Choose ICI TOU.TV quality with a mobile-data budget in mind

Find the quality control during playback

Radio-Canada’s quality instructions cover computers, phones and tablets. Start a video, open the three dots at the top right, choose Qualité du flux vidéo and select the desired option. The help specifically limits this manual control to EXTRA subscribers. On a phone or tablet, use the viewing application described by the service’s mobile help; do not look for this as a universal television-picture setting.

Plan from the published hourly estimates

The mobile-data help estimates about 1 GB per hour for low/economy quality, with a maximum of 540p; about 1.75 GB per hour for medium, up to 720p; and about 3.5 GB per hour for high, up to 1080p. Those are approximate consumption figures and maximum resolutions. They do not promise that every scene continuously uses one fixed bitrate or reaches that maximum image resolution.

Apply the estimate to the viewing session

For illustration, two hours at the published low-quality estimate would use roughly 2 GB, compared with roughly 7 GB at high quality. This arithmetic is a planning comparison, not a measured result for a particular episode or phone. Compare the intended session with the remaining allowance in the actual mobile plan before choosing a higher setting.

Separate connection choice from picture quality

Radio-Canada says viewing in the mobile application without Wi-Fi consumes the mobile Internet allowance. Reducing quality changes that planning estimate; it does not convert a cellular connection into Wi-Fi. If conserving the mobile allowance is the priority, establish the intended connection before playback and then choose the available quality control for that account.

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