- Business
- TVA Group Inc. operates as one of Canada's leading communications companies, focusing on French-language broadcasting, film production and audiovisual services, magazines, and production and distribution, primarily serving Quebec and French-speaking audiences across Canada. Founded in 1960 and headquartered at 612 Saint-Jacques Street in Montreal, Quebec, the company functions as a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc. and manages North America's largest private French-language television network through six owned stations, including flagship CFTM-TV (Montreal) and regional stations in Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Rimouski-Matane-Sept-Îles, and Saguenay/Lac St-Jean, plus four affiliated stations; nine specialty channels such as ADDIK, CASA, Évasion, LCN, Prise 2, QUB (formerly YOOPA), TVA Sports (with multiplexes TVA Sports 2 and 3), TÉMOIN (formerly MOI ET CIE), and Zeste; digital platforms including the TVA+ app, qub.ca, and TVA Sports app with on-demand and streaming content; commercial production via Qolab; soundstage, mobile, and production equipment rentals through MELS (18 stages totaling 212,000 square feet), postproduction including digital intermediate, audio mixing, visual effects, and virtual production, plus media accessibility services like dubbing and described video; magazine publishing via TVA Publications covering arts, entertainment, television, fashion, and decor with digital extensions and the Molto app; and production and distribution of television shows, movies, and series via Incendo group (featuring romantic comedies, horror films, and drama series) and TVA Films for global markets including video-on-demand, pay-TV, and theatrical distribution as Quebec distributor for Paramount Pictures. Recent major changes include the January 2024 rebranding of YOOPA to QUB (public affairs) and MOI ET CIE to TÉMOIN, alongside the December 2023 launch of the TVA Sports app and Direct streaming platform; ongoing restructuring from a 2022 reorganization plan entailing cessation of in-house entertainment production, news division optimization, and real estate adjustments, followed by elimination of 140 positions in February 2023 and 87 primarily unionized roles in its Broadcasting segment in November 2025 to pursue profitability amid competitive pressures; goodwill impairment and net losses reported in Q2 2025; and May 2025 election of directors including new appointee Régine Laurent.