Télé-Québec
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Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec (Quebec Television Broadcasting Corporation), it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. The network's main studios and general offices are located in Montreal, at the corner of Saint Catherine and Fullum Streets in Ville-Marie.
Télé-Québec is equivalent to Ontario's TVOntario and TFO, British Columbia's Knowledge and Saskatchewan's SCN, and similar to the US PBS network, in that it is somewhat modest in scope, runs mostly educational or cultural programming, and does not try to compete with privately owned television networks or with the Radio-Canada television network owned and operated by the federal government. The network also runs commercials during its programming, not unlike its federal counterparts Radio-Canada and CBC Television. The latter, by contrast, does strongly compete with private networks and overlaps with their programming categories.
All programming on Télé-Québec is in French, though there are a few shows and movies that are presented in the original language (predominantly English), with French subtitles.
Télé-Québec operates local offices in Val-d'Or, Trois-Rivières, Rimouski, Gatineau, Sept-Îles, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Saguenay and Carleton.
Télé-Québec also has a 25% stake in the French-Canadian arts specialty channel, ARTV; they are also one of the partners in the TV5 Québec Canada consortium.
History
The genesis of Télé-Québec was created on April 20, 1945, when the National Assembly of Quebec, under the mandate of Premier Maurice Duplessis, passed a law allowing Quebec to create and run a public broadcasting network, as a provincial counterpart to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
A public broadcasting scheme in Quebec was formerly established on February 22, 1968, when the Daniel Johnson, Sr. administration created a new public broadcasting agency, "Radio-Québec", under the auspices of the Ministry of Education. Shortly afterward, the first Radio-Québec program, a radio program on the history of Canada called En montant la rivière, was produced. Produced later that year was its first television program, Les Oraliens, where space aliens taught kids how to properly pronounce French words and phrases.
In 1969, a new law was passed by the National Assembly, creating l’Office de radio-télédiffusion du Québec ("Quebec Office of Radio and Television Broadcasting"), where Radio-Québec was placed.
Radio-Québec began broadcasting on its own in 1972 as a cable channel, which broadcasted evenings on community channels in Montréal and Quebec City, then expanded in 1973 to Hull, Gatineau and Sherbrooke. The network of over-the-air transmitters was launched on January 19, 1975 with the sign-ons of CIVM-TV in Montreal and CIVQ-TV in Quebec City, making its programming available to an even wider audience. In its early days after the terrestrial network began, Radio-Québec would provide week-delay videotapes of its programming line-up to cable systems in communities not served by a Radio-Québec station.
In 1977, Radio-Québec opened its third station, CIVO-TV in Hull, serving the greater Ottawa area—the station was built after acquiring the license and facilities of a failed TVA affiliate, CFVO-TV.[1]
Radio-Québec was off the air during most of 1978, due to a lockout of its employees in a labour dispute.
In 1979, Radio-Québec's agency was restructured as a provincial crown corporation, Société de radio-télévision du Québec ("Quebec Radio and Television Broadcasting Corporation"). The network had also adopted the slogan, L'autre télévision ("The other television").
On January 1, 1985, Radio-Québec began providing its programming to its stations and cable systems via satellite, using Anik C-3. Also that year, the CRTC granted Radio-Québec permission to show commercials during some of its programming, initially for a two-year trial run. This authorisation would eventually become permanent—by the 2002-2003 fiscal year, Télé-Québec's revenues from advertising would account for 45.8% of its total revenue.
In 1994, the Quebec government announced budget cuts for Radio-Québec, in which its budget was reduced by $10 million. In 1995, Radio-Québec president Jean Fortier announced that the network was virtually bankrupt. As a result, over 150 staffers were laid off (out of over 750 people employed), with plans for further layoffs to trim the employee count to 300 staffers. Programming produced in-house would either be cancelled or transferred to independent companies. In addition, the network would adopt the current "Télé-Québec" name the following year, in 1996[2], with the crown corporation renamed as "Société de télédiffusion du Québec". Plans for the new Télé-Québec to carry strictly educational programming was also called for, but was never carried out, opting to retain its mixed educational-entertainment schedule.
The monetary shortfall would be short-lived, as, by 1997, Télé-Québec would eventually resume productions on its own and increase its amount of original programming.
Programming
Over 40% of Télé-Québec’s programming is children's programming. In 2005, Ramdam was a popular show for 2 to 11 year-olds. Other children's shows have included Cornemuse, Zoboomafoo, and Nickelodeon series Dora l'exploratrice and Bob le bricoleur. Animated shows include IDragon, Les Mélodilous, Le Petit tracteur rouge, and Toupie et Binou. For 6 to 8 year-olds, shows have included Macaroni tout garni, Nickelodeon's Rocket Power, Esprits-fantômes, and Le Petit roi Macius. Ramdam and Banzaï are both aimed at pre-teens (9 to 12), and ADN-X is a teens show that provides practical solutions to everyday problems.
Télé-Québec's cultural programming reflects Quebec's diverse cultural expression in fiction, songs, music, cinema, visual art, and drama. Télé-Québec shows such as Belle et Bum, M’as-tu lu? and Pulsart help to promote Quebec artists and creators and their works. Belle et Bum is a music show that invited 160 performers or groups in 2005–2006, who performed 230 songs by Quebec songwriters or composers. M'as-tu lu? is a book show that covers books of all genres and for all audiences; in 2005–2006, 260 books were presented, 124 of which were by Quebec authors. Pulsart is a magazine show on cultural activities taking place all over Quebec.
A new weekly cultural magazine-style show, Libre échange, deals with a ranges of different creative arts, including dance, cinema, literature, sculpture, painting, television, music, and theatre. As well, a new series of "living portraits" will profile notable living creators such as authors, filmmakers, architects and thinkers.
Télé-Québec presents a range of films, including "auteur" films by notable directors, feature-film length documentaries, premiere showings, and Quebec films. All films are shown without commercial interruptions. During the last five years, Télé-Québec showed over 959 hours of documentaries, which made up 18% of its programming. Documentary topics included socio-political, cultural, historic, scientific, and travel. Between 2000 and 2006, 137 documentaries and 39 series were produced.
Télé-Québec also hosts debate and discussion-oriented shows that allow for an exchange of ideas and perspectives on social and political issues. Points chauds is a show on international political issues. Méchant contraste! is a pan-Quebec magazine show on social, political, and economic issues. Dussault-Débat is a debate show.
As a community service, Télé-Québec has a number of shows that present a regional perspective, such as Méchant contraste!, À la di Stasio, les Francs Tireurs, M'as-tu lu?, Une pilule, and Pulsart. Télé-Québec also has an Internet strategy, as part of its educational and cultural mission. In 2003, the extremis.tv website won a Gémeaux prize for the best Internet site. In 2004, du missionarctique.tv won the same award. The website for the teen-oriented show ADN-X has interactive activities including a comic strip-creating activity.
Prime time
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| 7:00 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. | 10:00 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. | |
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| Monday | Kilomètre zéro | Ça manque à ma culture | Le code Chastenay | Questions de société | La joute (r.) | |||
| Tuesday | Les Appendices | National Geographic | 24 heures chrono | Bluff (r.) | ||||
| Wednesday | La vie en vert | Les francs-tireurs | Sommes-nous | Dans la peau des riches | ||||
| Thursday | Fais ça court! | Une pilule, une petite granule | Bazzo.tv | 24 heures chrono (r.) | ||||
| Friday | Bluff | La joute | À la di Stasio | Belle et Bum (r.) | ||||
| Saturday | Planète bleue | Dans la peau des riches (r.) | Belle et Bum | Movie | ||||
| Sunday | La joute (r.) | Pour l'Histoire | Movie | |||||
Dramas and téléromans 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; movies are in purple; and magazines and documentaries are in brown.
Programming in English
The only Télé-Québec program that was entirely in English was Quebec School Telecasts, a weekday, hour-long block of English-language instructional programming—this program, which was first telecasted on CBC Television outlets in Quebec in the early-1960s, lasted until the early-2000s.[citation needed]
In 1985, Radio-Québec and TVOntario signed an exchange arrangement, in which English-language TVO programming would be seen on Radio-Québec, and Radio-Québec's French-language programming would be seen on TVO—it is unknown if either network actually carried the other network's programming.
Télé-Québec HD
On June 12, 2008, Télé-Québec launched an HD simulcast of its Montréal station CIVM-TV called Télé-Québec HD. It signed on over the air on channel 27 (PSIP 17.1) from Olympic Stadium in Montreal in January 2009. After the analogue shutdown and digital conversion in Canada, scheduled for August 31, 2011, CIVM will move its digital signal to channel 26.
A digital terrestrial television transmitter requested and authorized for construction in Quebec City for CIVQ-TV,[3] as of 2009[update], remains unbuilt. When activated, the transmitter will broadcast from Edifice Marie-Guyart in downtown Quebec City on channel 25 (PSIP 15.1). After the digital conversion in 2011, CIVQ will move its digital signal to channel 15.
Stations
Télé-Québec's network currently consists of 12 stations and five repeaters, originating at CIVM-TV in Montreal.
| Station | City of licence | Channel (analog) | Channel (digital, pre-2011) most not yet on-air[4] |
Channel (digital, post-2011)[4] |
ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates | Notes |
| CIVA-TV | Val-d'Or | 12 (VHF) | 53 | 12 | 169.47 kW | 204.5 m | 48°25′17″N 77°50′49″W / 48.42139°N 77.84694°W | Signed on January 18, 1980 |
| CIVA-TV-1 | Rouyn-Noranda | 8 (VHF) | 23 | 8 | 256.5 kW | 232.9 m | 48°15′52″N 79°2′38″W / 48.26444°N 79.04389°W | Signed on January 18, 1980, as CIVN-TV |
| CIVB-TV | Rimouski | 22 (UHF) | 40 | 22 | 1674.9 kW | 460.5 m | 48°28′2″N 68°12′39″W / 48.46722°N 68.21083°W | Signed on November 3, 1981 as CIVR-TV |
| CIVB-TV-1 | Grand-Fonds | 31 (UHF) | 51 | 31 | 686.25 kW | 508 m | 47°46′47″N 70°9′8″W / 47.77972°N 70.15222°W | Serving La Malbaie and Baie-Saint-Paul; signed on in 1985 |
| CIVC-TV | Trois-Rivières | 45 (UHF) | 26 | 46 | 1500 kW | 398.1 m | 46°29′33″N 72°39′7″W / 46.49250°N 72.65194°W | Signed on October 6, 1981; originally broadcasted from the old CBC Tower at Mont-Carmel until the plane crash on April 23, 2001[5] |
| CIVF-TV | Baie-Trinité | 12 (VHF) | 49 | 12 | 155 kW | 148.2 m | 49°23′28″N 67°28′15″W / 49.39111°N 67.47083°W | Also covers Baie-Comeau; signed on Fall 1982 |
| CIVG-TV | Sept-Îles | 9 (VHF) | 18 | 9 | 246 kW | 218.9 m | 50°10′18″N 66°44′16″W / 50.17167°N 66.73778°W | Signed on Fall 1982 |
| CIVK-TV | Carleton | 15 (UHF) | 36 | 15 | 1061.7 kW | 459 m | 48°8′8″N 66°6′58″W / 48.13556°N 66.11611°W | Signal also covers Campbellton, New Brunswick; signed on in 1984 |
| CIVK-TV-1 | Gascons | 32 (UHF) | 29 | 32 | 1390 kW | 203.1 m | 48°12′41″N 64°52′14″W / 48.21139°N 64.87056°W | Signal also covers the Acadian Peninsula; signed on in 1984 |
| CIVK-TV-2 | Percé | 40 (UHF) | 41 | 40 | 8.55 kW | 405.4 m | 48°31′38″N 64°14′37″W / 48.52722°N 64.24361°W | Signed on in 1984 |
| CIVK-TV-3 | Gaspé | 35 (UHF) | 34 | 35 | 8.43 kW | 424.5 m | 48°50′1″N 64°15′24″W / 48.83361°N 64.25667°W | Signed on in 1984 |
| CIVM-TV | Montreal | 17 (UHF) | 27 (on air) |
26 | 889.5 kW | 300 m | 45°30′19″N 73°35′29″W / 45.50528°N 73.59139°W Mount Royal (analog) 45°33′28.48″N 73°33′6.39″W / 45.5579111°N 73.5517750°W |
flagship station; signed on January 19, 1975 with CIVQ-TV |
| CIVO-TV | Gatineau | 30 (UHF) | 64 | 30 | 1774.2 kW | 353.2 m | 45°30′9″N 75°50′59″W / 45.50250°N 75.84972°W | Broadcasts from Ryan Tower; signed on in 1977; was licensed to Hull prior to 2002 |
| CIVP-TV | Chapeau | 23 (UHF) | 34 | 23 | 8.65 kW | 98.8 m | 45°55′29″N 77°4′22″W / 45.92472°N 77.07278°W | Signal also covers Pembroke, Ontario |
| CIVQ-TV | Quebec | 15 (UHF) | 25 | 15 | 970 kW | 191.4 m | 46°48′29″N 71°13′3″W / 46.80806°N 71.21750°W | Broadcasts from Edifice Marie-Guyart; signed on January 19, 1975 with CIVM-TV |
| CIVS-TV | Sherbrooke | 24 (UHF) | 65 | 24 | 549 kW | 583.6 m | 45°18′43″N 72°14′30″W / 45.31194°N 72.24167°W | Signed on in early 1982 on channel 14; would move to channel 24 later that year |
| CIVV-TV | Saguenay | 8 (VHF) | 16 | 8 | 325 kW | 593.8 m | 48°36′7″N 70°49′48″W / 48.60194°N 70.83000°W | Broadcast from Mount Valin; Signed on in Fall 1982; Was licensed to Chicoutimi prior to 2002 |
It can also be seen nationwide on Bell TV Channel 138 and Shaw Direct Channel 722. On terrestrial cable, however, it is generally seen only in Quebec and in communities in Ontario and New Brunswick which are within the broadcast range of a Télé-Québec transmitter. Outside of this area, few cable systems, such as MTS in Winnipeg, carry Télé-Québec in their digital tiers.
Télé-Québec (and its predecessor, Radio-Québec) was also assigned channel 2 in Rivière-du-Loup, channel 10 in Lithium Mines and channel 21 in Mont-Laurier. As of 2009, service has yet to begin in these communities; in addition, it had later lost its channel 2 slot at Rivière-du-Loup, after that channel was reallocated to Quebec City (CFAP-TV) and Rimouski (CJBR-TV).
See also
- List of Quebec television channels
- List of Quebec television series
- Television of Quebec
- Culture of Quebec
References
- ^ Canadian Communications Foundation: CFVO-TV. Note: This article contradicts with the CCF's page for Télé-Québec, which states that the closedown of CFVO-TV and its conversion to CIVO-TV happened in 1976.
- ^ Radio-Québec diffusée sur UHF - Souvenirs - Les Archives de Radio-Canada
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-268, 25 September 2008, Société de télédiffusion du Québec, CIVM-DT Montréal - New transmitter in Québec
- ^ a b Industry Canada: "DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan", December 2008
- ^ fybush.com Tower Site of the Week: Quebec City and Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, 3/25/2004.
External links
- Télé-Québec Template:Fr icon
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CIVM-TV History
- Montreal affiliate CIVM at TV Hat
- CIVM-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVF-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVK-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVP-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVO-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVQ-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVB-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVA-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVV-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVG-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVS-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CIVC-TV in the REC Canadian station database