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AntoniaZ
Contributor I
Nov 7, 2020 10:20 PM UTC
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Radio-Canada's Ici Musique?

How do I listen to Radio-Canada's Ici Musique?

TuneIn won't work and it's not listed in Sonos' radio choices.

It’s a Canadian public broadcaster  French-language station, which plays great stuff. It’s sister network (English-Language) CBC Radio & Music is offered but not Ici Musique or Radio-Canada!

I’d love to see it listed in the choices

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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
Jan 29, 2021 1:07 AM UTC

Sonos doesn’t add other company’s streams.

Other companies add their streams to Sonos. If you’re wanting to get Radio Canada on Sonos, send them a letter, and point them to the Sonos partners page, where they can find the tools and instructions necessary to be on the Sonos platform. 

Bruce

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Airgetlam
Nov 8, 2020 4:58 AM UTC

Have you checked with them to see what streaming radio service they’ve associated with? Or looked in their website?

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AntoniaZ
AntoniaZAuthor
Contributor I
Nov 8, 2020 5:39 AM UTC


Hey… I just looked around some more and now CJBC-FM (my fave!) is there in Toronto local radio.

 

Thanks for your reply. I never would have checked again.

 

Antonia

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Music Madame
Lyricist III
Jan 28, 2021 11:55 PM UTC

Thumbs up for a dedicated Ici Musique app, like Sonos currently supports for CBC Music.

If Sonos supports Canada, they need a dedicated French service on their Sonos App.

I use RC Ohdio app on my Android phone, and was quite disappointed that my Sonos speaker does not support Google Cast.  Contacted Sonos customer service about this, and they said use TuneIn to access Ici Musique radio streams.  I want access to the Ici Musique radio show archive and music streams. This is not supported by 3rd Party TuneIn.

Sonos should stick with making good speakers, and not trying to compete with Google Cast API.  That’s the other issue - you need to use Sonos App to access the streams, and not the originating music app directly from your phone.

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AntoniaZ
AntoniaZAuthor
Contributor I
Jan 29, 2021 12:10 AM UTC

Agreed. Sonos needs to show that it wants to reach all Canadians, anglophone and francophone. RadCan is a public broadcaster, largely supported with tax dollars. Furthermore, its radio and music services are commercial-free.

I know there are Radio Canada radio and music service apps. What’s the big deal in adding them?

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Music Madame
Lyricist III
Jan 29, 2021 12:55 AM UTC

Sonos should understand these are "staple" music services for Canada, and support directly (ie. not through 3rd party like TuneIn) as a minimum.

These kind of issues make me want to choose content & seamless over quality, and ditch Sonos for a Google speaker product.

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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
Jan 29, 2021 1:07 AM UTC

Sonos doesn’t add other company’s streams.

Other companies add their streams to Sonos. If you’re wanting to get Radio Canada on Sonos, send them a letter, and point them to the Sonos partners page, where they can find the tools and instructions necessary to be on the Sonos platform. 

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Bruce
AntoniaZ
AntoniaZAuthor
Contributor I
Jan 29, 2021 1:30 AM UTC

Thanks Bruce. I shall do that.

 

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Music Madame
Lyricist III
Jan 29, 2021 9:41 PM UTC

I've already sent something to Radio Canada.

This is content for Sonos. I thoughqt they'd be interested in facilitating that.

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AntoniaZ
AntoniaZAuthor
Contributor I
Jan 29, 2021 11:17 PM UTC

I sent something to. I got a boilerplate “receipt” in reply promising a real answer asap. On verra!

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Music Madame
Lyricist III
Jan 30, 2021 12:12 AM UTC

Meme chose.

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