Radio / Television News

Videotron follows Shaw’s lead and pulls CTF funding


MONTREAL – Videotron announced late Tuesday afternoon that it won't be making its regular monthly contributions to the Canadian Television Fund either. In a letter to the CTF, Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of Videotron parent Quebecor Inc. said it won't pay and has asked the Bev Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage, to launch a thorough review of the fund's management and membership structures.In a press release, Péladeau said he feels "deep dissatisfaction with the Fund's governance, performance and direction" and complained that "Fund managers pay little heed to the main private-sector contributors to the Fund and give little...