Village Gamer

A story I missed late last week: SuperRewards, the pioneer of virtual currency for social and mobile games, has been acquired by Vancouver’s Playerize. Founded in 2007, SuperRewards quickly became a leading monetization service for online, free-to-play games. The company was acquired in 2009 by Adknowledge, one of the world’s largest ad marketplaces. Jason Bailey, the principal founder, continued with Adknowledge and served as the GM of Games and Virtual Currency for two years, before leaving in 2011 to found East Side Games. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal’s Echoer, a mobile app that makes it easy to share local experiences and see what other people are thinking and experiencing in the places around them, is now available for Android devices. Initially released on iPhone earlier this year, the app curates users’ thoughts and experiences by relevance, placing the best content on the map to give timely and popular recommendations. Read the rest of this entry »

Online kids’ channel Toon Goggles, an innovative free portal that provides valuable viewing data to content producers, has signed an agreement with Malaysia-based Backbone Entertainment to bring two of the animation studio’s premier properties to Toon Goggles’ growing library of content. The agreement sees two of Backbone’s animated programs, 13 episodes of “Sugar Pals” and 13 Episodes of “Stryker,” now being available to Toon Goggles audiences throughout the US and Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Canadian Wireless Trade Show will feature the seminar, “Making Money in Wireless: How To Grow Your Business by $20-30K Per Location in 2012,” in Toronto this September. The workshop is being offered by show organizers and Corporate Dynamics, the industry’s leading training and consulting firm. Read the rest of this entry »

With the recent announcement of SR&ED ONE partnering with DOVICO Software to release a web based SR&ED documentation tool, Canadian business owners now have a tool they can use to ensure they are effectively capturing the documentation required to support their Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) claim, while also increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their overall operations. Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo has launched both an exciting new game and a cool new system to play it on. Canadian residents can now get their hands on two of the hottest video game products of the year: New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the new Nintendo 3DS XL portable system. Nintendo 3DS XL offers screens that are 90 per cent larger than the original Nintendo 3DS, and sells at a suggested retail price of $199.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Maple Leaf Square will proudly host the 2012 TIFF Opening Night Party as part of the 37^thannual Toronto International Film Festival®.  This marks the first time the sports and entertainment destination will play host to a signature event for the leading public film festival in the world that screens more than 300 films from close to 60 countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Move over Hollywood, get ready TIFF, there’s a new show in production as Canada becomes the country-wide set for a tourism video, one where the stars—and directors—are all local and getting reel. The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) is reaching out to Canadians through its 35 Million Directors project to help create a new video to inspire more travellers from around the world to choose Canada for their vacation. Read the rest of this entry »

Videology, a digital video advertising platform and solutions provider headquartered in Baltimore, recently released its 2^ndquarter findings on the video advertising market in Canada based on an analysis of 22 million impressions delivered via its platform from April to June 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Cookie Jar Entertainment to create Canada’s largest children’s entertainment company. The combined company will own the world’s most extensive independent library of children’s entertainment, including more than 8,550 half hour episodes.  The transaction implies an enterprise value for Cookie Jar of $111 million, to be paid through a combination of approximately 36 million DHX shares, $5 million in cash, and the assumption of $66 million of debt. Read the rest of this entry »