CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Quebecor Media proposed its own solution to the battle over the value of conventional television signals on Wednesday, suggesting cable and satellite distributors divert the fees they pay to specialty channels to traditional broadcasters instead.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Quebecor boss says conventional broadcasters deserve the same fees cable and satellite carriers now pay specialty channels
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) must level the playing field for specialty channels and conventional television stations, without any increase in prices for consumers. The matter is urgent: more than ever, the survival of conventional television stations in Canada is at stake.
Silly Little Country (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Am I in an alternative universe? These guys say if the current silly idea gets put into effect, the LPIF (Local Progamming Some Fund or Other) should be cancelled! They talk about how companies should adjust expenditures to their revenues! Maybe I should watch TVA a lot more. Ahh this is another conflicted corporation (as they all are) - I had not realized this was Quebecor. Still, it is refreshing...
MastheadOnline News RSS (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
It was announced yesterday that Quebecor Media Inc. is combining its four sales teams — Sun Media newspapers, Canoe.ca, TVA Broadcast and TVA Publications into one group. According to vice president, national sales Philippe Guay the move was made not to cut costs but to better leverage the synergy between the groups.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Quebecor's Videotron telecom arm might be the ideal candidate to help solve Globalive Communications' foreign ownership problems, an analyst at Royal Bank suggests.
Common Sense Journalism (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Catching up on some things from Thursday's sessions, who would have thought we'd have so much about Canada? Good stuff, and it points out how we need to broaden our research perspectives (yes, folks, consider that a pitch to contribute articles to The Convergence Newsletter ). In separate presentations Kim Kierans, King's College and Marc Edge, Sam Houston State took at look at the Canadian media landscape...
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
TORONTO – Cost-cutting and customer growth helped Quebec cable and publishing giant Quebecor Inc. on Thursday double its third quarter earnings on increased revenue. Montreal-based Quebecor posted a CAN$69.4 million ($65 million) profit for the three months to Sept. 30 on lower financial and income tax expenses, compared to earnings of CAN$45.7 million in 2008. Revenue was [...]
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Quebecor Inc. saw its third-quarter profit jump by 52 per cent as customer growth boosted the media company's revenues.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
OTTAWA, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) DragonWave Inc. (TSX: DWI)(NASDAQ: DRWI) a leading global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, today announced that Videotron, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., will be deploying the Horizon Compact packet microwave solution to deliver high capacity backhaul for its HSPA network, bringing consumers and small businesses...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
MONTREAL, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) Worldcolor (TSX: WC)(TSX: WC.U) has signed one of the largest book printing agreements in North America. The multi-year agreement with Macmillan's New York based U.S. operations involves the printing, over the term, of approximately 800 million major trade bestsellers, textbooks and mass market (paperback) books, based on current projections. Also included in the agreement...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
MONTREAL, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) Worldcolor (TSX: WC)(TSX: WC.U) and Mark Logic Corporation, a leading provider of software for information applications, today announced the launch of a new online service: the Worldcolor Custom Publishing Engine. Based on the award-winning MarkLogic Server, this application allows publishers to repurpose existing content into new, targeted publications. This improves...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Canada's growth and maintenance of its quality of life depends on its ability establish an environment that is friendly to technological innovation, said Quebecor head Pierre Karl Peladeau during a speech in front of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce today.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
MONTREAL, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) Worldcolor (TSX: WC)(TSX: WC.U) has signed a multi-year agreement to print 21 magazines, journals and newsletters for ABA Publishing, the publishing arm of the American Bar Association. The 21 titles represent new work to Worldcolor, which has printed the ABA's flagship magazine title - ABA Journal - for several years.
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