Quebecor Explained

Quebecor Inc.
Image Caption:Quebecor Inc.'s headquarters in 2015
Native Name:Québecor Inc.
Type:Public
Traded As:

S&P/TSX Composite Component
Founder:Pierre Péladeau
Foundation:1965[1]
Location City:612 Saint-Jacques St.
Montreal, Quebec
H3C 4M8
Location Country:Canada
Key People:Pierre Karl Péladeau (CEO, President and Chairman, majority shareholder)
Area Served:Most of Canada through various subsidiaries
Industry:Telecommunications, Diversified media and broadcasting
Services:Advertising
Marketing
Publishing
Revenue: CA$4.532 billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)[2]
Operating Income: CA$810.1 million (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)
Net Income: CA$596.7 million (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)
Assets: CA$10.625 billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)
Equity: CA$1.357 billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)
Owner:Pierre Karl Péladeau (majority shareholder) through Les Placements Péladeau inc. (74.13%)
Num Employees:8,832 (2022)
Divisions:Le SuperClub Vidéotron
Freedom Mobile
TVA Group
Vidéotron
VMedia
Subsid:Quebecor Media

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

Media

Sports and entertainment

Sponsorship

The company began a push towards sports: it acquired the naming rights and a management contract for the Videotron Centre, currently owns the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL, has backed a proposed National Hockey League expansion franchise in Quebec City (which would bring the NHL back to the city for the first time since the Quebec Nordiques were relocated in 1995, and would play at the new arena), and launched a TVA-branded sports network in 2011.[4] [31]

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.[32]

Corporate governance

Former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney served as chair of the board before his death in February 2024.[33]

Current members of the board of directors of Quebecor Inc. are:[34] Françoise Bertrand, Jean La Couture, Sylvie Lalande, Pierre Laurin, A. Michel Lavigne, Geneviève Marcon, and Normand Provost.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quebecor's Founder. Quebecor Inc.. 20 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Quebecor Inc. Consolidated financial statements. Quebecor. 29 April 2023. 31 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Les actionnaires de Québecor votent pour l'ajout d'un accent. The Canadian Press. 26 March 2013. fr. 10 May 2012. Les actionnaires ont entériné à la quasi-unanimité lors de leur assemblée annuelle, hier à Montréal, une résolution visant à franciser la raison sociale de l’entreprise pour ses activités en français en ajoutant l’accent aigu sur le premier « e » de Quebecor. « Je suis très content, tout comme les actionnaires », a déclaré le président et chef de la direction de l’entreprise, Pierre Karl Péladeau, en point de presse à la suite de cette assemblée. « Dieu sait si c’est profondément dans notre ADN et dans nos métiers puisque nous avons toujours évolué dans le domaine culturel », a-t-il fait valoir.-->.
  4. News: Van Praet. Nicolas. Quebecor to propose French version of name for Quebec. Financial Post. 26 March 2013. Montreal. 9 April 2012. Quebecor will continue to use its unaccented name in business outside Quebec.-->.
  5. News: Van Praet. Nicolas. Quebec puts accent on linguistic correctness. Financial Post. 26 March 2013. Montreal. 2 February 2012. company vice-president Serge Sasseville said in an email. "It is pretty simple. The French version [with] the acute accent will be used in Quebec and the English version without the acute accent will be used in the rest of Canada."-->.
  6. Web site: 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.
  7. Web site: Videotron – Québecor.
  8. Web site: Quebecor readies unscripted-focused streamer VRAI. Playback. Jordan Pinto. 13 July 2021. 24 September 2021.
  9. Web site: Our services | Pay-per-view Events & Movies.
  10. Web site: Videotron Business – Québecor.
  11. Web site: MAtv, Videotron's community channel – Québecor.
  12. Web site: Videotron le superclub and Microplay – Québecor.
  13. Web site: SETTE Postproduction – Québecor.
  14. News: Dobby . Christine . July 28, 2022 . 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.
  15. Web site: Television – Québecor.
  16. Web site: Pierre Karl Péladeau quitte la direction de Québecor - Le reportage de Chu Anh Pham . 2023-03-29 . CanoeTV.
  17. Web site: TVA+ | Quebecor Expertise Media.
  18. Web site: Publications du Groupe TVA | Groupe TVA.
  19. Web site: Distribution – Québecor.
  20. Web site: MELS – Québecor.
  21. Web site: TVA Group acquires Incendo group | Groupe TVA.
  22. Web site: Quebecor Content – Québecor.
  23. Web site: NumériQ – Québecor.
  24. Web site: Groupe Livre Québecor Média. 2022. 27 December 2022.
  25. Web site: Advertising Sales & Marketing – Québecor.
  26. Web site: Out of home – Québecor.
  27. Web site: Music – Québecor.
  28. Web site: Québecor deepens music push with Audiogram acquisition. Frédéric Tomesco. Montreal Gazette. 10 February 2021. 18 July 2021.
  29. Web site: Gestev – Québecor.
  30. Web site: Quebec Major Junior Hockey League – Québecor.
  31. News: Magder . Jason . New TVA Sports channel takes a shot at RDS . Montreal Gazette. 27 July 2011 .
  32. Web site: Dreger Report: Expansion on the agenda at 'special' meeting. Bell Media. 8 January 2016. 9 January 2016.
  33. News: Brian Mulroney to be named chairman of media and telecom giant Quebecor. 29 May 2014. The Globe and Mail. 29 May 2014.
  34. http://quebecor.com/en/content/board-directors Quebecor | Board of Directors

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