Ici TOU.TV
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.jpg) Screenshot of the website as seen on February 14, 2010. | |
Type of site | Video on demand |
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| Available in | French |
| Headquarters | Montreal , Quebec, Canada |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Industry | Web television |
| Parent | Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
| Website | ici.tou.tv |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Registration | Optional; required for contents with the Extra label |
| Launched | January 26, 2010 |
ICI TOU.TV is a French Canadian video-on-demand website launched on January 26, 2010 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
History
At launch, the site offered 2000 hours of French-language television content, near high definition in quality, provided by several TV channels, such as Ici Radio-Canada Télé, Ici RDI, Ici ARTV, Télé-Québec, TV5Monde, TV5 Québec Canada, TFO, Radio Canada International, RTS (Switzerland ) and RTBF (Belgium).[1][2]
In February 2014, the site was re-branded as Ici TOU.TV as part of a plan to unify CBC's French-language outlets around a single brand.[3][4]
In May 2018, it was announced that Bell Media, the National Film Board of Canada, TV5 Québec Canada, and V Media Group would contribute content to TOU.TV's premium Extra tier, as part of an effort to better compete with Netflix on the availability of Québécois and French-language content.[5] Other distributors such as Télé-Quebec later joined the partnership.
Bell Media left the partnership after the company's rival service, Crave, expanded into the French-language market. As a result, all of their conen previously found on Ici TOU.TV have since moved to the aforementioned service. The V section has also been removed later on after Bell Media brought the brand from V Media Group (now Remstar Media Group); it was the only brand the latter company licensed to Ici TOU.TV.
Available contents and sections
Contents found on the service mostly include original series from Radio-Canada's television networks and streaming services, as well as acquisitions from other distributors. While some can be watched for free with advertisement, those with the Extra label require a paid subscription to the service so that it can be accessed. Following the website rebrand in May 2018, contents are placed into sections such as the following:
Current
- Émissions originales Ici Tou.tv
- Extra
- Véro.tv
- Zone Jeunesse
- Zone des petits
- Ici Radio-Canada Télé
- Ici Explora
- Ici ARTV
- Ici RDI
- Télé-Québec
- TV5/UnisTV
- TV5MondePlus
- France tv
- rtbf.be
- ONF/NFB
- CBC Gem
Former
- Vrak
- Canal Vie
- Canal D
- Z
- V
Like the website, most of the content are in French-language. However, some content may also be in another language. Such as those found in the CBC Gem section, where every shows are in English language.
References
- ↑ Therrien, Richard (2010-01-26). "Vos émissions à portée de main sur TOU.TV" (in fr). Le Soleil (Quebec City: Gesca Limitée). ISSN 0319-0730. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/television-et-radio/201001/26/01-943223-vos-emissions-a-portee-de-main-sur-toutv.php. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ↑ Aude Boivin Filion (2010-01-27). "Quelles technologies utilise le portail TOU.TV de Radio-Canada?". Branchez-vous!. http://techno.branchez-vous.com/actualite/2010/01/_technologie_toutv_radio-canada_flash.html..
- ↑ "Le minister Moore reticent au changement de nom de Radio-Canada" (in fr). Radio-Canada.ca (Société Radio-Canada). June 5, 2013. http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2013/06/05/005-changements-denomination-radio-canada-ici-james-moores-attend-explications.shtml.
- ↑ "New Brand Architecture". News Releases. CBC/Radio-Canada French Services. June 6, 2013. http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/press/architecture-marque-radio-canada-e2.pdf.
- ↑ "Are Quebec media slightly ahead of our time?". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-are-quebec-media-slightly-ahead-of-our-time/.
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