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Le Fil, the French newscast from Bell Media's Noovo, was rebranded to Noovo Info, using the same name as the news division. Only the open was updated - the set and surrounding pres were unchanged.

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This is far more reaching than a simple name change. The 5pm newscast’s rundown has been rearranged, beginning with 5 minutes of top stories, followed by the regional news at 5:06, and continuing at 5:30 with more national news and features, which will now include more CTV News content and a sports segment produced by sister sports network RDS. This comes after TVA Nouvelles executive editor Maxime Landry has been hired as division director.

More changes involve anchors: Michel Bherer will now anchor the late edition at 10pm from Monday to Thursday, with Sabrina Rivet presenting on Fridays. Additionally, Jean-Simon Bui, who reports from the Noovo Quebec City newsroom, will replace Lise-Marie Blais as presenter of the regional bulletins outside of Quebec City; Blais remains as anchor for the Quebec City bulletin. Worth noting the regional bulletins are produced and recorded out of Quebec City (except the Montreal edition, which airs from CFCF’s studios at Papineau Avenue), due to Bell’s familiar cost cutting.

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Le Fil/Noovo Info, for reminder, was a condition of Bell buying the network (formerly known as V) from Maxime Rémillard, involving the rebuilding of an in-house news service from scratch. It was initially designed as a magazine-style news program with more long-form reports and interviews, plus a strong emphasis on viewer interaction.

However, during the last two seasons, citing low ratings and the mixed reviews of the original format (criticism targeted on the recycling of segments and lack of resource sharing with CTV News and RDS, thanks to Bell’s familiar cost cutting), the format had begun shifting back towards a traditional format of “chasing fire trucks and standard urban crime” long done by arch-rival TVA. This was further cemented by the hiring of TVA presenter Marie-Christine Bergeron in May 2022, replacing original presenter Noémi Mercier, who signed a deal with Bell to produce long-form documentaries for the network, plus the quiet dropping of the weekend morning summary edition (hosted by RDS presenter Meeker Guerrier) last April.

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