Premier Christine Fréchette announced a $609.6 million investment over five years to implement the la Stratégie québécoise de l’audiovisuel 2026-2031, with the aim of ensuring the industry’s sustainability and vitality.
In response to the rise of artificial intelligence and digital platforms—which are transforming not only consumer habits but also production and distribution models—Quebec is launching its strategy for TV and film industry.
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“Our television, our films, and new web formats occupy a central place in Quebec culture,” but “the audiovisual sector is also a true industry that generates jobs and stimulates innovation,” Fréchette wrote in the preface to the strategy presented Monday morning in Montreal.
In this strategy, priority is given to youth, notably through the transformation of Télé-Québec, which will become a media outlet for young people.
Linear television will be only one part of Télé-Québec’s offerings, which will focus on young people aged 9 to 17.
The goal of this “new” Télé-Québec will be to build a “generational continuum” that “will establish a meaningful connection with Quebec culture starting in childhood and deepen it during adolescence.”
The audiovisual strategy is divided into two phases: a first phase of $240.6 million (2026–2028) and a second phase of $369 million (2028–2031).
The Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) would receive $100 million in funding to “establish a new interim funding program for the refundable tax credit for Quebec film and television production.”
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
