overview

Alliance numérique groups together almost 200-odd companies and organizations:

• Private companies, 75% of the time
• Small or medium sized businesses, for the most part
• From the following sectors:
  • Education/ludo-educational
  • Game/entertainment
  • E-Learning
  • Services/Internet applications
  • Mobility
  • Culture, information and reference

Two Main Types of Members

The multimedia and information highway industry has evolved very rapidly, not only in Quebec, but also on the global scale. It is characterized by its young age, diversity, creativity and growth; and as such is the result of a convergence between the culture, communications, IT and telecommunications sectors. It is composed of two major types of interveners that are characterized by the diversity of their interventions:

Direct Interveners

• Authors and creators of multimedia content
• Developers and producers of multimedia applications
• Diffusers
• Distributors
• Telecommunication and Internet networks

Support Infrastructure

• Education and training institutions
• Public and governmental Infrastructure
• Financial investors
• Software providers 
• Providers of computer material and support