Videotron Announces Creation of MAtv Citizen Advisory Committee
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 04/01/15 -- In response to a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision issued in February 2015, Videotron announced today that it created the MAtv Citizen Advisory Committee on March 15, 2015, as directed by the CRTC.
Membership reflects Greater Montreal realities
Videotron has formed a committee in the image of the Greater Montreal area. The committee''s members work at or are involved in organizations that play an important role in the life of the city and address the following areas of concern:
Nine citizens for television that brings people together
At the end of our recruitment effort, nine citizens who are engaged with the community and reflect Montreal''s vigour and dynamism agreed to sit on the committee. Their roles in the community and professional backgrounds will help MAtv make sure that its programming is of interest to and representative of all segments of Montreal society. The purpose is to give voice to the city''s cultural, economic and social life and to reflect its multicultural character.
The members of the Advisory Committee are:
Videotron will renew its distribution licences for the Greater Montreal area in the coming months. In its renewal applications, it will describe the concrete action it plans to take in order to restore MAtv''s compliance.
MAtv, THE COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE POWERED BY VIDEOTRON
MATV is the community channel for Videotron customers. It is open to all. MATV offers useful, informative and educational multi-screen television programming in a connected, entertaining environment. It provides a platform for Quebec''s communities and a springboard for emerging talent. MATV reflects local realities of concern to the 1.8 million households it serves in the Montreal, Quebec City-Levis, Sherbrooke, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Sorel-Tracy, Granby, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Outaouais areas. MAtv is carried on channel 9 and in HD on channel 609. It is also available on illico TV (channel 900) on the Web (illico.tv), on iPad and Android tablets (through the illico.tv app) and on illico mobile.
Videotron (), a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, Internet access, cable telephone and mobile telephone services. Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its illico interactive television service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services. As of December 31, 2014, Videotron was serving 1,782,300 cable television customers, including 1,561,700 Digital TV subscribers. Videotron is also the Quebec leader in high-speed Internet access, with 1,537,500 subscribers to its cable service as of December 31, 2014. As of the same date, Videotron had 632,800 subscriber connections to its mobile telephone service and was providing cable telephone service to 1,349,000 Quebec households and organizations. For the tenth consecutive year, Videotron was ranked as Quebec''s most respected telecommunications company, based on a Leger survey.
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Datum: 01.04.2015 - 13:30 Uhr
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