Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Quebec based in Montreal. It was spelled Quebecor in both English and French until May 2012, when shareholders voted to add the acute accent, Québecor, in French only.[3][4][5]
The company was founded in 1965 by Pierre Péladeau and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns Quebecor Media and formerly owned the printing company Quebecor World.[6]
Assets
Telecommunications
- Vidéotron[7]
- illico TV (channel 900)
- illico Digital TV (Cable TV provider)
- Club illico (SVOD service)
- Vrai (unscripted SVOD service)[8]
- Helix TV app
- Canal Indigo (pay-per-view and NVOD channel; bilingual with English- and French-language services)[9]
- Fizz (internet and cellular provider)
- Vidéotron Business[10]
- Fibrenoire
- MAtv (community channels)[11]
- Helix (internet and IPTV provider)
- Le SuperClub Vidéotron (video rental chain)[12]
- Microplay (video game retail)[12]
- SETTE Postproduction[13]
- VMedia (Toronto, Ontario)[14]
- Freedom Mobile
Media
- Groupe TVA[15][16]
- TVA
- CFTM-DT Montréal
- CFCM-DT Quebec City
- CHLT-DT Sherbrooke
- CHEM-DT Trois-Rivières
- CJPM-DT Saguenay
- CFER-TV Rimouski
- addikTV
- Casa
- Prise 2
- Yoopa
- Témoin
- Évasion
- Zeste
- TVA Sports
- TVA+ (video on demand and catch-up TV)[17]
- TVA Publications (magazines)[18]
- 7 Jours
- TV Hebdo
- Recettes du Québec
- Échos Vedettes
- Cool!
- Clin d'œil
- Star Système
- Coup de Pouce
- Canadian Living
- Espaces
- Échos Vedettes
- DH
- Les Idées de ma maison
- Style at Home
- Dernière Heure
- Good Times Magazine
- La Semaine
- La Semaine Pratique
- La Semaine Santé
- La Semaine Extra
- La Semaine Téléromans
- La Semaine Cuisine
- Pool Pro
- Messageries Dynamiques (distribution)[19]
- MELS Studios (film and television production services)[20]
- Incendo Media[21]
- TVA Films (theatrical film and home video distribution)[19]
- TVA Nouvelles (news source)
- Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN)
- Quebecor Content (television content production)[22]
- Le Journal de Montréal (Montréal newspaper)
- Le Journal de Québec (Quebec City newspaper)
- 24 Heures (free newspaper)
- J5 mobile app
- QUB Radio (online radio and podcast platform)
- QUB Musique (music streaming platform)
- NumériQ[23]
- Billie
- En 5 minutes
- Le Sac de chips
- Pèse sur Start
- Porte-monnaie
- Silo 57
- TABLOÏD
- Le Guide de l’auto
- Groupe Livre Québecor Média (book publishing)[24]
- Groupe Sogides (general literature)
- Groupe Homme
- Les Éditions de l'Homme
- Le Jour Éditeur
- Les Éditions La Griffe
- Les Éditions Petit Homme
- Juniper Publishing (English-language publishing)
- Groupe Charron Éditeur
- Éditions La Semaine
- Recto-Verso Éditeur
- Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature
- Éditions VLB
- Éditions de l'Hexagone
- Les Éditions du Journal
- Éditions TYPO
- Les Éditions de La Bagnole
- Groupe Librex
- Éditions Libre Expression
- Éditions Stanké
- Les Éditions Publistar
- Éditions Trécarré
- Éditions Logiques
- Les Éditions CEC (school books)
- Messageries ADP (distribution)[19]
- Quebecor Advertising Sales & Marketing[25]
- Quebecor Out of Home[26]
- Mirabel Printing (newspaper printing)[19]
- Agence QMI (press agency)
Sports and entertainment
Sponsorship
In 2011, Quebecor launched TVA Sports, a French-language sports television network.[31]
The same year, it bought the management and naming rights of the Videotron Centre, an indoor arena in Quebec City that opened in 2015.[32][33]
In 2014, the company purchased the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL.[34]
In 2015, Quebecor submitted an application for an National Hockey League expansion franchise in Quebec City. The application has since passed two phases of league scrutiny, with a final decision expected in early 2016.[35] A year later, the league "deferred" the bid.[36]
Corporate governance
Former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney served as chair of the board before his death in February 2024.[37]
Current members of the board of directors of Quebecor Inc. are:[38] Françoise Bertrand, Jean La Couture, Sylvie Lalande, Pierre Laurin, A. Michel Lavigne, Geneviève Marcon, and Normand Provost.
See also
- Media ownership in Canada
- Charles-Albert Poissant
External links
References
- Quebecor's Founder Quebecor Inc., retrieved 20 June 2014^
- Quebecor Inc. Consolidated financial statements Quebecor, 31 December 2022, retrieved 29 April 2023^
- Les actionnaires de Québecor votent pour l'ajout d'un accent 10 May 2012, retrieved 26 March 2013^
- Nicolas Van Praet. Quebecor to propose French version of name for Quebec Financial Post, 9 April 2012, retrieved 26 March 2013^
- Nicolas Van Praet. Quebec puts accent on linguistic correctness Financial Post, 2 February 2012, retrieved 26 March 2013^
- Quebecor announces the closing of the purchase of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec's interest in Quebecor Media and the issuance of a convertible debenture^
- Videotron – Québecor^
- Jordan Pinto. Quebecor readies unscripted-focused streamer VRAI Playback, 13 July 2021, retrieved 24 September 2021^
- Our services | Pay-per-view Events & Movies retrieved 27 November 2020^
- Videotron Business – Québecor^
- MAtv, Videotron's community channel – Québecor^
- Videotron le superclub and Microplay – Québecor^
- SETTE Postproduction – Québecor^
- Christine Dobby. If you live in the GTA, Quebecor could soon be your ISP as it snaps up small internet and TV provider VMedia Toronto Star, July 28, 2022, retrieved July 28, 2022^
- Television – Québecor^
- Pierre Karl Péladeau quitte la direction de Québecor - Le reportage de Chu Anh Pham CanoeTV, retrieved 2023-03-29^
- TVA+ | Quebecor Expertise Media^
- Publications du Groupe TVA | Groupe TVA^
- Distribution – Québecor^
- MELS – Québecor^
- TVA Group acquires Incendo group | Groupe TVA^
- Quebecor Content – Québecor^
- NumériQ – Québecor^
- Groupe Livre Québecor Média 2022, retrieved 27 December 2022^
- Advertising Sales & Marketing – Québecor^
- Out of home – Québecor^
- Music – Québecor^
- Frédéric Tomesco. Québecor deepens music push with Audiogram acquisition Montreal Gazette, 10 February 2021, retrieved 18 July 2021^
- Gestev – Québecor^
- Quebec Major Junior Hockey League – Québecor^
- Jason Magder. New TVA Sports channel takes a shot at RDS Montreal Gazette, retrieved 27 July 2011^
- Quebec sells arena naming rights for $33M Sportsnet, March 1, 2011^
- Nicolas Van Praet and Susan Krashinsky. Quebecor naming Quebec City hockey arena Videotron Centre The Globe and Mail^
- Ken Campbell. Quebec Remparts sold for between $20 million and $25 million: Source The Hockey News, November 27, 2014^
- Dreger Report: Expansion on the agenda at 'special' meeting Bell Media, 8 January 2016, retrieved 9 January 2016^
- Josh Cooper. Quebec City ponders options after NHL defers expansion bid Yahoo Sports, June 22, 2016^
- Brian Mulroney to be named chairman of media and telecom giant Quebecor The Globe and Mail, 29 May 2014, retrieved 29 May 2014^
- Quebecor | Board of Directors^