{"id":1146,"date":"2006-12-13T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2006-12-13T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T15:02:00","slug":"videotron-plays-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"Videotron plays a joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"Just for Laughs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/just_for_laughs_festival.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a>Videotron has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccnmatthews.com\/news\/releases\/show.jsp?action=showRelease&amp;searchText=false&amp;showText=all&amp;actionFor=626952\">announced<\/a> that it will be the the presenter and main partner of the Just For Laughs Festival for the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to presenting the Festival, Videotron will be the main distributor of Just For Laughs content on several of its platforms, including video on demand, high speed internet and mobile wireless service, as well as a partner in the concept and content development process.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Depatie, President and CEO of Videotron said: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">This partnership goes beyond presenting the Festival and distributing Just For Laughs content. In addition to using our technology to support Just For Laughs&#8217; content, we will work together, at the very inception of the creative process, on possible projects such as the development of exclusive series for the Web and humour capsules conceived and produced for mobile telephones and other emerging content distribution platforms.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Robert Depatie is confirmed to be returning as a keynote speaker at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomsummit.com\/\">The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Videotron\" rel=\"tag\">Videotron<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Just+for+Laughs\" rel=\"tag\">Just For Laughs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Bell\" rel=\"tag\">Bell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Canadian+Telecom+Summit\" rel=\"tag\">Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videotron has announced that it will be the the presenter and main partner of the Just For Laughs Festival for the next three years. In addition to presenting the Festival, Videotron will be the main distributor of Just For Laughs content on several of its platforms, including video on demand, high speed internet and mobile &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1146\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videotron plays a joke<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Videotron plays a joke &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Videotron has announced that it will be the the presenter and main partner of the Just For Laughs Festival for the next three years.In addition to &#8226; 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