Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian
French languageFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
television networkA television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks. Many early...
. It is owned by the
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. In French, it is called la Société Radio-Canada...
, known in french as
Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at
Maison Radio-CanadaMaison Radio-Canada is a skyscraper in Montreal, constructed in 1973 as a home for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's operations in Montreal....
in
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
, which is also home to the network's flagship station,
CBFTCBFT is the flagship station of Télévision de Radio-Canada, the French language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios and master control are located at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal....
. It is the only
francophoneThe adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
network in
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
to broadcast over-the-air in all Canadian provinces.
On September 10, 2007, Radio-Canada (as well as sister cable news network
RDIRéseau de l'information is a Canadian French language cable television news channel operated by CBC/Radio-Canada. RDI began broadcasting on January 1, 1995 and is considered the French-language equivalent of CBC Newsworld, also owned by the CBC....
) became the first over-the-air network in North America to broadcast solely, with few exceptions, in 16:9
widescreenA widescreen image is a film, computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the classical Hollywood cinema era. Silent film was projected at a ratio of four units wide to three units tall, often expressed as 4:3 or 1.33:1...
aspect ratioThe aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
, including on its standard definition signals.
Programming
Generally considered more populist than its English counterpart
CBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.-Overview:CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and children's programming, in most cases feeding the same programming at the same local times...
, this network has certainly been the more successful of the two, as it does not face such immense competition from
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
networks. For most of the last 30 years it has trailed
TVATVA is a Canadian French language privately owned television network.TVA is based in Quebec and has affiliates only in Quebec, although the affiliates in Rivière-du-Loup and Carleton-sur-Mer have rebroadcast transmitters in New Brunswick. Also, the affiliate in Gatineau is part of the Ottawa...
in the ratings, but has recently pulled closer with a resurgent schedule including offbeat sitcoms and
talk showA talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host...
Tout le monde en parleTout le monde en parle is the name of a talk show in both France and Quebec. The French title means "everyone's talking about it", literally it is all the world speaks of it.It is similar to the U.S...
.
With this success, however, have come accusations of
dumbing downDumbing down is viewed either as a pejorative term for a perceived over-simplification of, amongst other things, education, news and television, or as a statement of truth about real cultural trends in education and culture...
. For instance, the aforementioned
Tout le monde en parle replaced the long-running Sunday night arts series
Les Beaux Dimanches.
News programming is anchored by
Le TéléjournalLe Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English CBC's The National....
, which airs nightly at 10:00 p.m.; on weeknights it includes a current affairs segment,
Le Point. Local newscasts, which air during the lunch and supper hours, now also carry the
Téléjournal name, i.e.,
Le Téléjournal Montréal. Originally, the regional newscasts had the name
Ce Soir (This Evening).
Le Téléjournal
All Radio-Canada newscasts are broadcast under the name
Le TéléjournalLe Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English CBC's The National....
. The main evening broadcast airs most nights at 10:00 p.m. local time (11:00 p.m. in the Maritime provinces) followed by a magazine or a news in-depth section formerly known as
Le Point.
Le Téléjournal is also seen live and as a repeat broadcast on sister cable news channel
RDIRDI can refer to:* Reference Daily Intake , a quantity of recommended nutrient intake* Relationship Development Intervention, a treatment for autism* Relative dose intensity, a term used in describing chemotherapy...
and on time-delay worldwide via international
francophoneThe adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
channel
TV5TV5MONDE is a global television network, broadcasting several channels of French language programming. It is an approved participant member of ebu-History:...
. At present there are no morning newscasts. Local and regional news also takes the
Téléjournal name followed by the name of a city, region or province, or by the time of day (for example
Le Téléjournal MontréalMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
, (Le Téléjournal
Midi, etc).
CBVTCBVT channel 11 is a Radio-Canada owned and operated television station in Quebec City, Quebec, known on-air as Télévision de Radio-Canada Québec.The station, founded by Radio-Canada itself, first aired on September 3, 1964....
Quebec CityQuébec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
,
CBLFTCBLFT is the Radio-Canada television station providing French-language television in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions....
and
CBOFTCBOFT is the Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Ontarians in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, and the Québécois in the Outaouais region of Quebec. It is also the flagship of the provincewide "Ontario-Outaouais" network...
OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
, and
CBAFTCBAFT, branded as Télévision de Radio-Canada Acadie, is Radio-Canada's television service in Atlantic Canada, serving Acadians in the Maritimes and Franco-Newfoundlanders in Newfoundland and Labrador....
in the
Atlantic provincesAtlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
run local midday bulletins whilst all affiliates run supper-hour bulletins which run from Monday to Fridays, with the exception of
CBVTCBVT channel 11 is a Radio-Canada owned and operated television station in Quebec City, Quebec, known on-air as Télévision de Radio-Canada Québec.The station, founded by Radio-Canada itself, first aired on September 3, 1964....
,
CBOFTCBOFT is the Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Ontarians in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, and the Québécois in the Outaouais region of Quebec. It is also the flagship of the provincewide "Ontario-Outaouais" network...
and
CBAFTCBAFT, branded as Télévision de Radio-Canada Acadie, is Radio-Canada's television service in Atlantic Canada, serving Acadians in the Maritimes and Franco-Newfoundlanders in Newfoundland and Labrador....
http://www.radio-canada.ca/REGIONS/Atlantique/Tele/atlantiquecesoir.shtml which run seven days a week.
Current affairs
Investigative reporting is broadcast weekly as
EnquêteEnquête is a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which airs weekly on Radio-Canada and RDI. The show is anchored by Alain Gravel, and includes contributions from journalists Hélène Courchesne, Josée Dupuis, Sylvie Fournier, Guy Gendron, Normand Grondin, Solveig Miller, Madeleine Roy,...
. Recent shows 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 Airport. Other shows such as
DécouverteDécouverte is a French language Canadian television series which airs on SRC and is hosted by Charles Tisseyre. The series airs news and documentary features relating to science and technology.-External links:*...
raised concerns about the safety of overhead bridges in Montreal after the
collapseOn September 30, 2006, part of an overpass collapsed in Laval, a suburb of Montreal, on Boulevard de la Concorde running over Autoroute 19. The collapse crushed two vehicles under it, killing five people and seriously injuring six others who went over the edge while travelling on the overpass...
of a bridge in 2007.
There is also weekly programming on political affairs concerning the
National Assembly of QuebecThe National Assembly of Quebec is the name for the legislative body of the Canadian province of Quebec. The lieutenant governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.Since the...
and the House of Commons with
Les coulisses du pouvoir (The Corridors of Power). Science and technology issues are covered in écouverte and agricultural and rural topics in
La semaine verte. Consumer affairs are covered in
L'épicerie and
Facture
Sports
From 1952 up until 2004 the network was home to weekly French-language broadcasts of
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
matches involving the
Montreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, called
La soirée du hockey. The show was discontinued when broadcast rights reverted to RDS. Viewers outside of Quebec were able to continue watching games via Radio-Canada stations up until 2006 when RDS became exclusive broadcasters. Radio-Canada were also the home of the
Montreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current incarnation of the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
before moving also to RDS.
Occasionally live sports are carried by Radio-Canada including the Montreal Impact soccer club.
Currently there are two general sports shows:
La zone which is broadcast Monday to Friday at 11:00 p.m., and
Tellement sport on Saturday mornings
Entertainment
The most popular entertainment shows on the network are variety shows such as
Tout le monde en parleTout le monde en parle is the name of a talk show in both France and Quebec. The French title means "everyone's talking about it", literally it is all the world speaks of it.It is similar to the U.S...
and
M pour musique, sketch shows like
Les invincibles and
Et Dieu créa LaflaqueEt Dieu créa... Laflaque is a satirical show on Quebec television that comments on current events by the favour of the show's main character, Gérard D. Laflaque, a stereotypical, family father and an announcer. Created by the cartoonist Serge Chapleau, he is broadcast on a weekly basis since 2004...
and dramas such as
Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie PaquinLes Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which premiered on Radio-Canada in 2006...
,
VirginieVirginie is a French-language Canadian television series that airs Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada. It debuted in 1996. The show examines the public and private lives of teachers, students, and families at the fictional Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc high school.-Current main characters:* Virginie...
and
Tout sur moi.
Tout le monde en parle in particular 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 ex-
Action Democratique du QuebecThe Action démocratique du Québec is a populist, conservative, nationalist and autonomist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. Its official registered name is Action démocratique du Québec...
leader
Mario DumontMario Dumont is a former politician in the province of Quebec. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec , and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec , from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly...
. A weekly music show called Studio
12 makes an appearance on Sundays.
Although the bulk of the prime-time schedule is Quebec-produced, dubbed shows from the US also feature in prime-time, such as PerdusLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
, Beautées désepéréesDesperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producers, as of the fourth season, are Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
, and Chère BettyUgly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series created by Silvio Horta, which premiered on The American Broadcasting Company on September 28, 2006. The series revolves around Betty Suarez, an unglamorous and good-natured girl, and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic New York City...
.
On New Year's Eve, Radio-Canada presents a live comedy special, Bye ByeBye Bye is a Quebec sketch comedy television program from Radio-Canada. It ran for thirty years, from 1968 to 1998, and came back since 2007. Its full name changed as years passed...
, which features musical and comedy guests, performing live.
Children
Children`s programming airs in the morning and feature animated series such as Kim PossibleKim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day...
, Les Schtroumps
, Lizzie McGuireLizzie McGuire is a Disney Channel Original Series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 till 2004. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents. The TV show was created by Terri Minsky...
and
La cour de récre amongst Quebec-produced shows such as
La vie selon Annie.
Historically the most popular children's show on Radio-Canada was called
Passe-PartoutPasse-Partout was a Quebec French language children's television program produced by Radio-Québec that was in production from 1977 to 1987. It aired on Radio-Québec, Radio-Canada and TVOntario, lasting on some networks until 1998...
, which was in production for 10 years and broadcast until 1987. It was for some time a co-production with
Radio-QuébecTélé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
and also aired on those networks and
TVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, is a publicly-funded, educational English language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario...
.
Regional programming
Non-news regional programming exists, and is usually programmed for broadcast on weekends, however it is limited to arts and culture and typically airs outside of Quebec, especially in Acadia and the Western provinces. For example
Zeste broadcasts on stations in the Western provinces on Saturday early evenings, while
Luc et Luc airs Sunday evenings in the Maritimes.
Prime time schedule
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| Monday |
Virginie Virginie is a French-language Canadian television series that airs Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada. It debuted in 1996. The show examines the public and private lives of teachers, students, and families at the fictional Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc high school.-Current main characters:* Virginie...
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Les Parent |
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La galère |
Le Téléjournal Le Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English CBC's The National....
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| Tuesday |
La facture |
Providence Providence is a Canadian French language drama television series which aired on Radio-Canada since January 4, 2005.-Plot:Taking place in the fictional town of Providence in the Eastern Townships, the series focuses on the Beauchamp family and their cheese-making enterprise that was part of the...
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Aveux Aveux is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
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| Wednesday |
L'épicerie |
Le moment de vérité |
Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which premiered on Radio-Canada in 2006...
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| Thursday |
Infoman |
Enquête Enquête is a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which airs weekly on Radio-Canada and RDI. The show is anchored by Alain Gravel, and includes contributions from journalists Hélène Courchesne, Josée Dupuis, Sylvie Fournier, Guy Gendron, Normand Grondin, Solveig Miller, Madeleine Roy,...
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| Friday |
Kampaï! À votre santé |
Paquet voleur |
Une heure sur terre |
| Saturday |
En direct de l'univers |
Frères & sœursBrothers & Sisters is an American dramatic television series that centers on the upper class Walker family and their lives in Los Angeles, California.It premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006 after Desperate Housewives and airs Sundays...
|
Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomieGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series. It follows the lives of five surgical interns, later residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington. The pilot episode, "A Hard Day's Night" premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC...
|
Le Téléjournal Le Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English CBC's The National....
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Découverte Découverte is a French language Canadian television series which airs on SRC and is hosted by Charles Tisseyre. The series airs news and documentary features relating to science and technology.-External links:*...
(6:30 p.m.) |
Et Dieu créa... Laflaque |
Tout le monde en parle Tout le monde en parle is the name of a talk show in both France and Quebec. The French title means "everyone's talking about it", literally it is all the world speaks of it.It is similar to the U.S...
|
Le Téléjournal Le Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English CBC's The National....
(10:15 p.m.) |
Dramas and
téléromanA téléroman is a French-language dramatic television series, similar to a soap opera or a Spanish language telenovela, in Canada. In France, the téléroman genre is known as feuilleton télévisé...
s are in
blue; news programs are in cyan; comedies are in red; game shows and reality shows are in yellow; variety, interview, and music programs are in orange; sports programming are in green; and magazines are in brown.
Stations and affiliates
Of Canada's three major French-language television networks, Radio-Canada is the only one that broadcasts terrestrially in all Canadian provinces. With the exception of
Atlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
, where a single station serves all four provinces through an extensive network of rebroadcasters, 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
affiliateAn affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity.-Corporate structure:A corporation may be referred to as an affiliate of another when it is related to it but not strictly controlled by it, as with a subsidiary relationship, or when it is desired to avoid the...
s serving smaller markets in Quebec.
Unlike CBC Television affiliates, which often have several alternative programming sources, Radio-Canada affiliates are effectively constrained to carry network programming throughout the day, excluding 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,
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, and
SaguenaySaguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
, owned by commercial rival
TQSV is a Canadian privately-owned French language television network. The network can be seen on owned-and-operated and affiliated stations existing throughought Quebec; it can also be received in some other parts of Canada by satellite or cable...
. By the end of 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 and Rivière-du-Loup remain as private affiliates, rather than
O&OsIn the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
.
On February 27, 2009 CBC/Radio-Canada President Hubert Lacroix admitted at the
Empire Club of CanadaThe Empire Club of Canada, established in 1903, is a Canadian speakers' forums.Past speakers have included:* Indira Gandhi* Brian Mulroney* The Dalai Lama* Pierre Trudeau* Arthur Meighen* Edward Heath* Margaret Thatcher* Bill Gates* Lord Carrington...
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 is envisaged that regional news programming may be merged in the regions outside of Quebec.
Slogans and branding
In television listings such as TV Hebdo, where space limitations usually require television networks to be referred to by a three-letter abbreviation, the network is normally coded as SRC (for Société Radio-Canada, the French language corporate name of the CBC as a whole.) This has no official standing as a name for the network — although the network did once experiment with using SRC as its on-air brand in the 1990s, it reverted to "Radio-Canada" within a few months. In 2009 Radio-Canada refreshed its branding featuring simply the word "Télévision" underneath the corporate logo; in promos, it merely features the logo, without any wording or slogans.
This particular method of branding can cause slight confusion amongst Canadians as a whole. An exclusive interview with freed murderer
Karla HomolkaKarla Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale , is a Canadian ex-convict who attracted worldwide media attention when she was convicted of manslaughter following a plea bargain in the 1991 rape-murders of two Ontario teenage girls, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, as well as the rape and...
by Radio-Canada journalist Joyce Napier was hailed as a scoop for "Radio-Canada" in the English-language media
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1120564138762_3- Whilst correct, technically the name "Radio-Canada" refers to the television, radio and internet operations in the French-language, not just "la télévision de Radio-Canada". This same confusion however can extend to
CBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.-Overview:CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and children's programming, in most cases feeding the same programming at the same local times...
, where on-air it is branded simply "CBC".
Slogans
- Prior to fall 2004: Ici Radio-Canada (This is Radio-Canada): This is what the announcer said during the system cue
Station identification is the practice of radio or television stations or networks identifying themselves on air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name...
, when the network logo is displayed on-screen, but in the early-2000s, it became a promotional slogan in its own right.
- 2005: Vous allez voir (You are going to see/You will see).
- 2006: Ici comme dans la vie (Here as in life) and Radio-Canada, source d'information (Radio-Canada, source of information) for news promos.
- 2007: On l'aime déjà (We already love it)
- 2008: Bienvenue à Radio-Canada
Ombudsmen
The current
ombudsmanAn ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing the broad scope of constituent interests....
of Radio-Canada is
Julie Miville-DechêneJulie Miville-Dechêne is a Canadian civil servant. She is the current ombudsman of Radio-Canada, as of April 1, 2007.-External links:*...
, since April 1, 2007. She was preceded by Renaud Gilbert (2000–2007), Marcel Pépin (1997–1999), Mario Cardinal (1993–1997) and Bruno Gauron (1992).
Radio-Canada HD
On March 5, 2005, Télévision de Radio-Canada launched an
HDHigh-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems...
simulcast of its
MontrealMontreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...
station
CBFTCBFT is the flagship station of Télévision de Radio-Canada, the French language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios and master control are located at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal....
. Since that time they have also launched HD simulcasts in
Quebec CityQuébec , is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about to the southwest...
(
CBVTCBVT channel 11 is a Radio-Canada owned and operated television station in Quebec City, Quebec, known on-air as Télévision de Radio-Canada Québec.The station, founded by Radio-Canada itself, first aired on September 3, 1964....
),
OttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...
(
CBOFTCBOFT is the Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Ontarians in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, and the Québécois in the Outaouais region of Quebec. It is also the flagship of the provincewide "Ontario-Outaouais" network...
) and
TorontoToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
(
CBLFTCBLFT is the Radio-Canada television station providing French-language television in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions....
). Radio-Canada HD is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable as well as for free via
DTTDigital Terrestrial Television is the technological evolution and advance from analogue terrestrial television, which broadcasts land based signals...
using a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner (included in most new TVs) on the following channels:
- Quebec City: 12
- Montreal: 19
- Ottawa: 22
- Toronto: 24
International coverage
Certain shows such as Virginie
and Le Téléjournal are carried on international francophone channel
TV5MONDETV5MONDE is a global television network, broadcasting several channels of French language programming. It is an approved participant member of ebu-History:...
.
As with its
English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
counterpart
CBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.-Overview:CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and children's programming, in most cases feeding the same programming at the same local times...
, Télévision de Radio-Canada affiliates can be viewed over-the-air in the northern
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, however with the language barrier viewing audiences are restricted to
French languageFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
households, possibly in
MaineThe State of Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is the northernmost portion of...
, New York State and
VermontThe State of Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area. It has a population of 621,270, making it the second least-populated state...
via
CBFTCBFT is the flagship station of Télévision de Radio-Canada, the French language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios and master control are located at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal....
Montreal and
CBOFTCBOFT is the Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Ontarians in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, and the Québécois in the Outaouais region of Quebec. It is also the flagship of the provincewide "Ontario-Outaouais" network...
Ottawa-Gatineau, also possibly extending via satellite distribution to francophone communities in
LouisianaThe State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
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