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{{short description|Canadian French-language cable news channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name              = ICI RDI
| logo              = ICI RDI logo.svg
| logo_caption      =
| logo_size         = 
| launch_date       = January 1, 1995
| closed_date       = 
| picture_format    = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br>(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| network           = 
| owner             = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| country           = Canada
| area              = National
| headquarters      = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| replaced          = 
| former_names      = Réseau de l'information (1995-2014)
| sister_channels   = [[CBC News Network]]<br>[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]
| timeshift_service = 
| website           = {{URL|ici.radio-canada.ca/rdi}} {{in lang|fr}}
| online_serv_1     = Ici RDI's website
| online_chan_1     = [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/medianetlive-39/rdi-en-direct Live video]<br />[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/medianetlive-rdiradio/rdi-radio?isAutoPlay=true Live audio] 
| online_serv_2  = [[RiverTV]]
| online_chan_2  = [[Over-the-top media service|Over-the-top TV]]
}}

'''Ici RDI''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[French language|French-language]] [[specialty channel|specialty]] news channel owned by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (known in French as Société Radio-Canada). The channel began broadcasting on January 1, 1995, as '''Réseau de l'information''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁezo də lɛ̃fɔʁmasjɔ̃}}, ''Information Network''). It is the French-language equivalent of [[CBC News Network]].

==Overview==
ICI RDI is distributed on [[Cable television in the United States|basic cable]] and satellite television to 9.8 million homes, including two million in Quebec, and is seen by half a million English viewers each week. The channel has mandatory carriage status for viewers outside Quebec.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-372.htm Broadcasting Decision 2013-372]</ref>

ICI RDI relies on the news-gathering resources of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]:
* 400 journalists
* Ten newsrooms based in ''[[Maison Radio-Canada]]'' in [[Montreal]]
* 30 bureaus across Canada, and seven foreign bureaus

ICI RDI provides news, business, weather, and sports information on [[Air Canada]]'s inflight entertainment and is seen in five major Canadian airports as ''RDI express''.<ref>[http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/explore/services/television-services/ Corporate website. Retrieved 02-02-2014]</ref>
Ici RDI was also responsible for continuous news updates on MétroVision screens in the [[Montreal Metro]]. This service has been discontinued as of an unknown date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=métrovision, the new information medium serving Montreal métro users |url=https://www.stm.info/en/press/press-releases/2004/metrovision--the-new-information-medium-------------------serving-montreal-metro-users |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Société de transport de Montréal |language=en}}</ref>

==Revenue==

According to the Canadian Communication's Monitoring Report - Broadcasting System 2014, there are 11.1 million subscribers to the channel and a revenue of $54.6 million.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/policymonitoring/2014/cmr4.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907125850/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/PolicyMonitoring/2014/cmr4.htm |archive-date=2014-09-07 |title=Communications Monitoring Report 2014: Broadcasting System}}</ref>

==Programming==
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ICI RDI broadcasts full newscasts at the top of each hour and headlines every half hour from the newsroom of [[Maison Radio-Canada]] in [[Montreal]] and [[Quebec City]]. ''[[Le Téléjournal|Le Téléjournal Midi]]'' is broadcast each weekday at noon and the main evening news bulletin ''Le Téléjournal/Le Point'' every evening live at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. (eastern). These bulletins are also on the main French-language television network, [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]. The channel covers major events live from around the world, relying on a staff interpreter for simultaneous translation from English to French whenever necessary. It also rebroadcasts the main supper-hour bulletins from [[CBVT-DT]] [[Quebec City]], [[CBAFT-DT]] [[Moncton]] and [[CKTV-DT]] [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]].

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 [[Découverte]] (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]].

===Current programs===
* ''L'info'' (News) - hosted by [[Christine Fournier]] (Weekdays 9:30&nbsp;a.m.), [[Alexis De Lancer]] (Weekdays 1:30&nbsp;p.m.) and various anchors (Weekends 1:30, 3 and 4 p.m.)
* ''[[Le Téléjournal]]'' - anchored by [[Céline Galipeau]] (Monday-Thursday 9 p.m.) and [[Pascale Nadeau]] (Friday-Sunday 9 p.m.)
* ''[[Le Téléjournal Midi]]'' - anchored by [[Geneviève Asselin]] (Daily 12 p.m.)
* ''RDI Matin'' - hosted by [[Marc-André Masson]] and [[Martine Defoy]] (Weekdays 5 a.m.)
*''[[RDI Matin Week-End]]'' - hosted by [[Martin Labrosse]] (Saturday and Sunday 5:30&nbsp;a.m.)
*''24/60'' (formerly ''24 heures en 60 minutes'') (24 Hours in 60 minutes) - hosted by [[Anne-Marie Dussault]] (Weeknights 7 p.m.)
* ''Les EX'' - (The EX's) hosted by [[Michel Viens]] (Monday to Thursday 12:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''La période de questions'' - (Question period) hosted by [[Michel Viens]] (Friday 12:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''[[En Direct avec Patrice Roy]]'' - hosted by [[Patrice Roy]] (Monday to Friday 5 p.m.)
* ''RDI Économie'' - hosted by [[Gérard Fillion]] (Weeknights 6:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''[[Grands reportages]]'' (The Big Reports)
* ''Le National'' - hosted by [[Brigitte Bougie]] and [[Claudine Bourbonnais]] (Weeknights 6 and 11 p.m.)

[[ICI Radio-Canada Télé]] Productions:

* ''[[L'Épicerie]]'' - hosted by [[Denis Gagné]] and [[Joane Despins]] (Saturday 5:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''[[Les Coulisses du pouvoir]]'' (The corridors of Power) - hosted by [[Emmanuelle Latraverse]] (Sunday 11 a.m. and 9:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''[[Découverte]]'' (Discovery) - hosted by [[Charles Tisseyre]] (Sunday 8 p.m.)
* ''[[Second Regard]]'' (A Second Look) - a religious show hosted by [[Alain Crevier]] (Sunday 9:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''[[La Facture]]'' - a consumer affairs program hosted by [[Pierre Craig]] (Sunday 5:30&nbsp;p.m.)
* ''[[La Semaine Verte]]'' (The Green Week) - hosted by [[Catherine Mercier]] (Sunday 11 p.m.)

===Current anchors===
* [[Geneviève Asselin]]
* [[Marie-Josée Bouchard]]
* [[Brigitte Bougie]]
* [[Claudine Bourbonnais]]
* [[Martine Defoy]]
* [[Julie Drolet]]
* [[Anne-Marie Dussault]]
* [[Gérald Fillion]]
* [[Christine Fournier]]
* [[Céline Galipeau]] - ''[[Le Téléjournal]]'' 1<sup>re</sup> édition (Telejournal First Edition) (evening from Monday to Thursday)
* [[Martin Labrosse]]
* [[Emmanuelle Latraverse]]
* [[Marc-André Masson]]
* [[Isabelle Richer]]
* [[Michel Viens]]

===Past programming===
Former [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Michaëlle Jean]] hosted programs for both the English and French language CBC networks. She presented ''[[Grands Reportages]]'' on Ici RDI and ''[[The Passionate Eye]]'' on [[CBC News Network]] as well as having her talk show, called ''Michaëlle''. She also served as a substitute anchor on ''Le Téléjournal''.

====Original hosts====
* [[Claude Desbiens]], [[Le Monde ce matin]] (The World This Morning)
* [[Nathalie Chung]], [[Aujourd'hui]] (week-end), Le monde ce soir (week-end)
* [[Claude Beauchamp]], [[Capital Actions]]
* [[Michel Jean]], [[Le Québec en direct]] (Quebec Live)
* [[Simon Durivage]], [[Sans Détour]]
* [[Pascale Nadeau]], [[Aujourd'hui]] (Today)
* [[Christine Fournier]], [[Le Monde ce matin]] (The World This Morning)
* [[Pierre Chevrier]], [[L'ouest en direct]] (The West Live)
* [[Michaëlle Jean]], [[Le Canada aujourd'hui]] (Canada Today), Le Monde ce soir (The World This Evening)
* [[Geneviève Asselin]], [[RDI week-end]] (RDI Weekend)
* [[Jean Groulx]], [[L'Ontario en direct]] (Ontario Live)
* [[Daniel Poirier]], [[L'Atlantique en direct]] (The Atlantic Live)
* [[Odette Gough]], [[RDI en ligne]] (RDI Online)
* [[Michelle Vimly]], [[Le Téléjournal]] 1<sup>re</sup> édition (The Telejournal First Edition)
* [[Bernard Derome]], [[Le Téléjournal]] 1<sup>re</sup> édition (The Telejournal First Edition)
* [[Nancy Sabourin]], [[Au travail]] (Work)

==Slogans and branding==

In January 2014, RDI changed its on-air brand to '''Ici RDI''' as part of a plan to rebrand all of the CBC's French-language outlets under a common brand.<ref>{{cite press release | title =First transformation step is to Recreate Radio-Canada | publisher = CBC/Radio-Canada | date =June 5, 2013 | url =http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2013/06/5/ | access-date = June 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title =Branding: Radio-Canada corrects the record | publisher = CBC/Radio-Canada | date =June 7, 2013 | url = http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2013/06/7/ | access-date = June 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title ="ICI"stands for "ICI Radio-Canada" | publisher = CBC/Radio-Canada | date =June 6, 2013 | url = http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2013/06/june-6/ | access-date = June 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name='SRC'>{{cite news | title =Le minister Moore reticent au changement de nom de Radio-Canada | newspaper =Radio-Canada.ca | language =fr | publisher =Société Radio-Canada | date =June 5, 2013 | url = http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2013/06/05/005-changements-denomination-radio-canada-ici-james-moores-attend-explications.shtml | access-date = June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name='Branding Architecture'>{{cite web | title =New Brand Architecture | work =News Releases | publisher =CBC/Radio-Canada French Services | date =June 6, 2013 | url =http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/press/architecture-marque-radio-canada-e2.pdf | access-date =June 20, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200948/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/press/architecture-marque-radio-canada-e2.pdf | archive-date =September 23, 2015 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

===Slogans===

* ''L'information continue'' (Continuous information) 1995-?
* ''Source d'information'' (Source of information) 2006–2013. Advertised on-screen as analogous to a source of water, a source of energy etc.
* ''L'info en premier'' (News first) 2013–2020
* ''Quoi qu'il arrive'' (Whatever happens) 2020-2023
* ''Voyez grand'' (See big) 2023–present

==High definition==
As with [[ICI Radio-Canada Télé]], 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 television|high-definition]] simulcast, ''RDI HD''.

It is available on [[Bell Satellite TV]], [[Bell Fibe TV]], [[Cogeco]], [[Telus TV|Optik TV]], [[Rogers Cable]] and [[Vidéotron]].

==Logos==
<gallery>
rdi-1994.jpg |1995-era RDI logo from the first broadcast day (screenshot).
Rdi tv.png|Updated version of the original
Réseau de l'information (logo).svg|Modified logo from the previous one, used until May 2, 2008.
RDI (TV).svg|Final logo as RDI; 2008-2014
ICI RDI.png|First logo as Ici RDI; 2014-2016
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]
* [[CBC News Network]]
* [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.radio-canada.ca/rdi}} {{in lang|fr}}

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