Holmes Group President, Mike Holmes, and former CEO of Media, Pete Kettlewell have announced the creation of Point Load Pictures – a new, independent production company that will develop and produce new series outside of the Holmes brand. Pete Kettlewell will be spearheading the joint venture as its President, while Mike Holmes will act as Chairman. Read the rest of this entry »
The Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus has awarded its second Local Access Contract that will allow nearly 80,000 homes and businesses to connect wirelessly to high-speed Internet across a region that includes all of Prince Edward County, most of the southern half of Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties and a westerly portion of Frontenac County. The service will be available by fall 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Vancouver’s Gener8 Digital Media Corp., a rapidly growing company that is redefining the landscape of 3D film production, is pleased to welcome visual effects veteran and producer Art Repola to its advisory board. Repola’s insight and expertise will help shape the company’s direction and further evolve their groundbreaking G83D™ technology, which provides filmmakers with an entirely unique method for creating movies in stereoscopic 3D. Read the rest of this entry »
Digital entertainment platform CinemaNow™ has arrived in Canada and is offering customers same-day instant access to new release movie and TV shows. The service is offered through registration online and through connected consumer electronics available at all Best Buy Canada and Future Shop stores. Read the rest of this entry »
The Cosmodome‘s transformation will soon be completed, making it a centre that will stimulate interest in space adventure and spark enthusiasm for space. On December 15th the centre open its doors to a new and unusual concept: a virtual experience of space and methods of space exploration. Unique in Canada, this museum dedicated to astronautics will present three interactive space missions that are scientific, educational and entertaining. During their 60-minute virtual experience, visitors will take part in a mission of their choice: reliving the conquest of the Moon, embarking on the perilous journey to Mars, or discovering the mysteries of the cosmos by launching a probe. Read the rest of this entry »
According to Canadian Bing searches, 2011 was the year of continued celebrity fascination, concern for human tragedy and new royalty. From rising stars and weddings to divorces and natural disasters, Bing has captured history through the searches that mark the year’s most important people and moments in time. Read the rest of this entry »
The Next 36 – a ground breaking initiative to transform the country’s most promising undergraduates into Canada’s top entrepreneurs – has selected its second cohort of 36 young innovators from over 1,000 of the country’s leading students. The successful candidates were chosen from a group of 72 finalists, who had flown from across Canada and from overseas to compete for a spot in the program’s National Selection Weekend in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »
With the success of book-to-screen adaptations, particularly on the young adult side (Harry Potter, The Twilight Saga, now The Hunger Games), it’s no wonder that HBO smelled a hit in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series when it bought the rights seven years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Little Services Gateway Inc., whose proprietary Android PDA based taxi dispatch solution called Logistrics Taxi serves Taxi operators worldwide has announced that they have released Version 2.0 of their Android Smartphone Taxi application. Read the rest of this entry »
After making a name for nearly 35 years as the man behind the successful Canadian publishing house Boston Mills Press, John Denison now has a taste for the brave new world of publishing. On January 1st, 2012, he will launch his ambitious and forward thinking “Occam’s Razor” – an exciting comic book slash online portal of unique downloadable content and crowdsourced illustration. Read the rest of this entry »
Holmes Group President, Mike Holmes, and former CEO of Media, Pete Kettlewell have announced the creation of Point Load Pictures – a new, independent production company that will develop and produce new series outside of the Holmes brand. Pete Kettlewell will be spearheading the joint venture as its President, while Mike Holmes will act as Chairman. Read the rest of this entry »
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