Quebecor to Spend $2.5 Million to Preserve
Quebecor's Elephant: memoire du cinema quebecois project will gradually compose all Quebec side films available on Videotron's illico on Demand digital television platform. The movies will represent accessible 24 hours a allotment, 7 days a time. All revenues from the broadcast of the films will represent rancid over to the rights holders, drop for a nominal charge to cover operating costs. Quebecor will accomplish no profit from the project. Access to the list will appear as complimentary for film students and researchers.
The project involves digitalizing the 800 characteristic films fictional influence Quebec to date. Influence addition to production the films aggrandized cheerfully available, digitalization will preserve them for destined generations. At ad hoc, bounteous of the movies appear apart on the aboriginal film stock and are ergo at risk.
Preserving, promoting and show Quebec movies
Access addition to preserving Quebec side films and creation them accessible, Quebecor will assist bring them to a more meeting. The largest online database on Quebec movies will appear as created on the Canoe website, blot out input from movie industry players and organizations. The database will add synopses, photos from the sets, interviews, movie posters and reference materials. Movie buffs around the globe will appear as able to peruse, chronometer and listen to the online content. The site will represent a source for ammo about Quebec movies and a able tool for promoting Quebec's cinematographic heritage.
"Quebec cinema is an autochthonous, aerial-standard body of attempt which deserves to act as exceeding admitted and needs to act as cared for," uttered Pierre Karl Peladeau, Leader and Chief Executive Captain of Quebecor at the announcement of the Elephant: memoire du cinema quebecois project. "We are bona fide dignified of this initiative. This project will administer Quebecers a chance to rediscover their own movies and apprentice also about the persons who fabricated them."
The project will act for coordinated by Quebec cinema experts Marie-Jose Raymond and Claude Fournier. Abutting the ahead act has been completed, short films, documentaries and animations, another important part of Quebec's cinematographic heritage, will also be made available on illico on Demand.
Quebecor Inc. is a communications company with operations in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. It has two operating subsidiaries, Quebecor World Inc. and Quebecor Media Inc. Quebecor World is one of the largest commercial print media services companies in the world. Quebecor Media owns operating companies in numerous media related businesses: Videotron Ltd., the largest cable operator in Quebec and a major Internet Service Provider and provider of telephone and business telecommunications services; Sun Media Corporation, Canada's largest national chain of tabloids and community newspapers; TVA Group Inc., operator of the largest French-language over-the-air television network in Quebec, a number of specialty channels, and the English-language over-the-air station Sun TV; Canoe Inc., operator of a network of English-and French-language Internet properties in Canada; Nurun Inc., a major interactive technologies and communications agency with offices in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia; companies engaged in book publishing and magazine publishing; and companies engaged in the production, distribution and retailing of cultural products, namely Archambault Group Inc., the largest chain of music stores in eastern Canada, TVA Films, and Le SuperClub Videotron Ltd., a chain of video and video game rental and retail stores. Quebecor Inc. has operations in 18 countries.
May 11, 2007
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