By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The Competition Bureau is investigating whether Videotron employees artificially inflated online reviews of the Helix IPTV platform – and potentially other company products – in public forums, according to new court files asking the court to compel the Montreal-based company to hand over documents to advance the inquiry.
The watchdog said it’s of the preliminary view that the company’s employees may have violated competition law by “promoting, directly or indirectly, the supply or use of its products” and business interests through “deceptive” means. As the investigation is ongoing, the Bureau said it has not concluded any…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media today announced the launch of Radar Audiences, a new audience segmentation solution that harnesses data from a third party to enable advertisers to target the most receptive and favourable audiences with even greater precision, based on users’ actual physical behaviour as indicated by past movements.
“By selecting users based on their movement patterns, our geotargeting service delivers more relevant and effective campaigns,” said Jean Péladeau, general manager, data and advertising performance for Quebecor ID in the press release.
“This solution from Quebecor ID is another way to reach the right person at the right time. For example,…
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Cablevision’s TPIA rates approved by the CRTC
GATINEAU – A year ago today, Quebecor Media’s Videotron demanded third party internet access to Bell’s networks in the region of Abitibi, in Québec, which operates under the brand Cablevision du Nord. After a couple of rounds of regulatory back-and-forth CRTC ordered Bell to give access to Videotron and file tariffs.
Yesterday, the CRTC gave final approval to Cablevision du Nord’s tariffs for its 50 Mbps and 125 Mbps, over Videotron’s objection.
“The Commission approves on an interim basis the basic monthly usage charges and the monthly capacity charges per…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor Media announced today its inventory of digital street signage is now available on Quebec-based Hivestack’s programmatic ad buying platform.
With the agreement, programmatic ad buys are available on Quebecor’s network of more than 120 digital out-of-home screens in Montreal, Laval, Sherbrooke, Lévis and South Shore Montreal, where eight more screens will be added on August 25, says the news release. Centrally located in these neighbourhoods, Quebecor’s digital screens attract a diverse audience and generate 3.5 million impressions per day, according to the release.
“The decision to expand access to programmatic buying of our out of home inventory was…
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TORONTO — The Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada) will hold a four-day virtual event next week examining the advanced TV space with digital content presented from some of the biggest names in Canadian media, research and advertising.
Topics to be discussed during IAB Canada’s “Advanced TV Week” include viewing trends and usage rates, the Canadian broadcaster and device landscape, connected TV and OTT video apps, social TV, advanced TV measurement and programmatic TV.
“By the end of the week participants will have the knowledge and insights to begin incorporating advanced TV tactics into their media planning right away,” reads…
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MONTREAL — Quebecor announced Friday the appointment of Pascal Tanguay (pictured) as its new general manager of direct client solutions, effective July 13. Patrick Jutras, senior vice-chairman and chief advertising revenue officer at Quebecor and Groupe TVA, made the announcement.
Most recently, Tanguay was director of sales for French-language television at Bell Media, where he was also director of major accounts and commercial operations for RDS.
In his new role at Quebecor, Tanguay will oversee a sales team to maximize direct clients’ level of investment, says the news release. He will also be responsible for ensuring revenues are maximized across all…
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MONTREAL — Bell Media announced Monday it has hired Lucie Quenneville (pictured) as the new general manager of programming and acquisition strategies for Bell Media in Quebec, effective July 20.
Reporting to Suzane Landry, Bell Media’s vice-president of French-language content development and programming, Quenneville will be responsible for programming and acquisition strategies for the V specialty channel and for Crave’s French-language programming.
The new appointment marks Quenneville’s return to the V network, where she worked for six years from 2006-2012, first as director general of development and acquisitions, and then vice-president of programming and acquisitions. From 2013-2016, she was Quebecor Media’s…
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By Greg O’Brien
WHILE SOME PRO SPORTS have returned to play, like the English Premier League, the PGA, NASCAR and others, new and growing outbreaks of the Covid-19 virus in the U.S. threatens the return of the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, each currently planning for a July start or re-start.
If marquee North American pro sports don’t come back to TV soon, as planned, there may be permanent effects on the pay-TV bundle and the overall value of the TV rights, says a recent report from Scotiabank’s media and telecom analyst Jeff Fan.
There are between 8 million and 9…
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By Ahmad Hathout
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media will not challenge the CRTC’s decision to approve Bell’s purchase of the V Network in the Federal Court of Appeal, according to a letter to the court.
The letter, sent June 23, said despite finding an error in the Commission’s approval of the purchase, it wishes to discontinue the proceeding.
Quebecor first filed a notice in the court in early May reserving its right to challenge the CRTC’s decision approving the purchase in April. It did not decide whether it wanted to appeal the ruling because at the time, the regulator had not…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – During one of the CRTC’s most anticipated hearings earlier this year, Telus CEO Darren Entwistle appeared before the Commission reviewing impending changes to the wireless industry and warned mandating new entrants without facilities to ride on the networks of the incumbents would mean many jobs lost, philanthropic spending slashed and reductions in investments.
It was a defining moment during the hearing. Drawing the attention of national media and critics on social media, it encompassed for some the realities of the competitive delicacy of the industry; for others, it was viewed as a baseless threat…
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