Tag: Quebec

Bell’s proposed ‘V’ acquisition threatens to crush competition, says Quebecor

Quebecor is asking the CRTC to outright deny Bell Media's application to acquire the French-language V network. In its intervention to the commission, filed Friday,...

Martine Turcotte set to retire from Bell in New Year

Martine Turcotte, Vice Chair, Québec, will retire from BCE Inc. in January after 31 years with the company. Turcotte, who joined Bell as legal counsel...

Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone to represent Canada at Oscars

Antigone, Quebec writer-director Sophie Deraspe's fifth feature film, will represent Canada in the Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) category in...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Mathieu Turbide, Quebecor Media’s VP of...

QUB Radio, the digital radio and podcast platform launched by Quebecor Media last October, recently introduced the concept of a customizable morning show. It allows...

APTN launching first national news program in French

APTN will debut its first national French-language news program later this month. Helmed by Sophie-Claude Miller, who hails from the Waswanipi Cree First Nation in...

Bell Media to acquire V network

Bell Media has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Groupe V Média to acquire French-language conventional television network V along with its...

Online & Digital Media News – VICE Canada shutting down Quebec...

VICE Canada is shutting down its Quebec operation, leaving 20 to 30 journalists without work, according to the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec...

Astral out-of-home president Karine Moses bumped to president, Bell Media Québec

Bell Media has promoted Karine Moses, president of its Astral out-of-home advertising division and head of Québec sales, to president, Bell Media Québec, effective immediately. Based...

Pruneau new head of Videotron, among Quebecor senior management appointments

Quebecor has started the year by announcing two head office appointments and a new president and CEO of Videotron. Jean-François Pruneau is the new head...

Quebecor launching digital ‘QUB radio’ platform

Quebecor has announced the launch of new digital platform QUB radio that will feature live radio shows as well as a podcast library, with...