The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning TVA’s broadcast of Juste pour rire:  Le gala hommage à Denise Filiatrault on January 15, 2012.  The CBSC found that TVA breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics for broadcasting coarse language in a program that began before 9:00 pm and for failing to provide viewer advisories. Read More

Today Rogers Communications, announced an agreement with Groupe TVA Inc. and Sun News to offer TVA Network, TVA Sports and Sun News content to Rogers customers. The multiplatform agreement includes on-demand content, mobile rights, access to TVA Sports and continued distribution of Sun News. The deal will also make available, in the near future, quality French-language programming on-the-go with TVA on-demand content available on mobile and the Rogers Anyplace TV web platform.

“Our objective is two-fold: provide our customers with world-class content and offer them the opportunity to experience that content where, when and how they want to watch it,” said David Purdy, VP Video Products, Rogers Communications Inc. “The future of television is availability, not exclusivity, and that’s exactly what this deal is about. We’re excited to bring French-language programming to markets outside of Quebec, but also to provide our Quebec customers more access to content they want, on multiple devices with TVA on-demand.”

“TVA Group is delighted with this Rogers Communications agreement,” adds Pierre Dion, President and CEO of TVA Group. “It provides even broader coast-to-coast reach for Sun News and TVA Sports, as well as the TVA Network.”

“We are pleased that Rogers Communications will continue to offer our Sun News station,” says Luc Lavoie, head of Development at Sun News. “With some of the best on-air talent in Canada, Sun News stands out with its delivery of hard news and straight talk, which Canadians truly appreciate. Our contemporary programming will soon become a regular TV habit for Rogers Communications subscribers.”

TVA Sports will be available on channels 656 (SD) & 657 (HD) through the Rogers Digital Basic package in some markets, and through French Theme Paks in the rest of the Rogers Cable system. Sun News will be on channels 142 (SD) & 567 (HD) and distributed on Digital VIP and other packages. Programming from TVA Network will be available to all Rogers Digital Television customers on Rogers On Demand Channel 100. For viewing where you want, when you want, programming from TVA Network, TVA Sports and Sun News will be available on www.RogersAnyplaceTV.com and through mobile & tablet apps. Sun News and TVA Sports are currently in free preview for Rogers digital cable customers.

Note: Originally posted on March 1st, 2012.

The new channel, launching May 2nd and will feature original series, a website geared towards building a community and will favor exchanges as well as a mobile site and an on demand videos. The category 2 channel was originally approved by the C.R.T.C. as TVA Mode.
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Knowing how much Quebecers love game show, TVA is happy to announce that it
has acquired, from Endemol, the rights of the popular series Deal or No Deal.
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Viewers will use their wireless phone to vote in the new French music talent show “Star Académie”, Rogers AT&T and LIPSO announced on February 13th. They will be able to communicate with the show’s participants in real-time, a first in Quebec.

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TVA Group Inc. has filed a complaint with the

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) concerning Bell ExpressVu’s business practices, which are depriving Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN) of substantial revenues. The practices in question involve the direct sale by Bell ExpressVu and its authorized agents of multiple decoders to new customers, for use in the customer’s primary residence and secondary residence. Bell ExpressVu is charging these customers only one monthly subscription fee and therefore paying LCN royalties for only one subscriber, contrary to CRTC rules.
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