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23rd April 2009

Magmic Games Signs Carrier Distribution Deal With Connect2Media

Magmic GamesOttawaConnect2Media, the multi-platform entertainment company, has signed a deal with world-leading mobile entertainment publisher Magmic Games to distribute its products in all territories outside of North America. The Magmic Games catalogue of more than 20 games includes titles such as Big Kahuna Words, Boulder Dash Rocks! and Daytona USA.

“Connect2Media impressed us with both their knowledge of the global market and their approach to our games,” said Nicholas Reichenbach EVP of Publishing at Magmic Games.”Through this exclusive distribution deal with Connect2Media, we will have a global distribution footprint allowing us to reach all the major carriers for our Blackberry, Windows Mobile and J2ME mobile games.”
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23rd April 2009

Cosmic Logic Has Launched

Cosmic LogicKelowna – Okanagan College business graduate Andrew Roberts has announced the launch of Cosmic Logic Inc., a Kelowna-based video game development company planning to open doors into the video game industry and provide opportunities within the Okanagan. The company will produce and sell video games on digital distribution platforms such as Xbox Live Arcade, Sony Playstation Network, WiiWare, and iPhone.

The implementation of networking features on current video game systems has created an indie-revolution in the video game industry, allowing small teams to reach a global market.

“Smaller, independently funded companies previously had to find a publisher to produce and distribute their games,” says Roberts. “With platforms such as Xbox Live Arcade, consumers can simply download these games directly to their system’s hard drive. This allows indie-developers to bypass the costs involved in producing and distributing discs, and gives them more creative control in terms of content and pricing.”
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22nd April 2009

Norsat Acquires WiMAX Solution Provider

NorsatVancouverNorsat International Inc., announced today that it has acquired Ireland-based Bluemoon 4G Ltd. (“Bluemoon”), a provider of WiMAX solutions. Norsat will purchase a 100% stake in Bluemoon for five million (5,000,000) Norsat common shares. The all-stock transaction allows Norsat to complement its’ product portfolio with the addition of a comprehensive end-to-end turnkey WiMAX solution.

“With the acquisition of Bluemoon, we accelerate our entry into the WiMAX market and expand our geographic reach into markets in emerging countries,” said Dr. Amiee Chan. “We believe this acquisition is aligned with our strategic diversification into the commercial sector and will deliver long term growth and increase Norsat’s profitability.”
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7th April 2009

Nelvana Enterprises Is Now The Canadian Licensing Agent For Mr. Men and Little Miss Brand

NelvanaToronto Corus Entertainment Inc.’s Nelvana Enterprises has reached an agreement with Chorion to become the Canadian licensing agent for its successful Mr. Men and Little Miss brand, to include merchandise such as apparel and accessories, toys and novelty items, as well as live stage shows and character appearances.

Based on the classic 1970s book series by British author Roger Hargreaves that has sold over 100 million copies, the Mr. Men and Little Miss property has a global presence with both children and adults.

The animated television series, The Mr. Men Show, features an ensemble of 25 characters such as Mr. Bump and Little Miss Sunshine, and uses an innovative sketch comedy format. The television series has been sold in 18 territories worldwide and recently launched in Canada on Corus’ kids specialty network, YTV.
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1st April 2009

Kaboose Sells North American Properties to Disney Online

KabooseTorontoKaboose Inc. (TSX: KAB), one of the largest family-focused media companies in the world, today announced that it has entered into two separate agreements which together will effect the sale of substantially all of its assets. Following the completion of these two transactions, Kaboose intends on distributing the resulting net proceeds to its shareholders. The Company expects that such net proceeds will result in approximately $0.65 per share being distributed to shareholders in the months following completion of the transactions, which distributions represent approximately a 70% premium to the thirty-day average closing price of Kaboose’s stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The two agreements will effect the sale of the Company’s UK business, being Bounty Group Limited, to a company controlled by funds managed by Barclays Private Equity Limited (“BPE”) and the sale of the Company’s North American business to Disney Online, a unit of Disney Interactive Media Group segment.

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30th March 2009

Verrus Achieves Compliance Validation with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

verrusVancouverVerrus Mobile Technologies Inc, a global leader in the mobile payment industry, is pleased to announce it has achieved compliance validation as a Level 1 service provider with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) – the industry’s highest level of payment account data security certification.

Endorsed by all the major card brands – Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, Discover Financial Services, American Express and JCB — the PCI DSS mandates rigorous requirements for protecting cardholder data and requires any organization that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data to operate in a compliant fashion. Additionally, any organization that stores, processes or transmits more than 300,000 transactions per year is defined as a Level 1 service provider and is required to complete an annual on-site PCI Data Security Assessment, performed by a Qualified Security Assessor and network scans conducted by an Approved Scanning Vendor.
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26th March 2009

Audiokinetic unveils new partnership with McDSP

New effect plug-ins to be available for Wwise

audiokineticMontreal/San FranciscoAudiokinetic Inc. and McDSP announced today that they have entered a technical partnership. As part of this agreement, McDSP will develop plug-ins for Wwise, Audiokinetic’s audio pipeline solution.

Audiokinetic is the leading audio solution provider for the video game industry. Its flagship product, Wwise, revolutionizes the traditional game audio development process and allows users to audit, profile, and modify sounds in real-time within the game itself.

McDSP, a California-based software company, has been providing high-quality effect plug-ins for the last 10 years. Products like ML4000 (Multi-band Dynamics and Mastering Limiter) and Revolver (Flexible Convolution Reverb) reflect the company’s reputation of excellence, and have won several industry awards. Until now, McDSP plug-ins were available for Pro Tools only, and targeted the film and music industry.

As part of the partnership with Audiokinetic, McDSP will provide Wwise users with a selection of effect plug-ins, which will be accessible directly in Wwise’s user interface. Details about the plug-ins that will be available, as well as licensing particulars will be made public shortly; the plug-ins will be available in Wwise later in 2009.
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26th March 2009

A New Leader For Challenging Times – Dynamic Industry Professional Named CFTPA President and CEO

CFTPAOttawa – The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) is pleased to announce that Norm Bolen is joining the organization as President and CEO, effective April 15th.

Norm Bolen

Norm Bolen

Mr. Bolen is the former Executive Vice President, Content, for Alliance Atlantis Communications where he had overall programming responsibility for thirteen Canadian specialty networks, and where he led Alliance Atlantis’ web based and emerging new media content and all broadcast operations. Prior to joining Alliance Atlantis, Norm spent 21 years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a journalist and executive. In his last position at the CBC he was the head of Network Television Current Affairs.

Mr. Bolen is currently Chair of the Banff World Television Festival, co-Chair of the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival and a Director of the National Screen Institute. Most recently, he has been a media consultant and a director of mDialog, a web-based high-resolution video distribution platform.

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25th March 2009

Delvinia shares insights that uncover and understand the nuances of Canadian consumers

Delvinia InteractiveToronto – Today, Delvinia has launched the first in a series of published insights that will help understand the digital behaviours and attitudes of Canadian consumers. The insights, driven by their proprietary Insight Engine will give a breadth and depth of understanding, that until now, not offered by digital marketing services firms.

“Given the economic slowdown of recent months, Delvinia recognizes the need to provide a tool that would uncover and understand what drives consumers,” said Adam Froman, President and CEO of Delvinia Group of Companies. “The insights can then be harnessed to create meaningful digital customer experiences that will engage and are relevant to various Canadian demographic groups across a number of consumer sectors. The data uncovered can be a real eye-opener.”

The first insights that Delvinia is releasing looks at two important consumer segments that warrant understanding and continue to represent a great deal of spend potential: Baby Boomers, those aged 45 to 65, and adults who Don Tapscott referred to as the Net Generation (NGen), classified as young, tech-savvy adults between the ages of 18 and 30.
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25th March 2009

BCIC Sponsors Upcoming Competitions and Seminars

BCICVancouver – The BC Innovation Council is pleased to be a title sponsor for the 2009 New Ventures BC Competition and the Impact Microcredit Competition which are both open to all British Columbians:

* 2009 New Ventures BC Competition BCIC will be providing a total of $180,000 towards the Proof of Concept Awards towards the competition prizes. BCIC’s Proof of Concept Development Prize provides funding to New Ventures BC winners, to demonstrate the commercial potential of a new technology product, process or service. The funding supports advancement of the technology along the commercialization continuum in order to attract investors, commercial partners, and future customers.

The competition is open to everyone in British Columbia and entries will be accepted from a person, team or business. NVBC welcomes technology business ideas from all sectors. Registration for the competition will open shortly. Deadline to enter is midnight, April 20, 2009.

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