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.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. Revenue Conventional television 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 specialty television assets are French-language as a result of the shutdown of the English-language Sun News Network. Current addikTV - film and television series Évasion - travel and adventure Canal Indigo - PPV movie service Le Canal Nouvelles - 24 hour news CASA - lifestyle and real estate MOI ET CIE - lifestyle and entertainment Prise 2 - retro film and television series TVA Sports - sports Yoopa - children's (pre-school) programs Zeste - food-related entertainment and lifestyle programming Former Argent - business and financial news (channel ceased operations April 30, 2016) The Cave - men lifestyle (51% as managing partner and channel sold to Shaw Media on April 25, 2012) 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) 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 External links Official website CRTC chart of Groupe TVA's assets (PDF) Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Quebecor Magazine publishing companies of Canada Mass media companies established in 1960 Television broadcasting companies of Canada Companies based in Montreal