Réseau de l'information

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Réseau de l'information (RDI)
RDI (TV).svg
RDI logo
Launched January 1, 1995
Owned by Société Radio-Canada
Picture format 480i (SDTV 16:9)
1080p (HDTV)
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec
Website RDI (French)
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV Channel 126 (SD)
Channel 1882 (HD)
Shaw Direct Channel 730 (SD)
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systems Check local listings
IPTV
Bell Aliant TV Channel 606 (SD)
Bell Fibe TV Channel 126 (SD)
Channel 1126 (HD)
MTS Channel 27 (SD)
Optik TV Channel 415 (SD)
Channel 437 (HD)
SaskTel Channel 273 (SD)

Réseau de l'information (RDI) is a Canadian French language Category C news channel operated by CBC/Radio-Canada. RDI began broadcasting on January 1, 1995, and is considered the French-language equivalent of the CBC News Network, also owned by the CBC.

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[edit] Resources

RDI has the resources of information from the Radio-Canada/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) group:

  • 400 journalists
  • ten newsrooms in the Information centre in Montreal
  • 30 bureaus across Canada, and 7 foreign bureaus

[edit] Distribution

RDI is distributed on basic cable and satellite television to 9.8 million homes, including 2 million in Quebec and seen each week by half-million English viewers.

[edit] Enroute Journal

RDI provides news, business, weather and sports information on Air Canada's inflight entertainment.

[edit] Programming

RDI broadcasts full local, national and international newscasts at the top of each hour and headlines every half hour from the newsroom of La Maison de Radio-Canada in Montreal and Quebec City. Le Téléjournal Midi is broadcast each weekday at 12pm and the main evening news bulletin Le Téléjournal/Le Point every evening live at 9:00 p.m. (eastern). These bulletins are also seen on the main French-language television network, Télévision de Radio-Canada. The channel covers big events live and also broadcasts regional news in the form of Le Téléjournal Montréal and Le Téléjournal Atlantique.

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 Decouverte (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.

RDI also carries Le Journal Télévisé de 20 heures from France 2, rebroadcasting it the following weekday at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern).

Former Governor General Michaëlle Jean hosted programs for both the English and French language CBC networks. She presented Grands Reportages on RDI and The Passionate Eye on CBC Newsworld as well as having her own talk show, called Michaëlle. She also served as a substitute anchor on Le Téléjournal.

[edit] Original hosts

[edit] Current anchors

Weekends:

[edit] Current programs

Radio-Canada Productions:

[edit] Slogans

  • L'information continue (Continuous information) 1995-?
  • Source d'information (source of information) 2006-current. Advertised on-screen as analogous to a source of water, a source of energy etc.

[edit] RDI HD

As with Télévision de Radio-Canada. 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 currently available on Bell TV, Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco, Optik TV, Rogers Cable and Vidéotron.

[edit] Logos

  • 1995-era RDI logo from first day of broadcast (screenshot).

  • Updated version of the original

  • Modified logo from the current one, used until May 2, 2008.

  • Current and original logo of RDI HD.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links
English networks
French networks
ARTV • Explora (launching winter 2012) • RDI • Télévision de Radio-Canada • TV5 Québec Canada • TV5MONDE
Defunct channels
Proposed channels
Maple Leaf (from roundel).png  News and informational television channels in Canada
National (English)
National (French)
Argent · Avis de Recherche · CPAC (French) · LCN · MétéoMédia · RDI
Regional (English)
CHCH-TV (Hamilton) · CityNews Channel (Toronto) · CP24 (GTA)
National (third language)
Audio and/or text only services
Defunct networks
Foreign
Aaj Tak (India) · Al Jazeera English (Qatar) · BBC World News (UK) · Bloomberg Television (USA) · CNN (USA) · CNN International (USA) · CNBC (USA) · Deutsche Welle (Germany) · Euronews (France) · Headlines Today (India) · HLN (USA) · Fox News Channel (USA) · MSNBC (USA) · NASA TV (USA) · Phoenix InfoNews Channel (Hong Kong) · RT (Russia) · STAR News India (India)
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