Montréal, February 7, 2014 – As announced by CBC/Radio-Canada on February 6, 2014, Videotron is pleased to offer front-row seats to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games for its customers. CBC, Radio-Canada. TVA Sports and RDS coverage of almost all the competitions will be available to illico subscribers via video on demand. Ready, set, grab your remote!
Subscribers to illico Digital TV will be able to watch CBc's, Radio-Canada's, TVA Sports's and RDs's coverage of Sochi 2014 and experience memorable performances again as many times as they wish, live and on demand, from February 7 to 23. The content will be available on channel 900, on the Web (illico.tv), on tablets (through the illico.tv app) and on illico mobile. Videotron will bring all the excitement of Sochi 2014, including ice hockey, alpine skiing, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding and much more ,1 to video on demand in English and French. In all, approximately 300 hours of CBC and Radio-Canada coverage will be available on demand.
Viewers will also be able to access the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, always two of the highlights of the Olympics, on the various illico platforms. Finally, to help viewers stay on top of the day's events and track the performance of their favourite athletes, Videotron will offer a daily Olympics summary, on demand.
For more information, see the Sochi 2014 on CBC and Sotchi 2014 à Radio-Canada sections on channel 900.
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 illico interactive television service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services. As of September 30, 2013, Videotron was serving 1,830,400 cable television customers, including 1,517,600 subscribers to Digital TV. Videotron is also the Québec leader in high-speed Internet access, with 1,408,200 subscribers to its cable service as of September 30, 2013. As of the same date, Videotron had 478,000 subscriber connections to its mobile telephone service and was providing cable telephone service to 1,281,200 Québec households and organizations. For the eighth consecutive year, Videotron was ranked as Québec's most respected telecommunication company by Les Affaires magazine, based on a Léger Marketing survey.
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1 List of events subject to change without prior notice.
