Groupe TVA

{{Short description|Canadian communications company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Groupe TVA Inc.

| logo = Groupe TVA 2020 logo.svg

| type = 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, CEO
Pierre Francoeur, President;

| area_served =

| industry = Diversified media and broadcasting

| products = Broadcasting
Magazines
Films

| services = Broadcasting
Film production
Publishing
Audiovisual production

| parent = Quebecor Media (99.97% voting interest)
Rogers Communications (0.03% voting interest)

| divisions =

| subsid = TVA Films
TVA Productions
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.{{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}}{{cite news|title = Groupe TVA message|newspaper = La Presse|location = Montreal|page = F7|date = 28 February 1998|url = http://collections.banq.qc.ca/retrieve/4512805}} 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 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.{{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}}