Ici Explora
{{short description|Canadian French-language television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Ici Explora
| logo = ICI Explora logo.svg
| logo_caption =
| logo_size =
| launch_date = March 28, 2012
| closed_date =
| picture_format = 480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
| network =
| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| country = Canada
| area = National
| headquarters = Montreal, Quebec
| former_names = Explora (2012-2013)
| replaced =
| sister_channels = Ici ARTV
Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Ici RDI
TV5 Québec Canada
| website = {{URL|http://ici.exploratv.ca|Ici Explora}} {{in lang|fr}}
| online_serv_1 = RiverTV
| online_chan_1 = Over-the-top TV
}}
Ici Explora (stylized as ICI Explora) is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada) that focuses on science, environment, nature, and health programming.
History
On February 21, 2011, the CBC was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Sens, described as "a national, French-language Category 2 specialty programming undertaking that offers programming devoted to scientific discoveries, the environment, nature and human health."[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-114.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-114] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122154716/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-114.htm |date=2011-11-22 }} CRTC 2011-02-21 The name Sens was an abbreviation consisting of the first letter of each word of the French spelling of each of the channel's four main topics: science, environment, nature, and health (science, environnement, nature, and santé).{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120709154441/http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/tele-medias/nouvelles/2011/11/03/18921256-qmi.html Radio-Canada repousse la mise en ondes]}} Canoe.ca 2011-11-03 {{in lang|fr}}
The channel was set to launch as Explora on December 1, 2011.[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/newsreleases/20110606.shtml Government of Canada reaffirmed investment in CBC/Radio-Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225073409/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/newsreleases/20110606.shtml |date=2011-12-25 }} CBC press release 2011-06-06 However, after some delays, on March 5, 2012, the CBC announced that the channel would be launched on March 28, 2012.[http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2012/03/05/004-explora-lancement-mars.shtml Radio-Canada : la nouvelle chaîne EXPLORA sera lancée le 28 mars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309022444/http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2012/03/05/004-explora-lancement-mars.shtml? |date=2012-03-09 }} Radio-Canada.ca 2012-03-05 {{in lang|fr}} The decision to change the channel's name was due to management at the CBC thinking the name Sens would cause confusion among viewers. Although specifics regarding what viewers could confuse the channel with have not been named public, presumably, at least one of the dangers could be viewers confusing the channel as being associated with the National Hockey League club, the Ottawa Senators, which are often referred to as "the Sens", and who was also associated with a part-time pay-per-view channel called Sens TV, which broadcast live Senators' hockey games in its "home market".
The channel was launched on March 28 as planned at 6:00pm ET[http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/television/201203/22/01-4508315-radio-canada-lance-explora.php Radio-Canada lance Explora] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325045947/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/television/201203/22/01-4508315-radio-canada-lance-explora.php |date=2012-03-25 }} La Presse 2012-03-22 in both standard and high definition; Vidéotron being the first carrier to distribute the channel.
On December 10, 2013, the network was rebranded to the current name as part of a plan to unify the CBC's French-language outlets around a single brand.{{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 | archive-date =June 13, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130613173120/http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2013/06/05/005-changements-denomination-radio-canada-ici-james-moores-attend-explications.shtml | url-status =live }}{{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 }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://ici.exploratv.ca}} {{in lang|fr}}
{{CBC Television}}
{{Public broadcasting in Canada}}
Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television networks
Category:Specialty television channels in Canada
Category:French-language television networks in Canada
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2012