MONTREAL — Quebecor Media subsidiary Videotron announced Wednesday that Élodie Girardin-Lajoie has been appointed as its new vice-president of corporate affairs.Girardin-Lajoie first joined Videotron in 2010, and held a series... Continue Reading
OTTAWA — Canada’s largest, vertically integrated BDUs have a little over a year to start providing set-top box data to a national STB-based audience measurement system — a new condition... Continue Reading
MONTREAL — Quebecor Media subsidiary TVA Group’s financial performance in the second quarter of 2018 was “disappointing”, the company’s president said on Thursday.TVA Group reported lower earnings across all of... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC needs more information from the country’s telcos on their pending lower-cost data-only plans for mobile wireless services.In a letter dated July 20 from Philippe Kent, competition and... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL - Telefilm Canada and the Talent Fund have announced the first 45 English- and French-language projects selected under the new Talent to Watch Program (formerly known as... Continue Reading
TORONTO – “There’s no doubt in our minds that the power of the bundle is true and helps us in grabbing more market share,” said Quebecor’s Jean-François Pruneau Wednesday during... Continue Reading
TORONTO - According to a report this evening in the Globe and Mail, Shaw Communications is trying to sell all of its interest in Corus Entertainment.The report (subscription) says the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The federal government today officially launched its promised review of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Acts with a seven member panel of thinkers and experts who will also look... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Corus Entertainment and Bell Media have officially agreed to terminate their share purchase agreement for French-language specialty channels Historia and Séries+ since, as announced Monday, the Commissioner of... Continue Reading
TORONTO and MONTREAL – A group of broadcasters along with the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) have filed a complaint against the Bell Fund pertaining to the guidelines of its new TV... Continue Reading