Videotron has announced it will consolidate its French-language entertainment offerings, Club illico and Vrai, under a single platform this fall.
Dubbed illico+, the single subscriber-based video-on-demand (VOD) platform, will launch Oct. 23, promising a seamless transition for existing subscribers of both platforms on Helix and illico.
Videotron says the illico+ catalogue will include scripted, unscripted and specialized content, as well as Quebec and international exclusives, 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 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 4 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 include 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, as well as Paramount movies available shortly after their theatrical release, including Transformers : Le Commencement and Sourire 2 (French version of Smile 2).
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