MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - April 12,
2010) - SOHO SPORTS V3, a subsidiary of SOHO INFORMATIQUE, has
been chosen by Quebecor Media to equip QMI Agency and Quebecor Media's numerous
free and paid publications across Canada with the SaaS (Software as a Service)
technical system.
Quebecor Media is the largest publisher of
newspapers in Canada, through its subsidiary Sun Media Corporation.
This software platform, proven and used for
over a year, will allow centralized production of all sports pages of QMI
Agency while providing the necessary customization of Quebecor Media's
newspapers in their local Canadian market. The data integration on Quebecor
Media's Web portal, Canoe.ca, will be operated by an automatic synchronisation
feature.
Rolled out in the summer of 2010, this
software solution will capture and synthesize sports results from a wide range
of sources and link them across all Quebecor Media's platforms. Thus QMI Agency
will benefit from a state of the art technological tool to deliver timely and
reliable content in Canada's two official languages.
SOHO SPORTS V3's softwares ranging from
text messaging and iPhone applications to distribution and monetization
programs of sports content perfectly fit with the integrated business model of
media companies and favour a significant return on investment by generating new
revenue streams on mobile platforms and the Internet.
Given the current turmoil in the media
industry, this partnership demonstrates that SOHO SPORTS V3's innovative
solutions efficiently respond to the news needs of businesses operating in this
sector.
About SOHO Sports
SOHO
Sports is a French company specializing in the design and customization of a
SaaS based software platform dedicated to sports content management tailored
for the publishing professional. The platform called SOHO SPORTS V3 includes
modules to collect, manage and layout schedules, results, standings and
statistics of sports data: local, regional, national and international for
print, Web, SMS, Smart Phones and iPad. All data including advertisements, text
and photos are processed and normalized by SOHO and made available to its
customers who wish to improve and centralize the production of their sports
pages as they develop new business models for the monetization of sports
content. SOHO SPORTS V3 is available for most languages and is used in
production daily by hundreds of titles in the world.
Quebecor Media Inc.
is a subsidiary of Quebecor Inc. (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B), a communications company
with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Quebecor Media owns
operating companies in numerous media-related businesses: Videotron Ltd., an
integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive
multimedia development, Internet access services, cable telephony and wireless
telephone service; Sun Media Corporation, the largest publisher of newspapers
in Canada; Canoe Inc., operator of a network of English and French
language Internet properties in Canada; Quebecor Media Network, provider of
flyer printing and distribution services; 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; Nurun
Inc., a major interactive technologies and communications agency with offices
in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia; magazine publisher TVA
Publishing Inc.; book publishers and distributors Sogides Group Inc. and CEC
Publishing Inc.; Archambault Group Inc. and TVA Films, companies engaged in the
production, distribution and retailing of cultural products; Le SuperClub
Videotron ltee, a DVD and console game rental and retail chain; and Quebecor
MediaPages, publisher of print and online directories.