Private television is in crisis, according to one broadcaster. The owner of Quebec’s TVA Group is proposing a series of measures to counteract the situation.
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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...
Videotron, a division of Quebecor Inc., has reached a new agreement with...
Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group announced another round of layoffs May 21, the...
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau wants to see CBC/Radio-Canada...
While the CRTC’s recent decision to expand the wholesale fibre access...
Quebecor Inc. saw a drop in both revenues and profit in its most recent quarter.
Revenues were down 1.8 per cent or $25.7 million to $1.39 billion in the third quarter of 2024 compared to $1.41 billion in the same period in 2023, while profit for Q3 2024 dipped to $189...
The CRTC’s recent decision on interim wholesale fibre rates is supposed...
Quebecor Inc. has finalized a deal to acquire the Canada-wide out-of-home...
As a lockout between Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...
While some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate...
Quebecor Inc. announced Monday that it has installed two new executives in...
Strong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...
TORONTO – The head of Quebecor Inc. came out swinging against the Big...
Quebecor Inc. has lodged a complaint with the Competition Bureau over...
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...
Quebecor Inc. reported a successful fourth-quarter as it closed out the 2023 fiscal year, which it said...
After almost two hours of deliberation last Thursday, the House industry and technology committee failed...
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
Quebecor Inc.’s Freedom Mobile announced its new roaming plan, Roam...
The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should implement the Online Streaming Act, particularly if online streaming services should make a base financial contribution to...
Quebecor Inc.'s Fizz went live in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the...
Quebecor Inc.’s Fizz will be available outside of Quebec in the “coming weeks”, CEO Pierre Karl...
Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl...
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....
BCE Inc. is backing Rogers Communications Inc. in its appeal over a CRTC...
The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...
On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that...
All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...
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 Inc. released its third quarter figures...
The CRTC has unveiled its long-awaited terms and conditions of service allowing mobile virtual network...
Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...
Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to...
OTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom Wireless from Shaw Communications Inc. as part of a divestiture of assets from the proposed takeover...
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said “there's no reason at this...
Asked if the odds of Quebecor Inc. purchasing Shaw Communications Inc.'s...
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...
MISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau...
The Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp....
Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO is renewing calls for the federal...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has called on the CRTC to recentre...
Quebecor Inc. posted its third-quarter earnings on Thursday morning, with revenues slightly up, boosted...
The CRTC has sent a letter to BCE Inc. informing the company that its...
The production company creating a remake of 1940s noir film Nightmare Alley has registered three consultant lobbyists to petition the government about “travel and quarantine requirements on Canadian film sets” as it seeks to resume filming in coming months.
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Quebecor Inc. is dialing back its capital expenditure projections for the upcoming year, owing to the...
Quebecor Inc. has launched a music streaming service, QUB musique, focused on Quebec-based artists. ...
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...
Quebecor Inc. says COVID-19 is not expected to have a “material financial...
GATINEAU, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says he would take legal action against both...
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...
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a case brought forward by...
BCE Inc.’s proposed acquisition of French-language Groupe V Media...
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...
Quebecor Inc. filed its appeal Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal in Montreal asking to overturn an...
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau is vowing to oppose BCE Inc.’s acquisition of a French-language...
Gatineau, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau was unrepentant...
Quebecor Inc. has stopped broadcasting its TVA Sports signal following...
OTTAWA — Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said Monday that he would yank TVA Sports from BCE Inc.’s TV service over carriage fees — and denied that doing so would violate CRTC rules.
Péladeau was in Ottawa to give a lunchtime speech at the...
Jean-François Pruneau, Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer, has been appointed the new CEO of its...
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...
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...
The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, confirmed the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) will receive top ups...
Quebecor Inc. will seek leave to appeal a recent CRTC decision on the...
A few months after the emergence of a proposal asking the CRTC to shift...
TVA vice-president of programming, France Lauzière, has replaced Julie Tremblay as the president and CEO...
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...
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...
Quebecor Inc. continued the industry trend of steady gains in wireless this past quarter, with...
The country’s biggest media companies are publicly firing back against...
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau is chastising the CRTC for its May 15 decision involving...
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...
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, said Barclays Capital analyst Phillip Huang. “We believe the stock's unsurprising negative reaction on the news reflects investors' concerns that there will be disruptions to the four years of disciplined execution under professional management, after Mr. Peladeau had stepped down as...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
