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Business services agency LaunchRaft launched last week with the mission to help entrepreneurs and small business owners get off the ground quickly by providing online tools that facilitate the important step of registering a business correctly and efficiently. The founders of the Toronto-based company are experienced business professionals who have worked with some of Canada’s leading business organizations. Ultimately however, it was the exciting path of entrepreneurship that convinced the founders of LaunchRaft to strike out on their own; they quickly realized that the skills they had developed over the last several years could be leveraged to help new business owners make a smooth launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Research And Markets offers the 7th edition of Video Game Watch (Quarterly) With Unmetered Analyst Support and 3-Hour Consulting Services subscription, a service that provides users with a unique way to keep track of the latest developments in a video game industry on the brink of massive change. Delivering analysis of growth engines, core market trends and how the key players are positioned, along with volume and revenue growth forecasts up to 2017. The service’s database represents the combined expertise of a team of senior consultants who have been producing top-flight analysis of the world’s video game markets for 15 years. Among other things, it enables users to obtain a clear perspective on the latest trends shaping all of the video game sectors around the globe. Read the rest of this entry »

Established in 2007, the MPPIA Short Film Award provides one filmmaker with the opportunity to further develop their directing career by realizing a unique creative vision in a short film project.  Applicants will be short-listed into a field of candidates who will pitch their projects at the 2013 Whistler Film Festival taking place December 4 to December 8. The successful candidate will receive a $15,000 cash award plus services ‘in-kind’ valued up to $100,000 from across the industry, enabling the filmmaker to complete their project with the guidance of experienced industry professionals and support services provided by the top supply houses in British Columbia. The completed film will have its world premiere screening at the 2014 Whistler Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »

In a bold new move, Premier Digital Publishing, in partnership with Gandolfo-Helin Literary Management, Producer Steve Ecclesine, and novelist Jonathan Ryan have announced the launch of an unprecedented film adaptation director contest. The “3 Gates of the Dead Filmmaker Competition” invites aspiring film directors from across the United States and Canada to enter the contest in one of two ways. Using the horror mystery novel “3 Gates of the Dead” by Jonathan Ryan, to be published October 15, 2013 in eBook and print by Premier Digital Publishing. Read the rest of this entry »

A University of Calgary faculty member will speak at the world’s largest face-to-face gathering of elite hackers. DEF CON, the biggest conference of its kind, brings together over 15,000 professional and amateur computer security experts every year to discuss the latest tech vulnerabilities. It’s the first time a University of Calgary professor will present at the conference and it takes place August 1 to 4th in Las Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

A Joint Federal-Provincial-Territorial Report report on Cyberbullying and the Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images was released earlier today by the Canadian government. The Report is divided into two parts, with the first part of the report addressing the issue of cyberbullying, including information relating to the scope of the problem, the impact of cyberbullying on victims, existing legislative and policy responses and options for Criminal Code reform to address the issue. The second part of the Report addresses the issue of the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and contains information about the scope of the problem, existing Criminal Code responses and options for a new Criminal Code offence. Work on this report began in October 2012, when the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Ministers responsible for Justice and Public Safety directed senior officials to identify potential gaps in the Criminal Code on cyberbullying and the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and report back to Deputy Ministers. Read the rest of this entry »

Former NHL player Georges Laraque is pleased to announce his involvement with 321 Fame, a newly established website promoting talented individuals from all over the world in the context of an anti-bullying forum. As a father and someone who was bullied as a youth, Laraque sees the value of a showcase for talent that is free from bullying. Read the rest of this entry »

CTV has announced that it will present the world broadcast premiere and first-ever network run of the hit conspiracy thriller Orphan Black later this summer. The Space original series from Temple Street Productions, produced in partnership with BBC America, will be introduced to new viewers on Friday, Aug. 16 when it begins its first-ever run on a conventional network, leading to a Season 1 finale on CTV in the heat of the fall season in mid-October. The 10-episode, one-hour series will air in primetime Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times and on the CTV Mobile channel on Bell Mobile TV. Season 2 of Orphan Black was ordered by Space and BBC America in May, with production on 10 new episodes set to begin this September in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

US-based blurbIQ Inc., whose patent-pending interactive video advertising platform allows advertisers and publishers to use dynamic overlay to drive consumers to interact with their video messaging, today announced that SourceKnowledge, a Montreal-based online video company that reaches more than 26.2 million monthly users and serves over 100 million video streams a month in the USA and Canada, has begun to offer its advertising clients blurbIQ’s interactive video ad units.  Read the rest of this entry »

With its latest stamp release in the Canadian recording artists series, Canada Post is paying tribute to music’s living legends, and making history in the process. For the first time, bands – rather than individual performers – are being featured on its stamps, including RUSH, The Tragically Hip, The Guess Who and Beau Dommage. Collectively, the featured bands have sold tens of millions of records worldwide and achieved critical success that has earned them an array of awards. Read the rest of this entry »