Canada on cable and nationally via satellite. On November 12, 2012, to coincide with

210-470: A new subsidiary called Cogeco Peer 1 . In January 2018, Cogeco Communications Inc. announced that its US subsidiary Atlantic Broadband had completed the acquisition of the cable systems owned by Harron Communications which were operating under the brand name MetroCast for US$ 1.4 billion, making the company the eight largest hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America. In February 2019,

252-727: A second offer, increasing it to CA$ 11.1 billion in cash, which was again rejected by the Audet family. The offer expired that November. Rogers subsequently sold its remaining stakes in the Cogeco companies to the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in December 2023. Following the acquisition of systems in Ohio in 2021, Atlantic Broadband rebranded as Breezeline in early 2022. On 21 October 2020, Cogeco Communications announced an agreement for

294-516: A television station in Trois-Rivières , Quebec. The call sign would be CKTM-TV , and it would become an affiliate of the CBC's French-language network . Télévision St. Maurice Inc . was later renamed Cogéco Radio-Télévision Inc . , a subsidiary of Cogeco Inc. He would also become chairman and president of La Belle Vision Inc . , which was in 1972, Cogeco's first acquisition. Henri Audet

336-406: A total of 27 digital transmitters. For most of its history, the network was branded as Radio-Canada. In television listings such as TV Guide or TV Hebdo , where space limitations usually require television networks to be referred to by a three-letter abbreviation; while its full name was previously Télévision de Radio-Canada , the network was normally coded as SRC (for Société Radio-Canada,

378-835: A total of twenty-two radio stations in Quebec and one in Ontario. Also that year, the company purchased Métromédia for CA$ 41 million to later sell it in 2018 to Bell Media for an undisclosed amount. In February 2012, the company also sold its cable system Cabovisão in Portugal to the European media group Altice . In July 2012, the company expanded into the U.S. market by acquiring the cable system operator Atlantic Broadband . In December that same year, it acquired Peer 1 Hosting, an internet infrastructure provider, and later in October 2015, merged it with its Cogeco Data Services, forming

420-560: A week. Investigative reporting is broadcast weekly as Enquête . In 2008, the program tested the safety levels of Tasers in the wake of concerns raised after a Polish immigrant died after RCMP police officers fired a Taser in Vancouver International Airport . Other shows such as Découverte raised concerns about the safety of overhead bridges in Montreal after the collapse of a bridge in 2007. There

462-682: Is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada [SRC]), the national public broadcaster . Its English-language counterpart is CBC Television . Its headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal , which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT , as well as the master control facilities of all of its owned-and-operated stations nationwide. Until

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504-586: Is a Canadian telecommunications and media company. Its corporate offices are located at 1 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal , Quebec. The company is structured into three strategic business units (SBU); Cogeco Connexion, Breezeline (previously known as Atlantic Broadband), and Cogeco Media. The company provides a range of telecommunication products and services including cable television, radio and television broadcasting, telephony, and Internet services in Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and in thirteen states along

546-623: Is a long-running talk show imported from the same show of the same name in France and has featured high-profile guests, such as Julie Couillard and former Action démocratique du Québec leader Mario Dumont . A weekly music show called Studio 12 appears on Sundays. Although the bulk of the prime-time schedule is Quebec-produced, a few dubbed shows from the US have also aired in prime-time, such as Perdus , Beautées désepérées , and Chère Betty . On New Year's Eve, Radio-Canada presents Bye Bye ,

588-698: Is also weekly programming on political affairs concerning the National Assembly of Quebec and the House of Commons of Canada with Les coulisses du pouvoir (The Corridors of Power). Science and technology issues are covered in Découverte and agricultural and rural topics in La semaine verte . Consumer affairs are covered in L'épicerie and Facture . From 1952 to 2004, the network was home to weekly French-language broadcasts of ice hockey matches involving

630-575: Is available through both pay television services, and through ATSC digital terrestrial television on the following channels: On September 10, 2007, the network (as well as sister cable news network RDI ) began broadcasting all programming solely in the 16:9 aspect ratio with few exceptions, and began letterboxing its widescreen feed for standard definition viewers. Certain shows such as Virginie and Le Téléjournal are carried on international francophone channels TV5Monde . As with CBC Television , Ici Télé stations can be viewed over-the-air in

672-520: Is envisaged that regional news programming may be merged in the regions outside Quebec. Radio-Canada once operated an extensive network of rebroadcasters, but they were closed by 2012. SRC converted its originating station transmitters to digital as part of the digital transition deadline in mandatory markets, which took place on August 31, 2011. On July 31, 2012, all of the corporation's 620 analogue television transmitters were permanently shut down, leaving CBC's English and French television network with

714-536: The Empire Club of Canada that the corporation is facing a budget shortfall and as a result some services may be forced to close down and/or stations merged or sold off, saying: "La crise économique nous force à revoir toutes les facettes de nos activités." ("The economic crisis forced us to review all facets of our activities.") It is not yet clear how the announcement will affect stations owned by either CBC Television or Télévision de Radio-Canada, however it

756-554: The Montreal Canadiens , called La Soirée du hockey . The show was discontinued when broadcast rights reverted to RDS . Viewers outside Quebec were able to continue watching games via Radio-Canada stations until 2006 when RDS became exclusive broadcasters. Radio-Canada was also the home of the Montreal Alouettes before moving to RDS. It was also home for many years to French-language television broadcasts of

798-873: The Montreal Expos . After briefly losing the rights to V and RDS as part of the CTV/Rogers consortium , CBC/Radio-Canada re-gained rights to the Olympic Games in 2014, with Radio-Canada as main French-language broadcaster. The CBC's rights have since been renewed through 2024 . The most popular entertainment shows on the network are variety shows such as Tout le monde en parle and M pour musique , sketch shows like Les invincibles and Et Dieu créa... Laflaque and dramas such as Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin , Virginie and Tout sur moi . Tout le monde en parle in particular

840-628: The talk show Tout le monde en parle . With this success, however, have come accusations of dumbing down . For instance, Tout le monde en parle replaced the long-running Sunday night arts series Les Beaux Dimanches . News programming is anchored by Le Téléjournal , which airs nightly at 10:00 p.m. Local newscasts, which air during the lunch and supper hours, now also carry the Téléjournal name, i.e., Le Téléjournal Montréal . The regional newscasts used to be called Ce Soir (This Evening) . All Radio-Canada newscasts are broadcast under

882-498: The 2012 closedown of the CBC / Radio-Canada rebroadcaster network , it was the only francophone network in Canada to broadcast terrestrially in all Canadian provinces. This network is considered more popular than CBC Television. It does not face such intense competition from American networks. Despite this, it has trailed TVA in the ratings for most of the last 30 years, roughly as long as its English counterpart has trailed CTV . Its ratings have improved with offbeat sitcoms , and

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924-479: The Audet family, indicated shortly thereafter that they would not support the offer. It was also rejected by the companies' boards of directors , and Quebec Premier François Legault had also signalled his opposition to losing another major Quebec-based company. Altice and Rogers said they would continue to pursue a purchase, with Rogers promising to maintain a separate management team and regional headquarters for its Quebec operations. In October 2020, Altice made

966-477: The CRTC approved an application that would see Stornoway acquire Cogeco's interest in the proposed service, along with all other services owned by Stornoway, namely ichannel and bpm:tv . In November 2004, Stornoway announced that it had reached an agreement with Rogers Communications to launch the channel on its digital cable platform in December 2004. The channel subsequently ran a 30-minute promotional program on

1008-583: The Canadian and U.S. cable and telecom operations. The name Cogeco is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication ("General Communications Company"). In June 1957, Henri Audet (1918-2012) left the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), became president and managing director of Télévision St. Maurice Inc., and was awarded a broadcasting license by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) to operate

1050-400: The French language corporate name of the CBC as a whole). While the network experimented with using SRC as its on-air brand in the 1990s, within a few months it reverted to using "Radio-Canada" for nearly all verbal references. The experiment ended later in the decade. In 2009 Radio-Canada refreshed its branding featuring the word "Télévision" underneath the corporate logo; in promos, it features

1092-705: The acquisition of DERYTelecom by its subsidiary Cogeco Connexion for $ 405 million. Founded in Saguenay, DERYTelecom is the third largest cable company in Quebec. The closing of the transaction is announced on 14 December 2020. In February 2023, the company announced that it had acquired the telecommunications operation of Internet service provider oxio Within its Canadian cable operations in Ontario and Quebec, 98% of all homes passed by Cogeco Cable-owned plant are able to access digital cable services. In August 2018, Cogeco announced that it would convert its cablesystems to IPTV using MediaKind platforms. Cogeco Cable

1134-436: The acquisition of an additional 19 cable systems. In a turn of events, in 2009, and again in 2010, Rogers invested substantially in both Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc., resulting in some speculation surrounding the two rivals. In 2011, the company increased its radio station assets by acquiring Corus Québec , a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment , and in 2018 acquired additional radio stations from RNC Média , giving it

1176-405: The channel and was requesting to revoke its broadcast licence due to inabilities in securing financially sustainable distribution agreements with television service providers. The company would later that year exit the television broadcasting business entirely when it shuttered its last remaining channel, ichannel, citing the same reasons for closing The Pet Network. Cogeco Cogeco Inc.

1218-539: The company announced it sold Cogeco Peer 1 to private equity firm Digital Colony for CA$ 720 million. Cogeco Peer 1 later changed its name to Aptum Technologies . On 2 September 2020, Altice USA announced an unsolicited offer to purchase both Cogeco and Cogeco Communications. Altice announced it would immediately resell Cogeco's Canadian assets to Rogers, which retains large minority interests in both Cogeco companies, while Altice would keep Cogeco's U.S. assets including Atlantic Broadband. Cogeco's controlling shareholders,

1260-465: The day in a pattern with no preemptions. The only exceptions are for local and regional programming and commercials. In 2007, Radio-Canada announced its intention to terminate its long-time affiliation with three regional affiliates in Sherbrooke , Trois-Rivières , and Saguenay . These stations were owned by Cogeco , at the time a majority owner of commercial rival TQS (now Noovo ). By the end of

1302-504: The east coast of the United States. Cogeco Inc. is a publicly traded company ( TSX :  CGO ) and is controlled through multiple voting shares (accounting for 71.29% of votes) by the Audet family's holding company Gestion Audem Inc. In turn, Cogeco Inc. fully owns Cogeco Media, and owns 82.96% of the voting rights in Cogeco Communications Inc. , a separate publicly traded company ( TSX :  CCA ) which owns

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1344-570: The launch of the channel's 2012-2013 fall programming launch, The Pet Network underwent a rebranding including of a new logo, on-air graphics, and website. In early April 2016, it was revealed by several television service providers, via their respective websites and other communications, that the channel would cease broadcasting on May 2, 2016. Stornoway Communications, who earlier shuttered another one of its own television channels, bpm:tv, in June 2015, revealed through regulatory filings, that it shuttered

1386-399: The logo, without any wording or slogans. On June 5, 2013, it was announced that as part of an overall effort to unify the CBC's French-language platforms and outlets under a common name, Télévision de Radio-Canada was to be renamed Ici Télé on September 9, 2013—a nod to its longtime system cue dating back to the 1930s on radio, Ici Radio-Canada (This is Radio-Canada). The re-branding

1428-472: The name Le Téléjournal . The main evening broadcast airs most nights at 10:00 p.m. local time (11:00 p.m. in the Maritimes ). Le Téléjournal is also seen live and as a repeat broadcast on a sister cable news channel RDI and on time-delay worldwide via an international francophone channel TV5 . There are no morning newscasts. Local and regional news also takes the Téléjournal name followed by

1470-489: The name of a city, region, or province, or by the time of day (for example Le Téléjournal Montréal , Le Téléjournal Midi , etc.) CBVT-DT Quebec City , CBLFT-DT Toronto and CBOFT-DT Ottawa , and CBAFT-DT in the Atlantic provinces run local midday bulletins. In contrast, all affiliates run supper-hour bulletins which run from Monday to Fridays, except for CBVT-DT , CBOFT-DT and CBAFT-DT , which run seven days

1512-611: The top five overall were editions of Bye Bye . Non-news regional programming is usually programmed for broadcast on weekends. It is limited to arts and culture and typically airs outside Quebec, especially in Atlantic Canada and Western Canada . For example, Zeste broadcasts on stations in Western Canada on Saturday early evenings, while Luc et Luc airs on Sunday evenings in Atlantic Canada. Of Canada's three major French-language television networks, Radio-Canada

1554-568: The year, TQS had filed for bankruptcy; as part of exiting bankruptcy, a deal was announced the following spring for Radio-Canada to directly acquire the stations. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on June 26, 2008. Only the stations in Rouyn-Noranda ( CKRN-DT , which closed in 2018) and Rivière-du-Loup ( CKRT-DT , which closed in 2021) remained as private affiliates, rather than owned-and-operated stations . On February 27, 2009, CBC/Radio-Canada President Hubert Lacroix admitted at

1596-690: Was panned by critics and politicians, who felt that the new brand was too confusing, and criticized the CBC's plans to downplay the historic "Radio-Canada" name as a viewer-facing brand, along with the reported $ 400,000 cost of the new campaign in the midst of budget cuts. In response to the criticism, Hubert Lacroix announced a compromise, where the Radio-Canada name would be added to the revised branding, resulting in Ici Radio-Canada Télé as its official name. The ombudsman of Radio-Canada has been Pierre Tourangeau since July 2011. He

1638-653: Was chairman and CEO of Cogeco Inc. between 1976 and 1993, and later in 1996, was named President Emeritus of Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc. Over time, the company divested itself of all its on-air broadcast television assets. In 1989, the company obtained its initial presence in Ontario by acquiring cable systems in Burlington and Oakville and in 1996 expanded further in Ontario by acquiring an additional 25 cable systems (303,000 customers for CA$ 350 million) from Rogers Communications . Between 1998 and 2001, Cogeco increased its footprint in both Quebec and Ontario with

1680-788: Was one of the first major cable operators to deploy its network compliant with the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard to provide all of its Internet Protocol (IP) based services, such as internet access and VoIP as early as 2002. In April 2009, Cogeco implemented a penalty for surpassing the bandwidth limits for each tier. As of August 2021, Cogeco offers up to gigabit download speeds (30 Mbit/s upload) in certain areas which takes advantage of its DOCSIS 3.1 platform upgrades and 180 Mbit/s download (10 Mbit/s upload) most of its footprint on DOCSIS 3.0. Cogeco Cable launched its digital phone service in June 2005,

1722-507: Was preceded by Julie Miville-Dechêne (2007–2011) Renaud Gilbert (2000–2007), Marcel Pépin (1997–1999), Mario Cardinal (1993–1997) and Bruno Gauron (1992). On March 5, 2005, Télévision de Radio-Canada launched an HD simulcast of its Montreal station CBFT-DT . Since that time they have also launched HD simulcasts in Quebec City ( CBVT-DT ), Ottawa ( CBOFT-DT ), Toronto ( CBLFT-DT ) and Vancouver ( CBUFT-DT ). The HD feed

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1764-557: Was the only one that, until 2012, broadcast terrestrially in all Canadian provinces. Except for Atlantic Canada , where a single station serves all four provinces, the network has at least one originating station in every province. These stations serve every major market in French and English Canada, with privately owned affiliates serving smaller markets in Quebec. Unlike CBC Television affiliates, which often had several alternative programming sources, Radio-Canada affiliates are effectively constrained to carry network programming throughout

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