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The Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA) announced its expansion into the United States, Canada and Mexico, steered by Doug Scott, President of OgilvyEntertainment and International Director of BCMA. The new BCMA chapter is the first trade association in North America dedicated exclusively to the development of the branded content industry. Established in the United Kingdom, the BCMA unites a distinguished network of content-led branding experts to build and grow new partnerships and drive industry growth. Read the rest of this entry »

A couple of days behind on this but here it is: The Directors Guild of Canada congratulates the 2012 DGC Awards nominees announced today in Toronto. Selected from close to 180 submissions, the nominees in 19 categories represent a cross section of the industry’s outstanding talent working in the screen-based industry. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, is celebrating .CA’s pivotal role in bringing Canadians together online and building Canada’s digital brand abroad. In 1987, responsibility for the .CA domain was assigned to John Demco at the University of British Columbia by Jon Postel, operator of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The first eight .CA domain names were registered on January 12, 1988, with the very first one claimed by the University of Prince Edward Island. Read the rest of this entry »

With the Royal Assent of Bill C-11, The Copyright Modernization Act, Canada joins a long list of countries that recognize the importance of protecting intellectual property in the digital environment. Read the rest of this entry »

TVO is pleased to announce that the Ontario Government has appointed former Science North CEO Jim Marchbank of Sudbury and Waterloo entrepreneur Toby Jenkins to TVO’s Board of Directors for three-year terms.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) supports the Federal government’s reform of copyright and welcomes the passage of Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act. Having a modern and effective copyright protection regime is critical for the continued development of Canada’s digital-based industries. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, is embarking on a new initiative to help create a more robust and economical domestic Internet for all Canadians by facilitating the development of more Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across the country. Read the rest of this entry »

The BCTIA, together with DigiBC, Cleantech CEO Alliance and Wavefront, collaborated with KPMG to prepare a Technology Report Card for British Columbia. On the heels of the Jenkins report last fall and the innovation agenda put forth in the recent federal budget, our intent was to examine the performance of the technology industry in our own province. We asked KPMG to assess the industry performance over the past decade in the context of the BC economy and in comparison to tech sectors in other regions. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenMedia has launched a campaign which is supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the new Internet restrictions, including new content fines, that Internet users will be subject to through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Read the rest of this entry »

MediaSmarts (formerly known as Media Awareness Network) is pleased to announce it has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) for the third phase of its landmark research study, Young Canadians in a Wired World. Read the rest of this entry »