MONTREAL — Quebecor’s TVA Group today announced its Zeste cooking brand is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a major rollout across Quebecor’s media ecosystem.
The brand already has a television presence on the Zeste channel and in the Zeste Cuisine column on TVA’s Salut Bonjour show. In addition, the brand is featured in Quebecor’s Journal de Montréal and the Journal de Québec with the Zeste section every Saturday, and on the web at Zeste.ca and on social media.
Soon, the Zeste brand will be on newsstands as well with a special issue of TVA Group’s Coup de pouce magazine,…
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By Denis Carmel
MONTREAL – In a news release issued on Friday, Quebecor claims it won a CRTC-adjudicated dispute in which the company alleged Bell had engaged in undue preference when packaging Bell Media’s sports channel RDS and Quebecor’s TVA Sports for Bell TV customers.
“In a letter sent to the parties earlier this week, which has been kept confidential to protect strategic information, the CRTC stated that Bell’s proposed new packaging structure still fails to comply with the decision issued in December 2019. The latest CRTC decision is yet another indication of Bell’s bad faith and the anti-competitive practices it…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor’s TVA Sports, the exclusive French-language broadcaster of NHL games in Canada, announced Monday its broadcast schedule for the first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Philadelphia Flyers.
The first game in the best-of-seven series takes place on Wednesday, August 12 at 8 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and will be broadcast in French exclusively on TVA Sports and TVA Sports Direct. The game will also be broadcast in English on Sportsnet and CBC. (Pictured are Habs goalie Carey Price and Flyers forward Sean Couturier.)
Ahead of the teams’ first meeting, TVA Sports…
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MONTREAL – The mid-summer NHL playoffs are paying off so far for Quebecor Media’s TVA Sports.
The first three games of the Montreal Canadiens-Pittsburgh Penguins series, (August 1, 3 and 5) drew 37.6% market share among adults aged 25 to 54 and a peak audience of 1,238,000 viewers in game three, according to Numeris numbers, in a release from the broadcaster. Game four is Friday at 4 p.m. and the Habs have a 2-1 best-of-five series lead.
“Against all expectations, summer means hockey in Quebec this year and we are seeing excellent results for our sports channel,” said Patrick Jutras, senior…
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MONTREAL – While Quebecor took a 5% hit to second quarter revenue, which came in at $1 billion due mostly to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, there were still positives to take away.
Its adjusted EBITDA for the period ended June 30th was $475.7 million, up 4.5%, while net income lines were up and cash flow grew 18.6% to $326.1 million.
The company’s telecommunications segment grew its revenues by 1.7% where Videotron increased its revenues from customer equipment sales by 43.8% and mobile telephony by 9.1% in Q2 2020, compared to Q2 2019
Videotron’s total average billing per unit (a.k.a. customer)…
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Much lower costs at TVA Sports help bottom line though
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s broadcaster, film and TV maker, and publisher TVA Group announced Thursday its operating revenues in the second quarter of 2020 came in at $103.9 million, a year-over-year decrease of 29%.
However, the net loss attributable to shareholders in the quarter ended June 30 was $2.7 million, which compares favourably to the $6.2 million loss in the second quarter of 2019. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA of $7.36 million was double that of Q2 2019.
The $3.47 million in adjusted EBITDA on the broadcasting segment was $5 million better than last…
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MONTREAL – TVA Group’s Incendo announced today it is ramping up production – in accordance with on-set safety protocols and revised health provisions.
The producer has initiated production on the romantic comedy A Love Yarn. The film will run in parallel with additional romcom themed projects slated for production in 2020 and 2021.
With offices in Montreal, Toronto, and Los Angeles, Incendo’s “evolving corporate strategy includes international co-productions, starting with Screentime New Zealand. These additional growth opportunities will continue to set the stage for industry alignment and an enhanced business model, all within a newly established era of film production and…
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MONTREAL – On Monday, Quebecor Media broadcaster TVA has issued a statement in response to incidents over the weekend where two of its reporters, Kariane Bourassa and Yves Poirier were jostled by anti-mask demonstrators in Montréal and Québec City.
“During those demonstrations against the obligation of wearing a mask in public places, some demonstrators have insulted, intimidated, and interfered with the work of TVA reporters covering the events in the field, therefore trying to compromise freedom of the press,” reads the statement, in French.
TVA’s management also condemned the actions of “two demonstrators who hugged a reporter, Kariane Bourassa against her…
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MONTREAL – Peggy Tabet has been promoted to vice president public and regulatory affairs, the company announced Thursday.
She had been VP of regulatory affairs/broadcasting.
Tabet, a 22-year Quebecor veteran, will now oversee all regulatory affairs for broadcasting and telecommunications, as well as public affairs, said the company annoucement. Her promotion comes on the heels of the departure of Serge Sasseville who was senior vice president, corporate and institutional affairs.
Her boss, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau, tweeted his congratulations.
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However, people are starting to return to stores and advertisers are coming back
TORONTO — Rogers Communications this morning reported second quarter 2020 results which reflected a full-quarter impact of the Covid-19 economic shutdown. (Expect Bell Canada, Telus and Quebecor to report similar impacts when they file Q2 results in the coming days.)
RCI’s revenue was impacted by the pandemic across the board, decreasing overall by 17% to $3.2 billion in Q2 2020, ended June 30, compared to the second quarter of 2019. The revenue decline was largely driven by 13% and 17% decreases in wireless service and equipment revenue, respectively,…
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