TVA Group
| Publicly traded subsidiary | |
| Traded as | TSX: TVA.B |
| Industry | Diversified media and broadcasting |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people |
Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO Pierre Francoeur, President; |
| Products |
Broadcasting Magazines Films |
| Services |
Broadcasting Film production Publishing |
| Parent | Quebecor Media (99.97% voting interest) |
| Subsidiaries |
TVA Films TVA Productions TVA Publishing |
| Website | TVA Group |
TVA Group, Inc. (French: Groupe TVA Inc.) is a Canadian communications company with operations in broadcasting, publishing and production. Quebecor Media holds voting control of the company through near-complete control of TVA Group's Class A shares; only the non-voting Class B shares are currently publicly traded.
Broadcasting
Groupe TVA owns and operates TVA Network, the largest private French language television network in Canada. It also operates eight specialty channels, available via cable and satellite across Canada.
Revenue
TVA and its specialty channels have a 69% share of revenue in the French speaking market. The total value of the private Francophone sector is $361 million of which $249 million goes to TVA. [1]
| Channel Name | Revenue (2013) |
|---|---|
| TVA Channel | $ 79 million |
| ILLICO SUR DEMANDE | 57.221 m |
| Total Specialty Channels | $ 112.636 million |
| addikTV | 10.594 m |
| Argent | 2.621 m |
| Évasion | 12.215 m |
| Canal Indigo | 8.192 m |
| Le Canal Nouvelles | 32.248 m |
| Casa | 8.094 m |
| Moi&cie | 3.526 m |
| Prise 2 | 7.417 m |
| TVA Sports | 15.020 m |
| Yoopa | 4.77 m |
| Sun News Network | 7.939 m |
| TVA Group Total | 249 m |
Conventional television
Specialty television
As of February 13, 2015 all of TVA Groups' speciality channels are French language with the shuttering of Sun News Network:
Current
- addikTV - film and television series
- Argent - business and financial news
- Évasion - 8.31% and minority partner
- Canal Indigo - PPV movie service
- Le Canal Nouvelles - 24 hour news
- CASA - lifestyle and real estate
- MOI&cie - lifestyle and entertainment
- Prise 2 - retro film and television series
- TVA Sports - sports
- Yoopa - childrens (pre-school) programs
Former
- Sun News Network - news and opinion (51% as managing partner and channel ceased operations February 13, 2015)
Other assets
- TVA Films (Film production and distributor)
- TVA Productions (Television production)
- TVA Publishing (French language magazine publisher, distributes over 70 titles)
- Télé Inter-Rives (Independent broadcaster, owns 45% stake)