MONTREAL – Bell Canada was quick to respond to what it described as a “public misinformation campaign” launched by Cogeco, Eastlink, Quebecor earlier in the day around its acquisition of... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – The Quebec Superior Court has sided with Quebecor, in part, in civil actions filed against Bell Canada over alleged signal piracy that occurred nearly a decade ago. The... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor and Videotron have upped their support for Jour de la Terre Québec’s ‘Allo la Terre!’ program that encourages Quebecers to dispose of electronic equipment in an environmentally... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - V Interactions has named Natalie Larivière as its executive vice-president and chief operating officer. Larivière was previously president of TC Media, president and CEO of Quebecor’s book publishing... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Canada’s public broadcaster has a key role to play, perhaps even more vital in this era of vertical integration, but it needs the Local Program Improvement Fund and “a... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebecor saw its first quarter profits jump 52%, however, the majority of the increase was due to a “favourable variance in gain on valuation and translation of financial... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Quebec government fees were to blame for a quarterly net loss of $39.3 million, TVA Group said Tuesday in its financial results for the period ended March 31,... Continue Reading
by Steve Faguy GATINEAU - It's the most important decision about private French-language television in Canada in years, but the CRTC's renewal of licenses for major broadcasters contained few surprises.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has received CRTC approval to buy out the half of specialty channels Mystery and The Cave that it doesn't already own. Both English-language category A channels are... Continue Reading
Perry Hoffman GATINEAU – Telcos Telus and MTS Allstream are urging the CRTC to remove vertically integrated broadcasters/distributors from eligibility under the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF). While Rogers, Shaw... Continue Reading