Top French-language Content Comes Together on One Single Platform
MONTREAL, Aug. 13, 2024 /CNW/ – Big news for fans of French-language entertainment: in keeping with its customer satisfaction commitment based a simplified user experience, Videotron has chosen to consolidate its offering by creating one single subscriber-based video-on-demand (VOD) platform. As a result, Club illico and Vrai will merge on October 23 to become illico+, with a seamless transition for existing subscribers of both platforms on Helix and illico.
The illico+ platform will include the kind of scripted, unscripted and specialized content on which Club illico and Vrai have built their reputations over the years. This impressive catalogue will continue to offer several Quebec and international exclusives, along with movies and TV series for all audiences, true crime documentaries, docu-reality shows, reality series, comedy programming and much more.
Videotron will maintain its content creation investments to keep showcasing local original productions. More committed than ever to offering subscribers crowd-pleasing content and shining a spotlight on Quebec talent – both behind and in front of the camera – illico+ becomes the indispensable Quebec platform, with several productions to watch for starting October 23, including:
La collecte, the story of a debt collector (Charles-Aubey Houde) trying to turn the page on his life of crime, directed by Podz and co-starring Claude Legault, Caroline Néron and Guy NadonCorbeaux, a police drama starring Pascale Bussières and Mylène MackayHot Ones Québec, with host Marc-André Grondin interviewing famous personalities as they sample different hot saucesLe CH et son peuple, a documentary series in which journalist Brendan Kelly explores the parallels between Quebec society and the Montreal Canadiens hockey teamLes Grands Bien-cuits ComediHa!, Season 4 of the celebrity-roast series with guests of honour Claude Legault, Patrick Groulx, Mélanie Maynard and Pierre HébertL’appel, a series about a criminal biker trial produced by Aetios Productions, directed by Julie Perreault, and starring Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pier-Luc Funk and Patrice Robitaille
As for international and U.S. acquisitions, illico+ subscribers can look forward to new episodes of hit series like HPI: haut potentiel intellectuel (Season 4), Set et match! (French version of Apples Never Fall), Le maire de Kingstown (French version of Mayor of Kingstown), and the French version of From. Also on tap: recent Paramount movies available shortly after their theatrical release, including Transformers : Le Commencement and Sourire 2 (French version of Smile 2).
With an enhanced catalogue and improved user experience, the subscriber-based VOD platform illico+ is sure to please existing and future subscribers. It all starts October 23 – don’t miss it!
About Vidéotron
Videotron, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in television, entertainment, Internet access, wireline telephone and mobile telephone services. Following the acquisition of Freedom Mobile, Videotron became the fourth strongest and competitive wireless service provider in Canada. As of June 30, 2024, Videotron and Freedom together had 3,918,600 subscriber connections to their mobile telephony services. Videotron is also a leader in new technologies with its Helix home entertainment and management platform, and is the Québec leader in high-speed Internet access. As of June 30, 2024, Videotron was serving 1,321,900 television customers, 1,722,500 subscribers to its Internet services as well as 643,400 to its wireline telephony service. Finally, Videotron has taken the coveted title of ”most respected telecommunications provider in Québec” for the 18th time since 2006, according to Léger’s 2024 Reputation survey.
SOURCE Videotron Ltd.
