Radio Canada International, CBC’s multilingual service, has launched a new service over the Internet Monday designed to reach those who have immigrated or are looking to immigrate to Canada.
The service will air programming in English and French, as well as Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian. According to a RCI news release, “content will include social context and arts & entertainment stories to help immigrants discover their new home; tips to help them fit in and do what they need to do; capsules to help them hone their skills in the two official languages; and discussion boards to share their experiences, so they can be heard and get involved in their newly adopted community.”
This “tailored orientation program” will be available via podcast and streaming audio at www.RCInet.ca.
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What a waste of tax payers money. RCI should have been shut down years ago.
It’s a dumping ground for CBC and Radio Canada rejects who can’t fired because of seniority and union protection.
I quite like RCI, but I wish they’d bring back the links to the streaming feeds on the RCI website. I can’t tell if the new VIVA service carries everything that the live feeds do, and it isn’t made clear anywhere. I don’t mind listening to the VIVA service, so long as I know I’m not missing out on anything. The only other problem is the lack of news, sport and weather as you get on the hour with the live feeds.
What you probably like are the items from the CBC’s syndication feeds.
You can tell the difference between a CBC produced piece and an RCI produced piece because the quality of the latter is so much lower.
The quality of RCI broadcasts is closer to community radio than whatever is produced elsewhere on the CBC.