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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses BDUs’ appeal of distant signal tariffs
telecom | 07/23/2021 6:34 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday partially in favour of a group that challenged a tariff increase by the Copyright Board of Canada for over-the-air distant signal...
CRTC orders Bell subsidiary to upgrade routers in Quebec
Media | 06/01/2021 5:52 pm EDT
BCE Inc. subsidiary Cablevision du Nord has to finish upgrading its routers in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue of Quebec -- at its own expense -- by Sept. 1 to accommodate a higher capacity of users, as per a Tuesday decision from the CRTC.
The order is the result of a...
Bell renews request for CRTC to intervene on Videotron permanent roaming claims
telecom | 05/28/2021 5:57 pm EDT
Bell Mobility Inc. is asking the CRTC to put in place new measures for...
Bell suing Videotron over permanent roaming claims
telecom | 05/05/2021 6:37 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is suing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, escalating their battle over wireless customers allegedly...
CCSA backs Videotron’s Competition Bureau complaint over Bell structures
telecom | 10/02/2020 4:38 pm EDT
The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance has endorsed a complaint from Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron to the Competition Bureau over delays to accessing BCE Inc. infrastructure in Quebec, writing in a...
Competition Bureau investigating Videotron ‘astroturfing’
telecom | 07/17/2020 7:29 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is asking Federal Court to compel Quebecor Inc.'s...
Telus calls for small cell attachment ruling to be postponed
telecom | 06/17/2020 5:45 pm EDT
The CRTC should not rule on a Quebecor Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. application for the regulator to compel BCE Inc. to allow small cell technologies to be attached to Bell’s poles at rates set by the Support Structure Service Tariffs until a review of mobile wireless services is complete, Telus Corp. is arguing. In an intervention to Rogers and Quebecor’s Part 1 application, uploaded to the CRTC website on June 15, Telus said the applicability of those tariffs for wireless antenna deployments were being addressed in the review and it would be “premature to order carriers to...
Videotron choses Samsung as partner for 5G
telecom | 12/13/2019 1:23 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said Friday it has chosen Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. as its equipment supplier for the deployment of LTE-A and 5G networks. “This partnership is the result of an extensive selection process to...
Rovi’s STB suit an attempt to extract royalties, Videotron says
Media | 12/06/2019 11:49 am EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron will argue in Federal Court later this month...
Videotron ‘diving’ like a soccer player over gigabit internet: TekSavvy
telecom | 11/27/2019 4:15 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s cancellation of its gigabit internet service is akin to a soccer player diving, or feigning injury to draw a penalty, TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is arguing in an intervention to the...
Telecoms discussing CRTC wholesale rate appeal: Videotron chief
Media | 08/28/2019 4:23 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is in talks with other telecom companies about...
Quebecor CFO Pruneau to head Videotron
telecom | 01/07/2019 5:35 pm EST
Jean-François Pruneau, Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer, has been appointed the new CEO of its...
Videotron selling data centre business
telecom | 12/19/2018 1:01 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is selling its data centre business, 4Degrees Colocation, for $259 million, with the proceeds likely going to fund future spectrum purchases, analysts say. The telecom announced Tuesday that it...
Videotron appeals trade tribunal ruling on Bell G7 Summit contracts
telecom | 11/12/2018 2:31 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is appealing a ruling by the Canadian...
Quebecor blames bigger providers for sales practices hearings
telecom | 10/25/2018 6:26 pm EDT
GATINEAU — Telecom providers who appeared before the CRTC Thursday said...
Videotron launching flanker brand ‘Fizz’ in Quebec
telecom | 09/13/2018 2:21 pm EDT
A new no-frills mobile service provider called Fizz has emerged in Quebec and is trying to attract new subscribers to test its services at a discount before it officially launches, HuffPost Quebec reported Thursday.
Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron is behind the new service...
Videotron appoints new VP of corporate affairs
Media | 08/08/2018 4:30 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron announced the promotion of Élodie Girardin-Lajoie to the position of...
Telus took top speeds in first half of 2018: Ookla
telecom | 08/01/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Internet speed test service Speedtest by Ookla announced the mobile network results from the first and second quarters of 2018 in a report on Wednesday, and Telus Corp.’s connection rate takes the crown, with BCE Inc. close...
MAtv class action suit gets go-ahead
telecom | 04/11/2018 2:56 pm EDT
Quebec’s Superior Court will hear a class-action lawsuit related to the MAtv community TV channel...
Videotron launches free WiFi calling, texting for travellers
telecom | 02/26/2018 1:13 pm EST
Customers of Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron can now make free voice calls and ...
TiVo expands patent suit to include Bell
telecom | 01/31/2018 5:49 pm EST
TiVo Corp. is going after a second Canadian telecom for patent infringement, claiming in a lawsuit filed in Federal Court this month that BCE Inc. is illegally using certain functions for its TV products without a licence.
In the statement of claim filed on Jan. 19, the...
Freedom could drive down incumbents’ ARPU: Desjardins
telecom | 01/22/2018 1:16 pm EST
The past performance of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron could be key to...
Gatineau access agreement case continues
telecom | 10/10/2017 12:19 pm EDT
The Attorney General of Quebec is appealing an August decision which ruled that a municipal access agreement between the city of Gatineau and telecom providers is invalid. An Oct. 3 judgement in Quebec’s Court of Appeal...
Videotron takes Wholesale Code dispute with Rogers to CRTC
Media | 10/05/2017 6:27 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC...
Telus outpaces Bell in PCMag speed ranking
telecom | 09/11/2017 3:16 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has the fastest national wireless network in Canada, according to PCMag.com’s annual...
Videotron latest to announce X1-based IPTV
Media | 08/29/2017 5:00 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron will launch its IPTV service using the X1 platform from Comcast Corp., the...
Court rules in favour of telecoms in Gatineau access agreement dispute
telecom | 08/09/2017 12:19 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that aspects of municipal access agreements between telecom providers and Gatineau, Que., are invalid because they impose on Parliament’s jurisdiction over...
Videotron facing patent infringement claim from TiVo
Media | 07/17/2017 4:26 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is being sued for patent infringement by TiVo Inc. and one of its...
Videotron offering extra data to Unlimited Music subscribers
Media | 07/04/2017 3:37 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is increasing the data limits of wireless...
Antoinette Noviello promoted at Videotron
Media | 06/29/2017 12:57 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has named Antoinette Noviello vice-president, corporate comptroller. “Antoinette is now taking charge of all aspects of Videotron's financial and accounting operations, including credit-risk management and collections and the Evolution and Continuous Improvement initiatives,” the company said in a press release Thursday. “She will also oversee the organization's governance, compliance and regulatory standards.” Noviello has been with the company for 10 years and served for two years as director general, corporate comptroller, the release said....
Philippe Cloutier new Videotron CFO
Media | 06/27/2017 4:49 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has named Philippe Cloutier its senior vice-president and chief financial...
Videotron to open up 5G trial project to proposals
telecom | 06/21/2017 3:48 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron gave an update on the progress of a partnership focused on...
Extension request for Unlimited Music shutdown denied
Media | 06/16/2017 11:58 am EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it won’t give Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron extra time to shut down its...
AWS-1 sale unlikely to set precedent for 700MHz: Canaccord
telecom | 06/12/2017 1:53 pm EDT
The sale last week of Videotron’s AWS-1 spectrum by Quebecor Inc. to Rogers Communications Inc. isn’t likely to have implications for the company’s 700MHz spectrum, according to Canaccord...
Quebecor spectrum sale has ‘broad implications’: Barclays
telecom | 06/09/2017 11:56 am EDT
Quebecor Inc. has sold Videotron's AWS-1 spectrum in the Greater Toronto Area to Rogers Communications Inc., in a move that some analysts say is positive for Quebecor and...
Big three take aim at Videotron customers
telecom | 05/29/2017 4:27 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are trying to lure customers of Quebecor...
Telus, Videotron lead in wireless network quality: study
telecom | 05/26/2017 3:52 pm EDT
Telus Corp. and Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron had the fewest reported problems on their networks in certain regions of the country, according to a new study by J.D. Power. Released Thursday, the...
Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finale
Media | 05/25/2017 2:13 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is asking the CRTC for more time to comply with...
CRTC to review pick-and-pay rollout in Oct.
Media | 05/18/2017 5:07 pm EDT
The CRTC will hold a hearing on a number of broadcast distribution undertakings’ [BDUs] licence renewal...
Former Videotron customers returning from Bell: Brouillette
Media | 05/12/2017 9:53 am EDT
Manon Brouillette, president of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, downplayed the effect that BCE Inc.’s recent move to deploy fibre-to-the-home...
Telecoms to compete on service after zero-rating decision: analysts
Media | 04/21/2017 4:11 pm EDT
The CRTC’s decision Thursday to ban most forms of zero-rating means telecoms will have to rely on service in order to stand out from the competition, analysts said. The...
CRTC effectively bans most zero-rating in differential pricing decision
Media | 04/20/2017 8:04 pm EDT
As the CRTC banned most forms of differential pricing practices Thursday — including declaring that telecoms can’t pick and chose Internet content to zero-rate and...
Court dismisses appeal of set-top box sales ban
Media | 03/20/2017 8:33 pm EDT
MONTREAL — The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Monday a challenge to an injunction on the sale of pre-loaded set-top boxes. “In our view, in light of the uncontradicted evidence, including the advertisement that...
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, 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...
Videotron offering ‘no downtime’ Internet for businesses
telecom | 02/10/2017 6:57 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has launched an Internet service for its business customers that it says guarantees continuity of service 99.9 per cent of the time by combining its wireline and...
Videotron offering full pick-and-pay
Media | 11/18/2016 9:43 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said in a press release Thursday it’s now making all of its TV channels available on a pick-and-pay basis. The move means the company is “fully meeting the new CRTC...
Videotron begins testing ultra-fast Internet
telecom | 11/15/2016 9:39 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said it has begun implementation of Docsis 3.1, which could deliver speeds of up to 10 Gbps download and 1 Gbps upload. The company said in a press release Tuesday it is deploying the...
Quebecor in ‘no rush’ to get rid of 700MHz spectrum: Pruneau
telecom | 09/22/2016 10:26 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer Jean-François Pruneau said Thursday the company is content to wait to sell the 700 MHz spectrum it picked up in 2014 and...
Videotron announces testing as 5G gains momentum in Canada
telecom | 09/20/2016 9:46 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said Tuesday it will begin to test 5G technologies as part of a new project, in a move that appears to be part of an increasing push toward the next generation of wireless in recent months. All carriers will eventually get to 5G, Videotron CEO Manon Brouillette said in an interview following a lunchtime speech at the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal. “It’s like LTE. If you wanted to be a real player, you had to go there. It’s like any other evolution of technology,” she said. “You have...
Shaw primed for Western success with Wind: RBC
telecom | 09/09/2016 4:32 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s acquisition of Wind has potential for wireless success in Western Canada similar to that of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron in Quebec, according to RBC Capital Markets’ Drew McReynolds....
Extra data promos to drive upgrades: Barclays
telecom | 09/07/2016 4:48 pm EDT
Promotions offering customers extra data as part of back-to-school promotions by Canada’s largest three wireless carriers will help drive upgrades by customers, according to a research note by Barclays Capital analyst...
Advocacy groups take aim at data caps in zero-rating review
Media | 06/29/2016 6:45 pm EDT
Questions around telecoms’ usage of data caps should be at the centre of the CRTC’s proceeding on differential pricing practices, advocacy groups said in interventions, calling for the...
Videotron to begin offering gigabit service
telecom | 06/29/2016 3:31 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron said it will begin offering Internet download speeds of up to 940 Mbps to consumers and business costumers on July 13. The company said the roll out of its Hybrid Fibre Giga service, which...
Set-top box provider appealing temporary ban
Media | 06/15/2016 7:49 pm EDT
A federal court judge erred in her determination that allowing a group of five companies to continue selling pre-loaded set-top boxes would pose “irreparable harm” to TV service providers, according to court documents...
Pre-loaded set-top boxes piracy, BDUs say as court orders temporary ban
Media | 06/13/2016 8:25 pm EDT
A trio of major telecom companies have received their first victory in a legal fight against companies selling set-top boxes allowing users to illegally access copyrighted material. On June 1, a...
Videotron’s Brouillette asks Liberals to keep 4th player policy for 600 MHz
telecom | 06/08/2016 6:20 pm EDT
TORONTO — The Liberal government should continue the previous Conservative government’s push for more competition in the wireless market in the upcoming 600 MHz auction, Manon Brouillette,...
Four telecoms singled out for skinny-basic hearing
Media | 05/24/2016 9:36 pm EDT
The CRTC said Tuesday it will hold a hearing on the implementation of skinny basic TV packages, though it only asked four companies — BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc.,...
Mobile service gives Quebecor Q1 revenue boost
Media | 05/12/2016 7:39 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. reported a five-per-cent increase to revenue in the first quarter of 2016, bringing in $975.4 million compared to $929 million the same period a year earlier. According to quarterly earnings released Thursday, the company also turned a profit of $354.7 million, which according to adjusted figures was up 4.6 per cent in the three months ending March 31, compared to the same period a year earlier. Quebecor did not release non-adjusted net income figures. The adjusted figures don’t reflect depreciation/amortization of assets, and the periodic costs...
CRTC postpones intervention deadline in Videotron music case
telecom | 10/06/2015 7:28 pm EDT
The CRTC has moved back the deadline for interventions in an undue preference complaint against a music service offered by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron. The previous deadline in the case against...
Videotron 4K box seen as cord-cutting prevention
Media | 08/11/2015 8:58 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron announced Tuesday it will be releasing an ultra-high-definition (UHD) set-top-box for its customers, making it the first Canadian telecom provider to commercially release such technology. Videotron...
Videotron says national wireless expansion depends on CRTC
telecom | 10/03/2014 5:56 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — The CEO of Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron told the CRTC Friday that her company needs the regulator to lower the legislated rate for domestic roaming if it is to build a national...
Videotron wins right to broadcast channel in digital only
Media | 09/03/2014 7:39 pm EDT
On Wednesday the CRTC approved a move by Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron to drop the analog broadcast of TV channel ICI, an ethnic station from Montreal. The channel had originally signed a contract...
Hugues Simard Videotron’s new SVP, CFO
Media | 08/21/2014 6:46 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron has named Hugues Simard as its new senior vice-president and chief financial officer. The company said in a press release Thursday that Simard will be responsible for the “execution of Videotron's financial plan and will play a key role in achieving its business objectives in a fiercely competitive environment.” Simard has been with Quebecor since 1998 and served as chief financial officer of its Sun Media division from 2011 until this year, the release added....
Pay-per-view could stick around or go the way of the VHS
Media | 08/08/2014 6:08 pm EDT
In 1985, a Los Angeles Times article explained that U.S. TV providers were planning to compete with “the burgeoning home-video business” that had “savaged” them by launching...
Videotron offers faster Internet speeds at similar prices
telecom | 07/16/2014 6:27 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron said Wednesday it has revamped its high-speed Internet plans to offer, in some cases, double the speed at a similar price. The company said in a press release it was...
Rogers offers deep mobile discount in Quebec
telecom | 04/07/2014 7:02 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. slashed its prices by more than 40 per cent on one of its wireless plans in Quebec after the recent announcement that Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron would begin offering the Apple Inc.’s...
Videotron’s MYtv launch delayed by year
Media | 03/31/2014 8:45 pm EDT
A complaint against Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron Ltd.’s French-language community channel MAtv is holding up the launch of its English-language equivalent, MYtv. Peggy Tabet, Videotron’s senior director of...
Group wants to launch new Montreal community channel instead of Videotron
Media | 10/08/2013 9:12 pm EDT
A coalition of activists and community broadcasters are asking the CRTC to postpone its decision on Videotron Ltd.’s application for a new English-language community TV station in Montreal to...
Incumbents, Videotron, to build Montreal metro network
telecom | 09/25/2013 8:24 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp. and Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron are teaming up to build a mobile network in Montreal’s underground metro system. According to a release...
Illico online TV service reaches 50,000 subs
telecom | 08/09/2013 7:17 pm EDT
More than 50,000 users have signed up for Videotron Ltd.’s illico Club Unlimited video-on-demand and mobile TV service, the company said in a release Thursday. Videotron, a Quebecor Inc. subsidiary, launched the service in...
Rogers-Videotron deal expected to be first test of new spectrum transfer rules
telecom | 07/09/2013 6:20 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed deal for Videotron Ltd.’s unused Toronto-area spectrum is expected to give incumbent mobile providers the first indication of whether they can obtain...
Videotron launches online music channel
Media | 07/05/2013 7:12 pm EDT
Videotron, a subsidiary of Quebecor Inc., launched a new online music channel called En visite chez ZIK for its illico.tv app. The channel, which will feature interviews and performances, will be available on the company's illico.tv service and mobile applications for Videotron subscribers, a release said. ZIK is a music streaming service owned by Quebecor. CBC/Radio Canada also offers English and French online music services, CBC Music and Espace Musique....