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==Sponsorship== [[File:quebecor.jpg|thumb|right|Quebecor headquarters in Downtown Montreal]] In 2011, Quebecor launched [[TVA Sports]], a French-language sports television network.<ref name="tvasports-gazette">{{cite news | last=Magder | first=Jason | title=New TVA Sports channel takes a shot at RDS | url=http://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20110601/283961764112074 | newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]]| access-date=27 July 2011 }}</ref> The same year, it bought the management and naming rights of the [[Videotron Centre]], an indoor arena in Quebec City that opened in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/quebec-city-arena/ |title=Quebec sells arena naming rights for $33M |website=Sportsnet |date=March 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name=gandm-vtcentre>{{cite web |title=Quebecor naming Quebec City hockey arena Videotron Centre |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/quebecor-naming-quebec-city-hockey-arena-videotron-centre/article23826452/ |author=Nicolas Van Praet and Susan Krashinsky |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> In 2014, the company purchased the [[Quebec Remparts]] of the [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/quebec-remparts-sold-for-between-20-million-and-25-million-source/ |title=Quebec Remparts sold for between $20 million and $25 million: Source |author=Ken Campbell |website=The Hockey News |date=November 27, 2014}}</ref> In 2015, Quebecor submitted an application for an [[National Hockey League]] [[Potential National Hockey League expansion#Quebec City|expansion franchise]] in Quebec City. The application has since passed two phases of league scrutiny, with a final decision expected in early 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/dreger-report-expansion-on-the-agenda-at-special-meeting-1.419995|title=Dreger Report: Expansion on the agenda at 'special' meeting|publisher=Bell Media|date=8 January 2016|access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref> A year later, the league "deferred" the bid.<ref name="deferred">{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Josh |date=June 22, 2016 |title=Quebec City ponders options after NHL defers expansion bid |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/quebec-city-ponders-options-after-nhl-defers-expansion-bid-001814431.html |website=[[Yahoo Sports]] }}</ref>
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