MONTREAL – Quebecor Content has scored the French-language rights to U.S. game show The Wall for TVA.Created and produced by legendary NBA player LeBron James and Maverick Carter for SpringHill... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC has ordered Videotron to comply with its decision to no longer zero-rate its music streaming service Unlimited Music.In a letter to Quebecor Media dated June 15, the... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Quebecor Content has finalized an agreement with Blue Ant International to provide premium nature content for Videotron’s Indigo, illico and Club illico platforms.The agreement includes four 4K series... Continue Reading
MONTREAL and CALGARY – Videotron is continuing to shed its wireless spectrum outside of Quebec, announcing early Tuesday that Shaw Communications has bought seven licences for $430 million.The sale includes... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications has sold off its Denver-based subsidiary ViaWest Inc. for approximately C$2.3 billion (US$1.675 billion) to GI Partners portfolio company Peak 10 Holding Corporation.The deal is subject... Continue Reading
MONTREAL and TORONTO – Videotron has sold its AWS-1 spectrum licence in the Greater Toronto region to Rogers Communications for approximately $184 million, pursuant to the transfer option held by... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Rising revenues were not enough to offset first quarter net losses at Quebecor, the company said Thursday.For the period ended March 31, 2017, revenue of $996.4 million was... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Despite gains in its broadcasting and production segments, TVA Group Inc. saw its first quarter losses deepen by more than $0.6 million, the company announced on Tuesday.TVA Group,... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Continued flooding in Gatineau, home of the CRTC and many of its staff, means the big decisions planned for this week have been put off until next week,... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Irwin Gotlieb’s company is in charge of a third of the world’s advertising budget and he came to Toronto last week to tell Canada’s broadcasters to get on... Continue Reading