MONTREAL - Quebecor Media today announced a long-term debt refinancing that will trim the company's annual financial expenses by close to $80 million. The refinancing, consisting primarily of the issuance... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Videotron's total customer base broke through the 1.5 million mark in 2005, rising to 1,506,000, compared with 1,452,500 in 2004 and 1,424,000 at the end of 2003. “It... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – For the first time in Canada, a new TV show will debut in the video on demand space – before it airs on broadcast television. Vidéotron's video on... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Today, Quebec MSO Videotron began rolling out voice service on the North Shore of Montreal. In under a year after its launch, Videotron’s voice over Internet protocol telephony... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The CRTC Friday scuttled a bid by broadcasting veteran Wendell Wilks to launch a local TV station for the Niagara region. The founder of Edmonton’s ITV (which is... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - During its 79th annual convention in Winnipeg, The Future Summit, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters elected its board members for the 2005-2006 year. Of note this year is... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – While the Quebecor Inc. continues to have difficulty with its huge printing operation, its media division, especially cable company Videotron, remains strong as the MSO continues to show... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – On Friday, Quebecor Media’s TVA Group reported third quarter net income was off by 66%, at $2.7 million, when compared to Q3 2004.. This decline in net income,... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Broadcaster Crossroads Television (CITS) will stay on basic cable on Videotron’s Quebec-Ontario border systems, the CRTC told the company today. Videotron wanted to distribute the Christian broadcast channel... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Rogers Communications founder and CEO Ted Rogers used a speech to the Canadian Club Monday in Montreal to blast Bell Canada’s lobbying efforts and predatory pricing ideas.Just days... Continue Reading