Supreme Court upholds satellite piracy conviction
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application by two Quebec men seeking to appeal their conviction on charges of satellite TV-signal piracy. As is customary custom, […]
CTF: Quebecor changes its mind
MONTREAL – Quebecor Media has decided to pull in its horns over the funding of Canadian television productions and will resume monthly payments to the CTF, at least for now. […]
Quebec producers reject Quebecor TV fund plan
MONTREAL – Quebec’s film and television producers’ association today lambasted Quebecor’s proposal to re-direct its television program development money from the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) to its own self-directed Fonds […]
Quebecor proposal would see $109 million spent on Cancon
MONTREAL – After announcing suspension of its monthly payments to the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), Quebecor Media now says it wants to opt out of the CTF entirely and put […]
Frulla resurfaces at travel channel
MONTREAL – Former Liberal Heritage Minister Liza Frulla has confirmed her great escape from the turbulent world of partisan politics, moving into the more soothing waters of travel television. Frulla, […]
Quebecor launches French-language answer to MySpace
QUEBEC CITY – Without fanfare, and hoping it’s not too late to carve out a niche in the social networking web space, Quebecor Media’s Canoe news site has launched a […]
TQS fires host over on-air conduct
MONTREAL – TQS, the self-proclaimed “mouton noir” of Quebec television, has decided there are limits that even the black sheep of the airwaves must impose. The network fired Stéphane Gendron, […]
Quebec to spend almost a billion on ICT research
QUEBEC – The Quebec government has released a new research and innovation strategy, backed up by $888 million of additional spending over three years, part of which will go to […]
CHOI-FM sale appealed
QUEBEC – The CRTC’s recent decision to transfer the licence of this city’s troublesome CHOI-FM from Genex Communications to Radio Nord Communications has not gone over well with at least […]
TQS wants separate eastern feed
RIMOUSKI – Télévision Quatre-Saisons (TQS) viewers in eastern Quebec will get their own regional news bulletin, if licence proposals submitted by TQS and Télévision MBS are accepted by the CRTC. […]