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4th April 2012

IAB Canada Announces New Real-Time Bidding Committee

IAB CanadaIAB Canada has announced the formation of its new Real-Time Bidding (RTB) Committee along with the launch of its industry educational efforts with a new RTB Event on May 22, 2012. According to eMarketer, approximately 10 percent of Digital media ad impressions are already being bought via Real-Time Bidding within Ad Exchanges, but this figure is projected to ramp up to almost 30 percent by the end of 2015. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th April 2012

Shaw Direct And Xplornet Announce Marketing Agreement

shaw directShaw Direct and Xplornet Communications Inc. are proud to announce a marketing agreement that will offer increased value to new and existing Shaw Direct DTH video customers and Xplornet high-speed Internet customers. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th April 2012

Sears Canada Launches Smartphone Applications

Sears CanadaSears Canada has announced the launch of its first applications for iPhone® and Android smartphones, making Sears the only department store in Canada with a fully transactional mobile website and iPhone®/Android applications, giving Canadian customers instant access to the over 80,000 products available at Sears.ca.  Customers can now not only browse and research Sears products, but they can also complete a full purchase with the convenience of their smartphone – from anywhere, in English or French. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th April 2012

Intelimax Appoints New CFO and Director

IntelimaxIntelimax Media Inc. announced yesterday that Mr. Chris Petry, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed as a director of the Company. In addition, Mr. Michael Young, a current director and the President of the Company has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd April 2012

VFX Pick of the Day

Today’s video pick is from 2010 and features the work of then-Vancouver Film School student Elena Topouzoglou, through the VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects program. Elena is currently working as a compositor at FrameStore in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd April 2012

Canada Media Fund Announces New Two-Year Program Guidelines and 2012-2013 Program Budget

Canada Media FundThe Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced new two-year Program Guidelines for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 fiscal years. It also announced the program budget for 2012-2013 set at $375 million. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd April 2012

The Price Is Right Slots Social Game Now Available on Facebook

LudiaInteractive entertainment company Ludia and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced today the launch of The Price Is Right Slots game for the Facebook platform. Players, worldwide, can now experience an original and interactive free slot machine game based on the longest-running game show in television history. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd April 2012

Frima Becomes The First Quebec Company To Earn Work-Family Balance Certification

frima studioMission accomplished for the digital entertainment company Frima. One year after the Quebec Ministry of Family established their standards for work-family balance, Frima became the first company to obtain certification from the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ). Frima is particularly proud to reach this important milestone, demonstrating its leadership and commitment to offering employees an attractive and challenging work environment. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd April 2012

Producers Lab Toronto To Be Continued At 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

Crossing the Atlantic with their luggage full of cinematic ideas, 12 hand-picked and dynamic European producers will meet their 12 talented Canadian counterparts at the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF), from September 5 – 8 to find joint film projects. The first two editions of Producers Lab Toronto were so successful that almost all of the participants from 2010 and 2011 are in contact with one another and 27 projects are actively in development. Consequently, the MEDIA Mundus programmeof the European Union has now confirmed financial backing of the platform for the third year running. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd April 2012

DHX Media Licenses New Series Into Five Territories

dhx mediaDHX Media Ltd. has made five international sales of its new, animated preschool show Monster Math Squad.  Monster Math Squad was commissioned by CBC and SRC and will launch in Canada this spring.  The new international broadcast partners include Discovery Kids Latin America, HOP! in Israel, Korea’s EBS, Astro in Malaysia and Now in Hong Kong. Read the rest of this entry »

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