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QuickPlay Media has revealed the results of a survey focused on mobile TV and video viewing habits as well as ad tolerance in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The survey results reveal insights about ad tolerance across streaming devices, the popularity of Live TV versus video on demand (VOD) and the factors that motivate users to pay for premium services. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are all of the details about the new Eye On Canada national promotional brand that I was tweeting about yesterday from the Banff World Media Festival. Valerie Creighton, President and CEO of the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Carolle Brabant, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada and Michael Hennessy, President and CEO of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) presented an update of this National Promotion Strategy and the new brand to promote Canadian audiovisual content. Read the rest of this entry »

Temple Street Media Ventures (the newly created division of Temple Street Productions) today announces the establishment of an original digital content studio, Boat Rocker Studios.  Working with YouTube, Boat Rocker Studios will foster a campus-like environment for online creators to collaborate, gain expertise, receive business support and produce content that speaks to the new generation of viewers. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank Siracusa, President and CEO of Whizbang Films and John Weber President and CEO of Take 5 Productions have announced that their next project Reign has been ordered to production for a twelve episodes series to begin shooting in Toronto at the end of July. The one-hour drama adds a second series to the Whizbang/Take 5 partnership now poised to generate more than $100 million in production volumes in Canada in the upcoming year. Both Siracusa and Weber are currently at the Banff World Media Festival. Read the rest of this entry »

In advance of E3, Ubisoft has released several new videos for Watch Dogs, one of the year’s most anticipated titles. You can check them all out on the Watch Dogs YouTube channel. Read the rest of this entry »

We survived the drive up here – no thanks to more than a few inconsiderate and downright poor drivers on the road. The stopover Friday night at the Maverick Motor Inn in Kamloops was nice, and gave us a refreshing start to the second leg of our drive up here to Banff. I am amazed that some of the sections of the Trans Canada we traversed have not been named as the Worst Road Sections in Canada, because some of those potholes could be deadly, especially through Rogers Pass. Read the rest of this entry »

Premier digital content strategists and creators Daniel Dales and Jarrett Sherman are announcing the launch of Digital Howard, an interactive entertainment company focused on creating and producing extraordinary 360 degree entertainment experiences for audiences on all platforms.  Digital Howard specializes in expanding conventional intellectual property onto digital platforms, working with IP owners at any point along the curve, from the initial stages of development through production and exploitation. Dales and Sherman founded Smokebomb in 2008 and were quickly acquired by television prodco Shaftesbury to become their in-house digital studio. Having left Smokebomb in the summer of 2012, the Executive Producers bring an impressive list of awards and accomplishments to the table in their latest venture. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is making its way to the Banff World Media Festival to celebrate the talents and successes of Canadian content producers and to share the work the CMF is doing as a key industry partner. The CMF is one of the festival’s Grand Patrons and many of our team members will take an active part in sessions as panelists or experts. On Monday, June 10th, the CMF will host a series of must?see presentations that will explore various topics including: Read the rest of this entry »

iPad users can now discover the genius of animation pioneer Norman McLaren and find out how their artistic skills compare to his, using his creative tools and techniques to make and share new works of their own. All of this and more can be found in McLaren’s Workshop, the new free iPad app developed by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and now available in Apple’s App Store. Selected as the Editors’ Choice at Apple’s App Store, McLaren’s Workshop lets users discover the techniques pioneered by the founder of animation at the NFB, enabling them to bring images to life, just as he did. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today a contribution of more than $7.8M to 19 eligible projects that applied either to the Francophone Minority Program or the Anglophone Minority Incentive.  As the CMF enters its fourth year, it continues to support diversity of voices from a regional, language and point of view perspective by offering financial support to official-language minorities across the country.  Read the rest of this entry »