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The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today a contribution of more than 4.2 million dollars to innovative projects receiving development and marketing support as part of the second round of its 2012-2013 Experimental Stream. In November 2012, the CMF announced a contribution of more than 10 million dollars to 15 projects who received production support. In 2012-2013, the CMF invested 36 million dollars in 87 projects who successfully applied to the Experimental Stream. Since its creation in April 2010, the CMF has provided more than 95 million dollars in funding to more than 250 innovative experimental projects originating from every region in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Real-time bidding (RTB) is expected to reach $14 billion by 2016 according to IDC, so it’s no surprise that ad agencies, brands and even Facebook are trying their hand at the technology. However, in a recent study conducted by Forrester, less than 10 percent of digital media marketers are employing data-driven tactics to optimize the targeting, measurement and overall effectiveness of their campaigns. SiteScout, a Toronto-based self-serve demand-side platform (DSP) for buying online display advertising, launched its Knowledge Center to help digital marketers understand, build and launch more effective display ad campaigns on the web and on mobile devices. Read the rest of this entry »

QuickPlay Media, a Toronto-based provider of cloud-based managed service solutions for the distribution of premium media to IP-connected devices, today announced the availability of closed captioning support for its Live and On Demand multiscreen video solutions. Using its cloud-based OpenVideo platform, QuickPlay ingests, extracts and encodes closed captioning data from a variety of video formats – enabling mobile TV service providers to integrate closed captioning into their premium mobile video services. Last September, the FCC mandated that all episodic content delivered over IP networks must have closed captioning, under the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Every video game offers a different experience. But only on Nintendo systems do these experiences transform into moments of shared joy and fun. It’s the parent who pulls a game off the TV to play on the Wii U^™ GamePad controller so the kids can watch cartoons. It’s the group of friends passing the GamePad around the room and then sharing their experiences on Miiverse. It’s the “you gotta see this” moment when people first experience glasses-free 3D and augmented reality on a Nintendo 3DS^™ system. The holiday season added many new Wii U and Nintendo 3DS owners who have already begun to discover these joyful moments together. Nintendo now builds on their enthusiasm with a fun lineup of games for early 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

The first two Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content packs, The Hidden Secrets and The Battle Hardened, are now available for download for the Wii U through the Nintendo eShop. The Hidden Secrets for Assassin’s Creed III adds three extra missions, including the Lost Mayan Ruins, the Ghost of War and a Dangerous Secret, for an additional hour of gameplay, taking gamers from the lost Mayan ruins to the high seas. Every successful mission is rewarded with in-game weapons. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has also announced today that the Deluxe Bundle, a DLC pack for Far Cry 3, is now available on Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC. The price for this latest content extender is 800 MS Points on Xbox Live and $9.99 on PlayStation Network and PC. The previous DLC pack, High Tides co-op, has been available for free on the PlayStation Network since Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, where players take on the role of lethal operative Sam Fisher who must stop an international terrorist group behind “The Blacklist,” who is conducting a series of escalating attacks on U.S. assets. Operating under the newly-formed Fourth Echelon unit, Sam and his team have been entrusted by the US President to hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Visceral has released a new trailer for Army of Two: Devil’s Cartel, and apparently there’s nowhere to hide from the explosive destruction of Overkill in Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel. Walls will crumble, buildings will fall, and your enemies won’t be able to escape in one piece. Army of Two: Devil’s Cartel will be available on March 26th for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with an expected M for Mature content rating. Pre order the game and get upgraded to the exclusive Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel Overkill Edition, which includes three bonus Contracts. Read the rest of this entry »

CiRBA, a Richmond Hill-based provider of capacity transformation and control software, today announced the general availability of CiRBA Version 7.2, featuring Dynamic Transformation Planning for virtual and cloud infrastructure. This new feature enables users to quickly and easily analyze infrastructure for cloud migration and hardware refresh opportunities, and to visualize the impact of these changes on running environments, both now and in the future. Read the rest of this entry »