Montreal Tech Watch

Montreal.tv, a Montreal video portal, is now accepting video uploads from its users. M. Irois Léger, who heads the video portal, says he is also planning to distribute the videos on TV this fall. They will be also distributing videos on mobile phone, as they have signed partnerships with Telus, and also Bell, Rogers (and the now defunct Amp’d Mobile).

I like to view Montreal.tv as the french equivalent of watchmojo. They both cover Montreal’s upbeat culture and both produce profesionnal videos, although Montreal.tv focuses more on Montreal nightlife and bars and watchmojo has a bigger range of topics. They are also different in their business models, as I suspect Montreal.tv’s videos are in fact paid by the restaurants and bars they are covering to get some buzz, and watchmojo focus on internet ads, and thus on re-distribution. Here’s a video by Montreal.TV about events this weekend in Montreal: