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Quebecor’s elephant in the room

MONTREAL – Quebecor has launched a video on demand service and web site dedicated to preserving and promoting Quebec’s movies. Launched today on Videotron's illico digital TV platform, the VOD service is called Elephant: memoire du cinema quebecois and offers 27 feature films which have been up-converted to HD from their original format. The website www.elephant.canoe.ca is “the largest existing online database and information source on Quebec cinema”, said the company press release, with film synopses, photos from the set, exclusive interviews, trailers, movie posters and reference materials. "Our movies reflect who we are," said Pierre Karl Peladeau, president and...