RiverTV

RiverTV is a Canadian OTT internet television service owned by VMedia that launched on June 4, 2020.[1] RiverTV is a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD),[lower-alpha 1] primarily offering Canadian specialty channels and video on demand content.[3] RiverTV is the first Canadian-based vMVPD, and the second such service to launch in Canada after the U.S.-based FuboTV, though the latter provider offers a much more restricted sports-focused service in Canada compared to either RiverTV or its American service.

RiverTV
Screenshot
RiverTV Homepage - June 2020
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
OTT platform, Entertainment
Founded2019 (2019)
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Area servedCanada
OwnerVMedia
Key people
  • Alexei Tchernobrivets (Founder)
  • George Burger (Founder)
ProductsOTT Internet TV, IPTV, Streaming media, Video on demand, Television on demand, MVPD
URLwww.rivertv.ca

The service initially launched in a closed beta on May 4, 2020 before releasing publicly in June with a free 7-day trial offer for new subscribers.[4][5]

Programming

RiverTV currently features live and on demand channels from broadcasters such as Blue Ant Media (Cottage Life, Makeful, Smithsonian Channel (Canada), T+E), CBC/Radio-Canada (CBC Television, CBC News Network, Ici Radio-Canada Télé, Ici RDI), Channel Zero (CHCH, Rewind, Silver Screen Classics), Corus Entertainment (Global TV, Showcase, Teletoon, Treehouse TV, YTV, Adult Swim, History, History2) and Wildbrain (Family Channel, Family CHRGD, Family Jr.).

Additionally, the service carries several U.S.-imported channels, most not otherwise available on Canadian TV services, including Cheddar, Law & Crime, Newsmax, Newsy, and Revolt.[6]

Add-ons offerings currently include Documentary Channel, ducktv, France 24, Hollywood Suite, Ici ARTV, Ici Explora, i24 News, Mezzo Live HD, Nick+, Planète+, Super Channel, TRT Arabi and TRT World.[7]

Availability

As of July 2020, RiverTV's content can be accessed through the service's apps for Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, and iOS devices within Canada.[8]

Footnotes
  1. Or equivalently "virtual broadcast distribution undertaking" (vBDU), using the CRTC terminology for TV service providers.[2]

References
  1. "VMedia's new RiverTV streaming app features over 30 live TV channels". Mobile Syrup. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. "TV & Film News – Public broadcaster says half of all Canadians have watched its Tokyo 2020 TV coverage". Broadcast Dialogue. July 29, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. "Live TV Streaming Reaches Canada as Netflix Alternative". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. "RiverTV Streaming Service Launching Soon in Canada on iOS, Apple TV and More". iPhone In Canada. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. "VMEDIA LAUNCHES RIVERTV – CANADA'S FIRST LIVE AND ON DEMAND STREAMING TV BUNDLE!". RiverTV. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. "VMEDIA LAUNCHES RIVERTV – CANADA'S FIRST LIVE AND ON DEMAND STREAMING TV BUNDLE!". Newswire. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. "RiverTV". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. "Help Centre - General". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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