Editing Groupe TVA

{{Short description|Canadian communications company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Groupe TVA Inc.
| logo = Groupe TVA 2020 logo.svg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{tsx|TVA.B}}
| former_names = Télé-Métropole, Inc. (1960–1998)
| foundation = 1960
| location_city = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| location_country = Canada
| key_people = [[Pierre Karl Péladeau]], <small>[[Chief executive officer|CEO]]</small> <br /> [[Pierre Francoeur]], <small>[[President (corporate title)|President]]</small>;
| area_served = 
| industry = Diversified media and [[broadcasting]]
| products = [[Broadcasting]] <br /> [[Magazines]] <br /> [[Filmmaking|Films]]
| services = [[Broadcasting]] <br /> [[Filmmaking|Film production]] <br /> [[Publishing]] <br /> [[Television production|Audiovisual production]]
| parent = [[Quebecor Media]] (99.97% voting interest) <br > [[Rogers Communications]] (0.03% voting interest)
| divisions = 
| subsid = [[TVA Films]] <br /> [[TVA Productions]] <br /> [[TVA Publishing]]
| slogan = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.groupetva.ca/}}
}}
'''Groupe TVA Inc.''' is a Canadian communications company with operations in broadcasting, publishing and production. It was founded as Télé-Métropole Corporation in 1960, and owned [[CFTM-TV]], Montreal's first privately-owned francophone station. It changed its legal name to Groupe TVA inc. on February 17, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.groupetva.ca/sites/groupetva.ca/files/rapportfinancier/rapporttva_2008-fr.pdf|title=Rapport annuel 2008|date=2008|publisher=TVA|access-date=March 3, 2020|page=3|archive-date=March 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310211538/https://www.groupetva.ca/sites/groupetva.ca/files/rapportfinancier/rapporttva_2008-fr.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Groupe TVA message|newspaper = [[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|location = Montreal|page = F7|date = 28 February 1998|url = http://collections.banq.qc.ca/retrieve/4512805}}</ref> [[Quebecor Media]] holds voting control of the company through near-complete control of Groupe TVA's Class A shares; only the non-voting Class B shares are currently publicly traded.

Groupe TVA owns and operates the [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA network]], the largest private French language television network in Canada and the most watched television network in Quebec. It also operates seven specialty channels, available via subscription television across Canada, and a motion picture division. 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 $491 million of which $349 million goes to TVA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/policymonitoring/2014/cmr4.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907125850/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/PolicyMonitoring/2014/cmr4.htm |archive-date=2014-09-07 |title=Communications Monitoring Report 2014: Broadcasting System}}</ref>

==Revenue==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Channel Name !! Revenue (2013)
|-
| '''TVA Channel''' || $79 million
|-
| '''ILLICO SUR DEMANDE''' || 57.221 m
|-
| '''Total Specialty Channels''' || $112.636  million
|-
| ADDIK || 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
|-
| Témoin || 3.526 m
|-
| Prise 2 || 7.417 m
|-
| TVA Sports || 15.020 m
|-
| Yoopa || 4.77 m
|-
| Sun News Network || 7.939 m
|-
| '''Groupe TVA Total''' ||  249 m
|-
|}

===Conventional television===

* [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]]
** [[CFTM-DT]] Montreal
** [[CFCM-DT]] Quebec City
** [[CFER-DT]] Rimouski
** [[CHLT-DT]] Sherbrooke
** [[CHEM-DT]] Trois-Rivières
** [[CJPM-DT]] Saguenay
** [[CKXT-DT]] Toronto ''(defunct)''

===Specialty television===

As of 2015, all of Groupe TVA's [[Multichannel television in Canada|specialty television]] assets are [[Canadian French|French-language]] due to the shutdown of the [[Canadian English|English-language]] [[Sun News Network]].

'''Current'''
* [[Addik]] - film and television series
* [[Canal Indigo]] - PPV movie service
* [[Le Canal Nouvelles|LCN]] - 24 hour news
* [[Casa (TV channel)|CASA]] - lifestyle and real estate
* [[Évasion]] - travel and adventure 
* [[Prise 2]] - retro film and television series
* QUB - public affairs and social issues, TV simulcast of [[Qub Radio]] (launched January 11, 2024, replaced Yoopa)
* [[Témoin]] - crime dramas and true crime
* [[TVA Sports]] - sports
* [[Zeste]] - food-related entertainment and lifestyle programming

'''Former'''
* [[Argent (TV channel)|Argent]] - business and financial news (channel ceased operations April 30, 2016)
* [[History2 (Canadian TV channel)|The Cave]] - men lifestyle (51% as managing partner and channel sold to [[Shaw Media]] on April 25, 2012, now owned by [[Corus Entertainment]] as of April 1, 2016)
* [[Sun News Network]] - news and opinion (51% as managing partner and channel ceased operations February 13, 2015)
* [[Télé Achats]] - infomercials (channel ceased operations August 1, 2012)
* [[Yoopa]] - children's (pre-school) programs (channel ceased operations January 11, 2024)

==Other assets==
* [[TVA Films]] (Film production and distributor)
* [[TVA Productions]] (Television production)
* [[TVA Publishing]] (magazine publisher, distributes over 70 titles)
* [[Télé Inter-Rives]] (Independent broadcaster, owns 45% stake)

==See also==
* [[Quebecor Media]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.groupetva.ca/ Official website]
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht156a.pdf CRTC chart of Groupe TVA's assets] (PDF)

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[[Category:Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Quebecor]]
[[Category:Magazine publishing companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1960]]
[[Category:Television broadcasting companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Companies based in Montreal]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Quebec]]
[[Category:1970s initial public offerings]]