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Revenues and profits rise for Quebecor in fiscal 2025

| 02/27/2026 9:09 am EST

Quebecor logo graphic for The Wire Report

Quebecor Inc. posted strong numbers for the final quarter of its fiscal year and the year as a whole in its recent financial update. For the 2025 fiscal year, the company posted revenues of $5.68 billion, up 0.7 per cent or $36.9 million. For Q4, revenues were $1.54...

Quarterly Reports Quebecor

Telecom executives among highest paid CEOs in Canada

| 01/20/2026 4:54 pm EST

Telecom executives among highest paid CEOs in Canada

Life at the top of a large corporation is more financially rewarding than ever, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has found. Telecom moguls take their place among the handsomely-compensated. The study, Living the High Life, was released on...

Bell Quebecor Rogers

TVA begins another round of layoffs, 87 positions to be eliminated

Media | 11/12/2025 5:39 pm EST

TVA begins another round of layoffs, 87 positions to be eliminated

Quebecor Inc. subsidiary TVA Group has launched another round of layoffs in...

Quebecor union

Péladeau calls for changing of regulations, looking forward to next spectrum auction

Media | 11/10/2025 5:40 pm EST

Péladeau calls for changing of regulations, looking forward to next spectrum auction

The Canadian television business is facing...

CRTC Feature ISED

Quebecor disappointed in federal budget’s lack of support for TV broadcasters

Media | 11/06/2025 6:44 pm EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

With the Canadian television industry facing headwinds, Quebecor Inc. CEO...

Broadcasting Federal Budget Quarterly Reports

Quebecor issues slate of proposals to help distressed private TV broadcasters

Media | 08/26/2025 5:19 pm EDT

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

Private television is in crisis, according to one broadcaster. The owner of...

Broadcasting CRTC Quebecor

Quebecor boasts ‘best balance sheet of the industry’ in releasing Q2 numbers

Media | 08/07/2025 7:37 pm EDT

Quebecor boasts 'best balance sheet of the industry' in releasing Q2 numbers

Quebecor Inc. issued its second quarter figures on Thursday Aug. 7, giving a strong report over performance from a year earlier. The mobility telephone network saw an...

Quarterly Reports Quebecor

UPDATED: CUPE approves deal with Videotron; Rogers B.C. strike continues

Media | 07/24/2025 6:19 pm EDT

UPDATED: CUPE approves deal with Videotron; Rogers B.C. strike continues

Videotron, a division of Quebecor Inc., has reached a new agreement with...

Rogers Strike Videotron

TVA laying off more workers; parent company talks CanCon at CRTC hearing

Media | 05/21/2025 9:02 pm EDT

TVA laying off more workers; parent company talks CanCon at CRTC hearing

Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group announced another round of layoffs May 21, the...

CRTC Quebecor

Quebecor’s Péladeau wants CBC out of advertising market

Media | 05/08/2025 6:01 pm EDT

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau wants to see CBC/Radio-Canada...

Cbc Online news act Quarterly Reports

Wholesale internet rates must be the same coast to coast: Peladeau

Media | 02/28/2025 11:56 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

While the CRTC’s recent decision to expand the wholesale fibre access...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Quarterly Reports

Quebecor’s revenue, profits drop in Q3 2024

telecom | 11/07/2024 5:21 pm EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. saw a drop in both revenues and profit in its most recent quarter. Revenues were down...

Quarterly Reports Quebecor

Competitors unhappy, incumbents closed-lipped about CRTC’s interim wholesale rates

telecom | 10/28/2024 5:27 pm EDT

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The CRTC’s recent decision on interim wholesale fibre rates is supposed...

CRTC fibre wholesale rates

Quebecor acquires advertising business, expands ad reach in Canada

telecom | 10/02/2024 4:23 pm EDT

Quebecor logo graphic for The Wire Report

Quebecor Inc. has finalized a deal to acquire the Canada-wide out-of-home...

Advertising Quebecor

After nearly 10 months of lockout, Videotron and unionized workers in Gatineau heading back to negotiations

Media | 08/19/2024 11:05 am EDT

A union of workers in Gatineau expects to meet with Videotron for negotiations soon, to be overseen by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

As a lockout between Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...

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Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

While some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate aggregated wholesale access to fibre networks across Canada, they are hesitant to celebrate just...

BREAKING CRTC fibre

Quebecor announces two executive appointments at Videotron, Freedom

Media | 08/12/2024 6:54 pm EDT

Quebecor announces two executive appointments at Videotron, Freedom

Quebecor Inc. announced Monday that it has installed two new executives in...

Quebecor

Media division bolsters Quebecor’s Q2 results

Media | 08/08/2024 4:54 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Strong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...

CRTC Quarterly Reports

Freedom Mobile serious in its intention to be fourth player, Péladeau tells CTS

telecom | 06/17/2024 9:58 pm EDT

Freedom Mobile serious in its intention to be fourth player, Péladeau tells CTS

TORONTO – The head of Quebecor Inc. came out swinging against the Big...

competition CRTC Cts

Quebecor files complaint with Competition Bureau over Loblaw deal with Bell, Rogers

telecom | 06/12/2024 5:43 pm EDT

Quebecor files complaint with Competition Bureau over Loblaw deal with Bell, Rogers

Quebecor Inc. has lodged a complaint with the Competition Bureau over...

Competition bureau mobile Wireless

Quebecor Q1 revenues soar following Freedom takeover

Media | 05/09/2024 8:27 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. reported a robust increase in revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2024, driven largely by its acquisition of Freedom Mobile last year. The telecom company discussed its financial results during a conference call on Thursday. For the three months...

Quarterly Reports Quebecor Wireless

Quebecor reports revenue increase in Q4

Media | 02/22/2024 5:52 pm EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. reported a successful fourth-quarter as it closed out the 2023 fiscal year, which it said...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Quarterly Reports

INDU debates study of mobile plan price hikes

telecom | 01/15/2024 5:46 pm EST

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyright

After almost two hours of deliberation last Thursday, the House industry and technology committee failed...

c-27 ISED mobile

Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC

Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST

Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC

BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...

Cancon CRTC Internet

Freedom launches new roaming plan covering 73 destinations

telecom | 11/21/2023 5:27 pm EST

Freedom launches new roaming plan covering 73 destinations

Quebecor Inc.’s Freedom Mobile announced its new roaming plan, Roam...

Freedom mobile Quebecor Roaming

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

Media | 11/21/2023 4:59 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

Fizz offering $4/month plans in western Canada while in beta testing

telecom | 11/20/2023 3:04 pm EST

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Quebecor Inc.'s Fizz went live in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the...

CRTC Fizz

Quebecor begins beta launch of Fizz in western Canada

telecom | 11/15/2023 3:39 pm EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc.’s Fizz will be available outside of Quebec in the “coming weeks”, CEO Pierre Karl...

Fizz MVNO Wireless

PKP says CRTC interim FTTP access rates need to be reflective of Bell’s true costs; Freedom lifts Quebecor to profitable Q3

telecom | 11/09/2023 4:48 pm EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH MVNO

TVA Group lays off 31 per cent of workforce in reorganization

Media | 11/04/2023 11:47 am EDT

Potential described video costs ‘exorbitant’: TVA Group

Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group announced Thursday a series of changes to cut down on operating costs, resulting in the elimination of 547 positions or 31 per cent of the company’s current workforce. The layoffs will include 300 positions in in-house production, 98 positions related to the operations of TVA’s local stations, and 149 positions in other departments. The network said all affected employees received a minimum of 16 weeks notice from the day of the...

Bell sends letter to appeal court backing Rogers; PKP not surprised

telecom | 09/07/2023 5:09 pm EDT

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

BCE Inc. is backing Rogers Communications Inc. in its appeal over a CRTC...

Court CRTC MVNO

CRTC must implement a reasonable test for FTTP rates: Péladeau

telecom | 05/11/2023 5:44 pm EDT

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...

Bell FTTP/FTTH Quebecor

CRTC lays out Online Streaming Act timeline, PKP calls for flexibility

Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:54 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that...

Bill C-11 CRTC Quebecor

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...

competition Competition bureau Rogers

Videotron takeover of Freedom “dream scenario”, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/22/2022 7:46 am EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

The takeover of Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile unit by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron would be a “dream scenario”, Shaw’s chief financial officer said Monday....

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

PKP still hopeful over Freedom acquisition despite unfruitful mediation with Competition Bureau

Media | 11/03/2022 4:29 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures...

Quarterly Reports Quebecor Rogers

CRTC releases long-awaited MVNO terms and conditions

telecom | 10/19/2022 5:30 pm EDT

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

The CRTC has unveiled its long-awaited terms and conditions of service allowing mobile virtual network...

CRTC MVNO

VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...

Competition bureau Quarterly Reports Quebecor

Quebecor wants to make its case for Freedom divestiture to Competition Tribunal

telecom | 07/08/2022 2:15 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

telecom | 06/01/2022 4:06 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

OTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Péladeau says Quebecor will stick to facilities-based model long-term

telecom | 05/13/2022 2:46 pm EDT

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said “there's no reason at this...

Quebecor

Quebecor cautions regulators on Globalive bid for Freedom

telecom | 03/16/2022 4:55 pm EDT

Quebecor cautions regulators on Globalive bid for Freedom

Asked if the odds of Quebecor Inc. purchasing Shaw Communications Inc.'s...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Don’t leave local news in the hands of megacorporations, Heritage committee hears

Media | 02/16/2022 8:45 pm EST

Don’t leave local news in the hands of megacorporations, Heritage committee hears

Not-for-profit community news associations are sounding the alarm over the Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. merger, with one stakeholder saying "democracy dies in the dark...

Quebecor sells its westward expansion

telecom | 11/16/2021 2:30 pm EST

Quebecor sells its westward expansion

MISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau sought to do away with any uncertainty about whether or not his company was ready to roll out in western Canada. He appeared to properly announce his company as a fourth...

Bell CRTC Internet

Court dismisses Telus request for injunction against Quebecor’s 3500 MHz licenses

telecom | 10/23/2021 11:40 am EDT

Court dismisses Telus request for injunction against Quebecor's 3500 MHz licenses

The Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp....

Bell CRTC Spectrum

Quebecor calls for swift news media compensation legislation

Media | 08/05/2021 6:14 pm EDT

Quebecor calls for swift news media compensation legislation

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO is renewing calls for the federal...

Bell Cancon CRTC

Quebecor’s Pruneau steps down

Media | 04/27/2021 12:51 pm EDT

Quebecor's Pruneau steps down

Quebecor Inc. executive Jean-François Pruneau announced Tuesday morning that he would be stepping down from his position as president and CEO of Videotron in order to "leave active professional life and devote himself to personal...

C-10 regulations ‘Kafkaesque’: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 03/12/2021 5:42 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau told MPs at a Friday meeting of the House of Commons Heritage committee that the government initiative to overhaul the Broadcasting Act, known as Bill C-10, should focus more on deregulating existing traditional Canadian media. "For traditional broadcasters -- those that showcase...

Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earnings

Media | 02/25/2021 5:42 pm EST

Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earnings

Quebecor Inc. has continued to grow its revenues in spite of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to the company’s quarterly earnings report, while adding significantly to its dividend price. In the fourth quarter of 2020 (the three months ending December 31),...

Data charges Ott Quebecor

Industry committee hears call to devolve broadband funding to provinces

telecom | 02/23/2021 5:09 pm EST

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

A regional nonprofit dedicated to expanding internet connectivity in rural Ontario told the House of Commons industry committee that investment schemes like the Universal Broadband Fund would be more...

Péladeau calls for CBC to be banned from advertising, charging for content

telecom | 01/19/2021 5:31 pm EST

Péladeau calls for CBC to be banned from advertising, charging for content

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has called on the CRTC to recentre...

Cbc CRTC

Quebecor Q3 revenues tick upwards, driven by wireless

Media | 11/05/2020 5:20 pm EST

Quebecor Q3 revenues tick upwards, driven by wireless

Quebecor Inc. posted its third-quarter earnings on Thursday morning, with revenues slightly up, boosted...

Quebecor

CRTC tells Bell it is still giving undue preference to RDS over TVA Sport

telecom | 08/07/2020 10:23 am EDT

CRTC tells Bell it is still giving undue preference to RDS over TVA Sport

The CRTC has sent a letter to BCE Inc. informing the company that its...

Bell Quebecor Television

Blockbuster Disney production lobbying over COVID-19 protocols

Media | 07/21/2020 6:34 pm EDT

Canadian authorities in talks about COVID-19 tracking apps

The production company creating a remake of 1940s noir film Nightmare Alley...

COVID-19

Quebecor cuts back capex plans for 2020

Media | 05/14/2020 8:27 pm EDT

Quebecor cuts back capex plans for 2020

Quebecor Inc. is dialing back its capital expenditure projections for the upcoming year, owing to the...

Quebecor

Quebecor launches music streaming service

Media | 05/04/2020 3:54 pm EDT

Quebecor launches music streaming service

Quebecor Inc. has launched a music streaming service, QUB musique, focused on Quebec-based artists. ...

Music streaming Quebecor

Quebecor, Cogeco lay off staff due to COVID-19

telecom | 03/27/2020 4:26 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. and Cogeco Inc. have both announced staff layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quebecor announced on Friday morning it would lay off 10 per cent of its workforce, which the company said amounted to about 1000...

Cogeco COVID-19 Quebecor

Quebecor ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 impact on capacity

Media | 03/12/2020 5:09 pm EDT

Quebecor ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 impact on capacity

Quebecor Inc. says COVID-19 is not expected to have a “material financial impact” on the company and is not worried about its impact on network consumption and capacity. Quebecor held its quarterly earnings call as the TSX plunged 1000 points in early trading on...

COVID-19 Internet Quebecor

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

telecom | 02/25/2020 6:22 pm EST

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

GATINEAU, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says he would take legal action against both...

CRTC Quebecor Wireless

Bell appeals CRTC decision in fight over undue preference

telecom | 01/20/2020 5:19 pm EST

A months-long dispute between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. entered yet another phase Friday, as Bell filed for judicial review of the CRTC’s Dec. 19 decision that found Bell gave undue preference to...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

Quebecor’s court appeal over Bell’s G7 gov’t contract dismissed

telecom | 12/11/2019 4:35 pm EST

Quebecor’s court appeal over Bell’s G7 gov’t contract dismissed

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a case brought forward by...

Bell Quebecor Wireless

V buy would give Bell too much market share: PIAC, Quebecor

Media | 12/03/2019 5:44 pm EST

V buy would give Bell too much market share: PIAC, Quebecor

BCE Inc.’s proposed acquisition of French-language Groupe V Media...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

Quebecor says it cut gig speeds due to new wholesale rates

telecom | 11/07/2019 5:12 pm EST

Quebecor says it cut gig speeds due to new wholesale rates

Quebecor Inc. executives confirmed on Thursday that its previously unexplained move to withdraw its gigabit internet offering was due to the CRTC’s decision to slash the wholesale rate at which resellers purchase bandwidth from incumbents. “With the new regime, we...

Iptv Quebecor wholesale rates

Quebecor files appeal in TVA Sports fight

Media | 08/16/2019 5:01 pm EDT

Quebecor files appeal in TVA Sports fight

Quebecor Inc. filed its appeal Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal in Montreal asking to overturn an...

CRTC Quebecor

Péladeau asks Quebec to block Bell’s V network buy

Media | 07/25/2019 2:19 pm EDT

Videotron says cord-cutting stable, eying IPTV to grow TV ARPU

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau is vowing to oppose BCE Inc.’s acquisition of a French-language...

CRTC Sports content Television

Bell calls for revocation of TVA Sports licence at tense CRTC hearing

Media | 04/17/2019 5:44 pm EDT

Bell calls for revocation of TVA Sports licence at tense CRTC hearing

Gatineau, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau was unrepentant...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

Quebecor walks the talk, pulls TVA Sports signal from Bell

Media | 04/10/2019 7:07 pm EDT

Quebecor walks the talk, pulls TVA Sports signal from Bell

Quebecor Inc. has stopped broadcasting its TVA Sports signal following...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with Bell

Media | 04/08/2019 6:03 pm EDT

Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with Bell

OTTAWA — Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said...

Bell CRTC Ott

Quebecor CFO Pruneau to head Videotron

telecom | 01/07/2019 5:35 pm EST

Quebecor CFO Pruneau to head Videotron

Jean-François Pruneau, Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer, has been appointed the new CEO of its...

Internet Iptv Quebecor

Videotron losing its CEO as Brouillette announces departure

telecom | 10/16/2018 12:42 pm EDT

Former Videotron customers returning from Bell: Brouillette

Manon Brouillette, who has been at the helm of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron for the past five years, is leaving the company in what National Bank...

Cable Internet Wireless

Quebecor calls on provincial parties to support film tax credit

Media | 09/26/2018 5:00 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. is urging Quebec political parties to pledge that they’ll keep a provincial film and TV tax credit and support the province’s film industry, the company said in a press release...

Cancon Quebecor Television

Money for CanCon in budget stopgap measure: CMPA

Media | 03/01/2018 1:33 pm EST

Money for CanCon in budget stopgap measure: CMPA

The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, confirmed the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) will receive top ups to offset declining private industry contributions, and included new funding efforts to support local journalism. Over the next five years, the government will...

Cancon Netflix Television

Quebecor turning to court over TVA Sports wholesale fee

Media | 02/16/2018 4:27 pm EST

Quebecor turning to court over TVA Sports wholesale fee

Quebecor Inc. will seek leave to appeal a recent CRTC decision on the...

Bell Quebecor Sports content

BPF registers to lobby amidst consumer group funding concerns

Media | 12/14/2017 2:25 pm EST

Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleagues

A few months after the emergence of a proposal asking the CRTC to shift...

Bell Cancon Copyright

New CEO in at TVA Group after management shuffle

Media | 10/16/2017 12:19 pm EDT

New CEO in at TVA Group after management shuffle

TVA vice-president of programming, France Lauzière, has replaced Julie Tremblay as the president and CEO...

Cancon Quebecor Television

CRTC licence decision sent back to drawing board

Media | 08/14/2017 5:55 pm EDT

A controversial CRTC decision that creative groups said would negatively affect the production of Canadian content will be sent back to the CRTC for reconsideration by the federal cabinet, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly...

Bell Cable Cancon

Martin Tremblay named Quebecor Sports and Entertainment COO

Media | 08/11/2017 10:31 am EDT

Martin Tremblay named Quebecor Sports and Entertainment COO

Quebecor Inc. has promoted its vice-president of public affairs, Martin Tremblay, to a new role as chief operating officer of its sports and entertainment group. In a press release Friday, the company said Tremblay — who joined the company in 2010 — will be responsible for “all the activities of Gestev, of the Videotron Center, the Quebec Ramparts and the Blainville-Boisbrian Armada.” “In his new role, Martin will further contribute to the development...

Strong wireless trend continues with Quebecor Q2

Media | 08/10/2017 5:09 pm EDT

Strong wireless trend continues with Quebecor Q2

Quebecor Inc. continued the industry trend of steady gains in wireless this past quarter, with...

Quebecor Television Wireless

Don’t reconsider CRTC licence decision: Bell, Corus, Rogers

Media | 08/02/2017 3:58 pm EDT

Don’t reconsider CRTC licence decision: Bell, Corus, Rogers

The country’s biggest media companies are publicly firing back against...

Cancon CRTC Television

Péladeau criticizes CRTC for TVA licence changes

Media | 07/21/2017 4:04 pm EDT

Péladeau criticizes CRTC for TVA licence changes

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau is chastising the CRTC for its May 15 decision involving...

CRTC Quebecor Television

Péladeau confirms he won’t bring change to Quebecor

Media | 03/15/2017 9:08 pm EDT

After analyst speculation about whether Quebecor Inc.’s returning CEO would affect the strategic direction of the company, Pierre Karl Péladeau confirmed on a conference...

Quebecor Wireless

Investor concerns about changes at Quebecor ‘overdone’: Huang

Media | 02/21/2017 6:50 pm EST

Some investors are worried about potential disruptions at Quebecor Inc. following the return of former CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau to the company, though such concern is overblown,...

Quebecor Videotron

Péladeau’s return to Quebecor shouldn’t affect business: analysts

Media | 02/16/2017 10:20 pm EST

The man who led Quebecor Inc. for 14 years but left to join provincial politics will return as head of the company Thursday, though despite the change in leadership, analysts expect...

Iptv Quebecor Television

Péladeau steps down as PQ leader

Media | 05/02/2016 7:46 pm EDT

Pierre Karl Péladeau announced Monday he is resigning as the leader of Quebec’s Parti Québécois, citing family reasons. Quebecor Inc. said in a press release following the announcement that it...

Quebecor

Péladeau says he still controls Quebecor: report

Media | 02/04/2015 8:30 pm EST

Pierre Karl Péladeau, the controlling shareholder at Quebecor Inc., who was elected a member of Quebec’s national assembly last year, said Wednesday he maintains control of the company, the Montreal Gazette reported....

Cable Internet Quebecor

Péladeau would put Quebecor shares in blind trust if leader: reports

Media | 10/08/2014 7:04 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.'s controlling shareholder Pierre Karl Péladeau said he'll put his holdings in the company in a blind trust if he becomes leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois (PQ), reports indicated Wednesday. However, he called a motion to ban members of the provincial legislature like him from owning a controlling stake in media companies "outrageous," different articles indicated. CTV reported that Francois Legault, leader of the CAQ party, has...

Cable Internet Quebecor

Quebecor says it needs regulated roaming to become fourth carrier

telecom | 06/18/2014 9:14 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. said explicitly Wednesday that it intends to become Canada's "fourth wireless competitor," though it needs "a fair and competitive federally regulated roaming...

700 mhz CRTC Quebecor

Brian Mulroney nominated as Quebecor chairman

Media | 05/29/2014 2:50 pm EDT

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has been nominated to be chairman of Quebecor Inc.'s board of directors, according to a corporate filing the company made on Wednesday. Mulroney would replace Françoise Bertrand,...

700 mhz Television Wireless

Quebecor’s Robert Dépatie steps down, citing health

Media | 04/28/2014 9:14 pm EDT

Robert Dépatie, the president and CEO of Quebecor Inc. who succeeded Pierre Karl Péladeau when the media mogul stepped down in March 2013, is resigning his position due to health reasons, the company said in a press release. Pierre Dion, who since 2005 has been president and CEO of TVA Group Inc.,...

‘It has an impact,’ CWTA’s Lord says of Telus exit

telecom | 03/18/2014 9:27 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Bernard Lord, CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, said that Telus Corp.’s decision to leave his group affects the association, though because of the way...

Wireless

Péladeau’s politics will have little impact on Quebecor: Barclays

Media | 03/14/2014 3:48 pm EDT

Analysts from Barclays Capital said there is little risk to Quebecor Inc.’s businesses from former CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau’s candidacy for the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in the upcoming Quebec election. A research note from Phillip Huang and Ali Pervez on Thursday said they expected no “significant impact from Péladeau’s political ambitions.” They added: “In fact, it may even result in some unintended differentiation in...

Quebecor Smartphones Wireless

Péladeau’s PQ affiliation could affect Quebecor’s fortunes: experts

Media | 03/12/2014 7:03 pm EDT

Pierre Karl Péladeau’s decision to run for the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in the upcoming Quebec election could cause problems for the company he used to lead and of...

700 mhz Quebecor Wireless

Pierre Karl Péladeau resigns after PQ announcement

Media | 03/10/2014 1:51 pm EDT

Pierre Karl Péladeau has resigned from a number of Quebecor Inc. board positions following news that he intends to run as candidate for the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in the upcoming provincial election in...

Internet Quebecor Television