HISTORY

A TRADITION OF QUALITY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

2008 On the strength of Casino’s successful first season, the series returns to Radio-Canada TV with 10 new episodes. The committee for Quebec City’s 400th anniversary hires Avanti Ciné Vidéo to design and produce a large-scale event to commemorate the anniversary, to be presented on July 3rd and reprised on July 4th and 5th.

2007 The series Les étoiles filantes airs on Radio-Canada TV. Avanti Ciné Vidéo puts its money on the new generation of creative talent with screenplays written by François Archambault and directed by Ricardo Trogi. A DVD of the highlights of the Quebecois version of Un gars, une fille is released in France. On Canal Vie TV, canine educational specialist Mathieu Lavallée visits dog owners to help dogs and masters to live together in harmony as part of the new feature program Maître chez soi.

2006 Casino goes on the air at Radio-Canada TV, racking up impressive ratings in excess of a million television viewers.

2005 Luc Wiseman creates an entertainment division and starts producing Dominic et Martin, Jean-François Mercier, Franky and Martin Rozon.

2004 Smash, Daniel Lemire’s first television series, is broadcast on Radio-Canada TV. In collaboration with Guy A. Lepage and Radio-Canada. Avanti changes the face of Sunday evenings in Quebec forever with the program Tout le monde en parle.

2003 Avanti launches Quebec’s most ambitious DVD project to date, producing a 15-DVD compilation of all 130 episodes of Un gars, une fille. A new adventure is under way, giving Avanti staff the opportunity to develop expertise in a hot, new growth market.

2001 The dramatic comedy 3 x rien hits the airwaves, revolutionizing production of comedy programs with a bold, enhanced visual style. Avanti enters the specialty-channel arena with C’est ma vie and the documentary series Le Monde est sexe on Canal Vie.

2000 Luc Wiseman becomes the sole shareholder in Avanti Ciné Vidéo. Willie, his first series as sole producer, is aired on TVA and is a resounding success.

1999 France buys the Un gars, une fille format, which is to become the most widely sold dramatic format in the world.

1998 The series Cher Olivier rakes in nine Gemini awards and two Can Pro awards.

1997 The series Un gars, une fille is aired for the first time. The trials and tribulations of Guy and Sylvie will unfold over 130 episodes.

1996 A new generation of writers and actors makes its appearance in Majeurs & Vaccinés. On this show, the character Catherine, played by Sylvie Moreau, is born.

1995 Avanti revives the classic sitcom Moi et l’autre with Dominique Michel and Denise Filiatrault.

1993 October 16. La Petite Vie hits the airwaves. A real television phenomenon, the show becomes Quebec’s number-one viewer ratings success of all time. Piment Fort revolutionizes early-evening television viewing. This show will reach an average of 800,000 television viewers daily for eight years.

1991 With the production of Roch Voisine, L’idole, honoured by both ADISQ and the Gemini Awards, development of Avanti’s recognition for expertise in variety show programming begins. Since then, over 150 hours of programming in this niche have been produced.

1990 A few months after its founding, Luc Wiseman joins the company. Besides seeing to development and production of the first episodes of the dramatic series Montréal ville ouverte, he devotes himself to developing the youth and feature programming divisions. Les Détecteurs de mensonges brings him his first Gemini award, promising a bright future for this original concept. In 2000, he celebrates his 1000th show.

1989 Spring. Jean Bissonnette and Jean-Claude L’Espérance found Les Productions Avanti Ciné Vidéo.