Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Québec based in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

. It was spelled Quebecor in both English and French until May 2012, when shareholders voted to add the acute accent, Québecor, in French only. The company was founded in 1965 by

Pierre Péladeau Pierre Péladeau, (April 11, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec. He was the father of billionaire Pierre Karl Pé ...

and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns

Quebecor Media Quebecor Media Inc. is a Canadian media conglomerate that owns a wide array of media outlets, as well as an internet service provider. History In 1983 Quebecor purchased the Winnipeg Sun newspaper, which had been independently run. The newspa ...

and formerly owned the printing company

Quebecor World Quebecor World Inc. was a printing subsidiary of Quebecor Inc. based in Montreal, Quebec. It comprised a number of small and large print shops throughout the world. In 2010, Quebecor World (now known as Worldcolor) was acquired by Wisconsin-based ...

Assets

Telecommunications

Vidéotron Vidéotron is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Owned by Quebecor, it primarily ...

**illico TV (channel 900) **illico.tv **Club illico ( SVOD service) **Vrai (unscripted SVOD service) **illico app **

Canal Indigo Canal Indigo is a Canadian English and French language pay-per-view and Near Video on Demand provider owned by Vidéotron. The service was launched on August 26, 1996. Channels and content Canal Indigo PPV service consists of 11 standard defin ...

( pay-per-view and NVOD channel; bilingual with English- and French-language services) **Fizz (internet and cellular provider) **Vidéotron Business ***Fibrenoire **

MAtv MAtv (formerly Vox) is a Canadian community channels operated by the cable provider Vidéotron within the province of Quebec. History In the 1970s, the first community radio stations started to appear in Quebec. These were non-commercial radi ...

(community channels) **Helix (internet and IPTV provider) **

Le SuperClub Vidéotron Le SuperClub Vidéotron Ltée, which includes the Jumbo Video and Microplay chains, was the largest video store chain operator in Canada, with operations concentrated in Quebec. It was owned by Quebecor Media. Since the closure of Blockbuster ...

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video rental A video rental shop/store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms a ...

chain) ***Microplay (

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

retail) *SETTE Postproduction *

VMedia VMedia Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company and broadcast distribution provider. It offers VoIP telephone and home security services across Canada; DSL and cable Internet in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Br ...

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Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

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Media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...

Groupe TVA Groupe TVA Inc. is a Canadian communications company with operations in broadcasting, publishing and production. It was founded as Télé-Métropole Corporation in 1960, and owned CFTM-TV, Montreal's first privately-owned francophone station. It ...

TVA The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a Federal government of the United States, federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, an ...

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CFTM-DT CFTM-DT (channel 10) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship of the French-language TVA network. Owned by Groupe TVA, the station has studios on Boulevard de Maisonneuve East and Rue Alexandre de Sève in th ...

Montréal ***

CFCM-DT CFCM-DT, virtual channel 4.1 (UHF digital channel 17), is a TVA owned-and-operated television station licensed to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media. CFCM-DT's studios are located ...

Québec City ***

CHLT-DT CHLT-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is a TVA owned-and-operated television station licensed to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media. CHLT-DT's studios are located on Rue Kin ...

Sherbrooke ***

CHEM-DT CHEM-DT is the TVA owned-and-operated television station in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on Rue Principale in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. Owned by the Grou ...

Trois-Rivières ***

CJPM-DT CJPM-DT, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 46), is a TVA owned-and-operated television station licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media. CJPM-DT's studios and transmitte ...

Saguenay ***

CFER-TV CFER-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a TVA owned-and-operated television station licensed to Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media. CFER-DT's studios are located on Boulevard ...

Rimouski **

addikTV addikTV is a Canadian French-language specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media. The channel is devoted primarily to French-language drama programming focusing on mystery, suspense, and thriller TV series and films. Th ...

** Casa **

Prise 2 Prise 2 (French: ''"Take 2"'') is a Television in Canada, Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media. Prise 2 broadcasts television series and films, primarily from Quebec and the United States, ...

Yoopa Yoopa (stylized YOOPA) is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media. Initially aimed at preschoolers, Yoopa now broadcasts programming targeted toward children, aged 2–11. A magazine for p ...

** MOI&cie **

Évasion Évasion is a Canadian French language discretionary service channel owned by Groupe TVA. The channel broadcasts programming devoted to travel and adventure. History In May 1999, a consortium consisting of BCE Inc. (50.1%), Groupe Serdy (19.9%), ...

Zeste Zeste is a Canadian French-language discretionary service channel owned by Groupe TVA. Zeste airs food-related entertainment and lifestyle programming. History On August 15, 2008, Serdy was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and T ...

TVA Sports TVA Sports is a Canadian French-language sports specialty channel owned by the Groupe TVA, a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media. The channel is a general-interest sports network, and the first major competitor to RDS, the only other ...

**TVA+ (video on demand and

catch-up TV Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ...

) **TVA Publications ( magazines) ***''7 Jours'' ***''TV Hebdo'' ***''Recettes du Québec'' ***''Échos Vedettes'' ***''Cool!'' ***''Clin d'œil'' ***''Star Système'' ***''Coup de Pouce'' ***''

Canadian Living ''Canadian Living'' is a monthly Canadian lifestyle magazine, which publishes articles relating to food, fashion, crafts, and health and family advice. History and profile The magazine was created by Clem Compton-Smith and his business partner, ...

'' ***Espaces ***Échos Vedettes ***DH ***''Les Idées de ma maison'' ***''

Style at Home ''Style at Home'' is a monthly Canadian home decor and lifestyle magazine, which publishes articles about interior design, home decorating projects, outdoor living and entertaining. History and profile ''Style at Home'' was established in 1997 ...

'' ***''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) **MELS Studios (film and television production services) **Incendo Media **

TVA Films TVA Films is a privately held Canadian film and television distribution company with offices in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario. TVA Films is owned by Groupe TVA Groupe TVA Inc. is a Canadian communications company with operations in broad ...

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theatrical Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

film and

home video Home video is prerecorded media sold or rented for home viewing. The term originates from the VHS and Betamax era, when the predominant medium was videotapes, but has carried over to optical disc formats such as DVD, Blu-ray and streaming me ...

distribution) **TVA Nouvelles (news source) ***

Le Canal Nouvelles Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN) is a Canadian French language discretionary service 24-hour headline news channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Québecor. Its broadcasting headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec. The channel, operated and pro ...

(LCN) *Quebecor Content (television content production) *'' Le Journal de Montréal'' (

Montréal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-p ...

newspaper) *''

Le Journal de Québec ''Le Journal de Québec'' is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Printed in tabloid format, it has the highest circulation for a Quebec City newspaper, with its closest competitor being ''Le Soleil''. It was found ...

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Québec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is the ...

newspaper) *'' 24 Heures'' ( free newspaper) *J5 mobile app *QUB Radio (online radio and podcast platform) *QUB Musique (music streaming platform) *NumériQ **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 (

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publishing) **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) *Quebecor Advertising Sales & Marketing *Quebecor Out of Home *Mirabel Printing (newspaper printing) *Agence QMI (press agency)

Sports and entertainment

Videotron Centre Vidéotron Centre (French: ''Centre Vidéotron'') is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 18,259-seat arena replaced Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events. The arena is primarily used for ice hockey, ser ...

( indoor arena) * Les Disques Musicor (

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

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) **Éditorial Avenue (

music publishing A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distributing music. Music publishers originally published sheet music. When copyright became legally protected, music publishers started to play a role in the management of the intellect ...

) *Gestev (events management) *

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada is a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, and plays its home games at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau. History The Armada sta ...

Quebec Remparts There have been two junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts (french: Remparts de Québec) that played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The first edition played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has pla ...

Sponsorship

The company began a push towards sports: it acquired the naming rights and a management contract for the

, currently owns the

of the

QMJHL The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The le ...

, has backed a proposed

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

expansion franchise An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also ...

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

(which would bring the NHL back to the city for the first time since the

Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques (french: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced in Quebec French, in Canadian English; translated "Quebec City Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the W ...

were relocated in 1995, and would play at the new arena), and launched a TVA-branded sports network in 2011. On 20 July 2015, Quebecor officially submitted its application for an NHL expansion team in Quebec City. The application has since passed two phases of league scrutiny, with a final decision expected in early 2016.

Corporate governance

Former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney serves as chair of the board. Current members of the board of directors of Quebecor Inc. are:Quebecor , Board of Directors
Françoise Bertrand, Jean La Couture, Sylvie Lalande, Pierre Laurin, A. Michel Lavigne, Geneviève Marcon, Brian Mulroney, and Normand Provost.

References

External links

Official website

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