Quebecor’s Videotron announced Tuesday it is consolidating its French-language content offerings Club illico and Vrai into a single subscription video-on-demand platform, illico+, which will launch Oct. 23.
Providing a seamless transition for existing subscribers of both platforms on Helix and illico, the illico+ platform will include scripted, unscripted and specialized content, including Quebec and international exclusives, movies and TV series for all audiences, true crime documentaries, docu-reality shows, reality series, comedy programming and more, Videotron says in a press release.
“Videotron will maintain its content creation investments to keep showcasing local original productions,” the release reads. “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.”
These include:
- 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 starring Claude Legault, Caroline Néron and Guy Nadon
- Corbeaux, a police drama starring Pascale Bussières and Mylène Mackay
- Hot Ones Québec, with host Marc-André Grondin interviewing famous personalities as they sample different hot sauces
- Le CH et son peuple, a documentary series in which journalist Brendan Kelly explores the parallels between Quebec society and the Montreal Canadiens hockey team
- Les Grands Bien-cuits ComediHa!, season four of the celebrity-roast series with guests of honour Claude Legault, Patrick Groulx, Mélanie Maynard and Pierre Hébert
- L’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
International and U.S. acquisitions will include series such as HPI: haut potentiel intellectuel (season four), 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, as well as recent Paramount movies available shortly after their theatrical release, including Transformers: Le Commencement and Sourire 2 (French version of Smile 2).
More information is available here.
Image borrowed from Videotron’s website
