Ici TOU.TV
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 |
URL | 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 Quebecois 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, expand into the French-language market. Content previously found on Ici Tou.tv have 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[]
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". Le Soleil (in French). Quebec City: Gesca Limitée. ISSN 0319-0730. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ^ Aude Boivin Filion (2010-01-27). "Quelles technologies utilise le portail TOU.TV de Radio-Canada?". Branchez-vous!. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-08..
- ^ "Le minister Moore reticent au changement de nom de Radio-Canada". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Société Radio-Canada. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ "New Brand Architecture" (PDF). News Releases. CBC/Radio-Canada French Services. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ "Are Quebec media slightly ahead of our time?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
External links[]
- Official website (in French)
- Internet properties established in 2010
- Ici Radio-Canada Télé
- Internet television
- Canadian video on demand services
- Quebec websites