Tvbl

What Tvbl does

TVBL (Télévision des Basses-Laurentides) is a non-profit community television broadcaster headquartered in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, producing and distributing approximately four hours of original weekly programming focused on the Basses-Laurentides region. Its programming portfolio spans a weekly news bulletin (Accès local), a sports magazine (Le sport autrement avec Maude Pilon-Bernier), a cultural interview show (Sur ma terrasse), a municipal affairs series (Tel maire, telle ville!), an interactive game show (Télé-Bingo), and a weekly news recap (L'hebdo). Content is distributed through two primary channels: cable broadcast via a long-standing partnership with Vidéotron/MATV and a web-based streaming platform (Web-télé) accessible globally via tvbl.ca.

The organization operates on a community-driven model with documented governance artifacts including a board of directors, committees, and a volunteer corps recruited through open calls. Revenue is generated through four annual membership tiers (individual, PME/small business, organism/non-profit, and institutional), one-time product sales (episode extracts, full episodes, and customizable Christmas greetings), and implied government/corporate support typical of Canadian community broadcasters. TVBL also runs a citizen project submission program, enabling residents to propose original program ideas for broadcast consideration, with documented submission deadlines.

The firm's core technology is a web-based television streaming platform combined with traditional cable distribution; no public API, AI capabilities, or proprietary software products are disclosed. The organization maintains 1-10 employees and has published annual reports consecutively from fiscal year 2017-2018 through 2024-2025, indicating long-standing operational continuity rather than growth. Founded in 1991 per firmographic data, TVBL's value proposition rests on local content production that cannot be easily replicated by national broadcasters, though its geographic concentration in a single Quebec region defines both its identity and its structural risk profile.

Name

Tvbl

Legal name

TVBL, la Télévision des Basses-Laurentides

Website

https://tvbl.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TVBL is a non-profit community television broadcaster in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, producing four hours of original weekly programming about the Basses-Laurentides region and distributing it via Vidéotron/MATV cable and web streaming, funded through membership tiers and episodic product sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Television

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612), Television Broadcasting Stations (516120), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Broadcasting Content Distribution & Interconnection (Sat/IP feeds) (MPABADAI)

Keywords

• Community television
• Local broadcasting
• Regional programming
• Nonprofit media
• Video production

Headquarters

HQ city

Sainte-thérèse

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: TVBL operates as a non-profit organization (organisme à but non lucratif) generating revenue through various membership tiers including institutional, SME (PME), organizational, and individual memberships. These memberships contribute to maintaining and improving content broadcast on TVBL.
2. Broadcast distribution partnership: Partnership with Vidéotron/MATV for broadcast distribution as a partner/diffuseur, enabling weekly broadcast of original programming.
3. Product sales: Sale of television products including episode extracts, full episodes, and personalized Christmas greetings (voeux de Noël).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TVBL (Télévision des Basses-Laurentides) is a non-profit community television channel that produces and broadcasts original local programming for the Basses-Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1991, it produces approximately four hours of original weekly content distributed via Vidéotron/MATV cable and a web streaming platform (tvbl.ca), supplemented by memberships and episode sales.

Product overview

TVBL (Télévision des Basses-Laurentides) is a non-profit regional television broadcaster producing local content for the Basses-Laurentides region of Quebec. The core offering consists of original programming including news bulletins (Accès local), sports shows (Le sport autrement avec Maude Pilon-Bernier), cultural programming (Sur ma terrasse), municipal profiles (Tel maire, telle ville!), and interactive entertainment (Télé-Bingo, Télé-Bingo). Content is distributed via traditional broadcast through Vidéotron/MATV partnership and web-based streaming. The station produces approximately 4 hours of original content weekly. Revenue is generated through membership tiers (institutional, SME, organizational, individual), episode sales (excerpts and full episodes), and voluntary contributions. Volunteer opportunities exist for on-camera animation and technical production roles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Accès local: Weekly news bulletin program anchored by Claude Desjardins with journalist Clara Matthey-Jonais covering local and regional news in the Basses-Laurentides.
• Le sport autrement avec Maude Pilon-Bernier
• Sur ma terrasse
• Tel maire, telle ville!
• L'hebdo

Products and services

• Memberships
• Accès local
• Le sport autrement avec Maude Pilon-Bernier
• Sur ma terrasse
• Tel maire telle ville! Original program featuring municipal mayors and local civic affairs, targeted at residents of Basses-Laurentides municipalities.
• L'hebdo
• Télé-Bingo
• Voeux de Noël
• Episode Sales (Extracts and Full Episodes)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Vidéotron/MATVcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVidéotron/MATV serves as the broadcast partner/diffuseur for TVBL, enabling weekly broadcast of original local programming. This partnership is fundamental to TVBL's distribution strategy, providing access to cable subscribers throughout the Basses-Laurentides region. TVBL is described as 'fière de son association avec son partenaire diffuseur Vidéotron/MATV'.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TVC Bois-Francs: Quebec non-profit community television serving the Bois-Francs region with locally produced programming. Comparable regional scope, mission (community media), and cable-affiliated distribution model.
• Télévision Rivière-du-Sud (TVRS): Non-profit regional community television broadcaster serving a similarly sized area in Quebec and producing local programming. Operates on a comparable member-supported, cable-affiliated model, making it a direct structural analog to TVBL.
• MAtv (Vidéotron Community TV Network): Vidéotron's community television network of which TVBL is an affiliated member. Operates the same hybrid model — local community content distribution via Vidéotron/MATV cable infrastructure — and is the most direct functional peer for TVBL.
• CHOU-TV: Quebec-based community/ethnic television channel operating as a non-profit cable community broadcaster. It shares the same regulatory framework (community TV license in Quebec) and cable-distribution model as TVBL.

Broad incumbents

• CityNews (Citytv): Canadian broadcaster with a strong local-news vertical operating in multiple markets. While not Quebec-focused, it competes conceptually for local-news audience attention and the same Canadian TV advertising dollar.
• TVO: Ontario's public broadcaster with a similar mandate of regional news and educational programming. While Ontario-based, it shares the public/community broadcaster structure, government funding model, and digital streaming presence analogous to TVBL's Web-télé.
• Télé-Québec: Quebec's provincial public broadcaster, offering a much broader programming mandate including regional content. While significantly larger, it competes for the same public-service mandate and audience attention in Quebec.
• Radio-Canada (CBC/Radio-Canada): Canada's national public broadcaster, including its French-language television service. Operates local news bureaus in Quebec and competes for the same regional-news audience and public-service funding pool as TVBL.
• Noovo: Quebec-focused commercial broadcaster that competes for the same regional advertising and French-language audience in Quebec. It is a broader incumbent rather than a community-focused direct peer.

Others

• Vidéotron: TVBL's distribution partner and parent of the MATV network. Important infrastructural enabler and ecosystem participant, even though it is not a direct content competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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