Montréal, November 22, 2011 Videotron announces that it will add the RDS2 sports channel to the illico TV channel line-up and four new sports channels to illico mobile as of November 23, 2011. RDS2 carries a wide range of programming for sports fans, including baseball, curling, American and Canadian football, and NASCAR races. It will be available on illico TV in standard and high-definition (HD) formats.
Expanded sports content
RDS2 adds 1,500 hours of live content, much of it exclusive, to Videotron's already extensive selection of sports channels. With RDS2 and TVA Sports, launched in the fall, Videotron customers can now follow sports of all kinds and keep up with their favourite teams and players on more than 25 channels, many of them in HD.
More sports on illico mobile
Videotron also announces that RDS, RDS2, TSN and TSN2 are coming to illico mobile as well. All four sports channels will be available live, giving Videotron's mobile customers access to their favourite sports content when they want, where they want.
RDS2 will be available as of November 23 on channels 161 (standard) and 761 (HD) as part of several pre-assembled packages and all Custom packages.
For more information, visit http://www.videotron.com/rds2
Videotron (www.videotron.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, and Internet access, cable telephone and mobile telephone services. Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services. As of September 30, 2011, Videotron was serving 1,844,200 cable television customers, including 1,348,100 subscribers to its digital service. Videotron is also the Québec leader in high-speed Internet access, with 1,306,400 subscribers to its cable service as of September 30, 2011. As of the same date, Videotron had 258,100 subscriber connections to its mobile telephone service and was providing cable telephone service to 1,179,400 Québec households and organizations. For the sixth consecutive year, Videotron was named Québec's most respected telecommunications company by Les Affaires magazine, based on a Léger Marketing survey.
