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Le SuperClub Vidéotron Ltée, which includes the Jumbo Video and Microplay chains, was a Canadian brand of franchised video stores. It was owned by Quebecor Media, with operations concentrated in Quebec. It was the largest video store chain operator in Canada, maintaining corporate-owned stores until 2018.
Videotron store at the Carrefour Angrignon mall in LaSalle Logo used from 1964 until 1980. Vidéotron was established in 1964, under the name "Télécâble Vidéotron Ltée" as northern Montreal's first cable television network. It started with 66 subscribers. André Chagnon served as the company's founding president.
Jumbo Video is a Canadian brand of franchised video stores. The brand is owned by Le SuperClub Vidéotron , a division of Quebecor Media , which maintained corporate-owned stores until 2018. History
Microplay, a Canadian video store chain, subsidiary of Le SuperClub Vidéotron Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Microplay .
Two days after playing the last event of its predecessor, Colisée Pepsi, Metallica played the first-ever concert at Videotron Centre on September 16, both as part of their Lords of Summer Tour. [21] [22] Madonna performed to a sold-out crowd of over 13,000 patrons on September 21, 2015, part of her Rebel Heart Tour.
The club originally charged a $25 membership fee and $5 rental fee. [3] The chain was later renamed Video Movies Inc. by the 1980s before becoming Family Video. [4] Because competitor Blockbuster's main focus was larger cities, Family Video was mostly established in rural areas, suburbs, and small-to-midsize cities. [5]
Chagnon was born in the Ahuntsic neighbourhood of Montreal on March 17, 1928. [1] [2] His father worked as an electrician and entrepreneur. [3]Chagnon was raised near Gouin Boulevard during the Great Depression, [4] and recounted how his family survived on "a lot of bread and molasses". [5]
As part of the acquisition deal, the three received Blockbuster stock valued at $66.4 million. At the time of the acquisition, Blockbuster Video operated 58 company-owned and franchised Blockbuster Video Superstores. Video Library reported $11.9 million (~$27.4 million in 2023) in revenue for the third quarter of Sept. 1987.