MONTREAL — One week before the grand finale of this year’s Star Académie next Sunday, TVA, Quebecor Content and Productions Déferlantes confirmed today the variety show will be back for a brand-new season in winter 2022.
The announcement of a new season was shared with fans last night.
Star Académie serves as a showcase for young Quebec talent and gives viewers the opportunity to discover exceptional singer/songwriters representing the rich musical and cultural diversity found in the province, says Quebecor’s press release.
Quebecor promotes the program across all of its platforms: the variety show episodes and daily editions air on TVA and…
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$10 million not enough of a deterrent, Péladeau says
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The maximum fine of $10 million for a first offence available to the CRTC to impose on violators of its rules is not enough for Bell Canada, Quebecor president and CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau said Tuesday.
“I’m sorry to say this, it’s like a drop of water in the ocean,” he said Tuesday evening in an appearance in front of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, which is studying spending on large projects. “It doesn’t amount to much for a company like them…to delay the competition, it…
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MONTREAL — After revealing a new identity for its advertising sales team earlier this month, Quebecor announced today several account director appointments in the Toronto office of Quebecor Expertise Media.
Leema Williams (above, top left) has been appointed as digital account director and she will report to Marie-Claude Desjardins, senior director of business development and media creativity. Williams has more than a dozen years of sales experience at Metroland Media Group and more recently as a freelance social media strategist.
Newly appointed as account director of programmatic media solutions, Rajan Sharma (top right) is responsible for covering the programmatic territory…
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MONTREAL — TVA Group announced today its president and CEO France Lauzière (above) is stepping back from her duties for a period of up to six months for family reasons, starting today.
Lauziere is also chief content officer of Quebecor Content.
The announcement made by TVA Group chairperson Sylvie Lalande says Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of parent company Quebecor, will assume Lauzière’s duties at TVA Group and Quebecor Content during her absence, on an acting basis.
“The Corporation understands Ms. Lauzière’s decision and fully supports her at this time,” reads the release.
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MONTREAL — Quebecor’s digital radio platform QUB Radio released today the 500th episode of its En 5 minutes (In 5 Minutes) podcast, which invites listeners to learn about a wide variety of subjects related to science, history and current affairs, all in five minutes.
The special 500th episode fittingly tackles the question “What is a minute?”, exploring why there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and who decided a day was divided into 24 hours.
According to QUB Radio’s press release, its popular daily podcast has passed two million plays since its debut (that’s according…
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GATINEAU — Cartt.ca readers will be glad to know the CRTC’s new wireless policies will finally be released this week, with mandated mobile virtual network operators (will they or won’t they?) undoubtedly the biggest item of interest among telecom providers, big and small.
A Commission spokesperson confirmed the policy decision will be issued at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 15 (i.e., after the stock market closes).
It’s been a long wait, seeing as the Commission first announced the wireless policy review proceeding back in February 2019, held a public hearing in February 2020 and final submissions were in July…
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By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – With 3.2 million Canadians tuning into see Meghan and Harry talk to Oprah on Global Television, more than 500,000 subscribers to Corus Entertainment’s StackTV and Nick+, and ongoing growth in advanced ad sales, CEO Doug Murphy told a conference call on Friday the narrative about the decline of TV is wrong.
Corus reported its second quarter results Friday, which showed an ongoing recovery from the pandemic in the advertising market (except for radio) and increased demand for content made by its Nelvana and Corus Studios divisions.
While overall revenues and profit declined compared to the non-Covid impacted…
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TORONTO – Corus Studios announced Friday its largest output deal to date with the sale of over 200 episodes to U.S. streamer, Hulu, which is acquiring content across home renovation, real estate, and food genres.
Hulu will begin streaming the new pickups later this year across North America and internationally (not in Canada, of course). While financial terms were not released, Corus chief financial officer John Gosseling told financial analysts during Corus Entertainment’s second quarter conference call Friday morning the value of the deal is under $10 million.
“Corus Studios content continues to resonate globally with its premium portfolio of broadly-appealing…
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By Greg O’Brien
OTTAWA – While one question was answered Wednesday, a few others have arisen surrounding the June 2021 auction of 3500 MHz wireless spectrum.
There was much speculation whether Shaw would take part in the auction, now that Rogers is buying the company, and on the list of qualified bidders released by Industry, Science and Economic Development Wednesday, Shaw is absent, so it’s officially out. As we reported, it probably would have been disqualified from bidding on set aside spectrum anyway, if it had taken part.
“This confirms Shaw is all in on the proposed deal with Rogers…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor today launched a new identity and image for its advertising sales team — Quebecor Expertise Media.
The new branding (see the new logo above) was announced to Quebecor’s clients in a newsletter that included a “video manifesto” in which the company showcases its renewed commitment to its advertisers’ goals.
“When I started at Quebecor, I wanted to shift our approach and change our strategies, I wanted to use our unique and converging ecosystem to optimize our partners’ media placements,” said Patrick Jutras, senior vice-president and chief advertising officer of Quebecor and Groupe TVA, in a press release….
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