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The Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) is working with Nordicity to carry out a study of the video game industry in Canada.  ESAC is calling on all Canadian video game studios to complete a survey that will help evaluate the size, composition and economic impact of this industry on the Canadian economy. Read the rest of this entry »

Recognized as the largest English-language entrepreneurship conference of its kind in Quebec, and now in its 16^th year, the Youth Employment Services (YES) Montreal Entrepreneurship Conference brings together more than 250 entrepreneurs at various stages of business development, as well as seasoned veterans of the Quebec entrepreneurial scene, for a full-day of informative and inspiring workshops and discussions. This year, English-speaking entrepreneurs all over Quebec will now be able to connect, share knowledge and actively participate in this month’s YES Conference: Today’s Insights for Tomorrow’s Business via a new live stream option. Read the rest of this entry »

Vantrix, a Montreal-based provider of video optimization, delivery and policy enforcement solutions, and QuickFire Networks, a San Diego-based pioneer of traffic processing platforms designed for service provider networks, has announced a live demonstration scheduled for the 2013 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, April 6-11 in Las Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada has announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, showing that an upsurge in cable, concerts and international performance helped drive compensation to songwriters and music publishers. Read the rest of this entry »

ViXS Systems Inc. has announced the new XCode Pro 120 chip, providing unprecedented levels of density, performance and video quality for transcoding and encoding content in the cloud.  The Pro 120 is pin-for-pin compatible with the previous generation XCode Pro 100, enabling ViXS’ existing customers to rapidly take advantage of the Pro 120’s enhancements.  At NAB 2013, ViXS will be demonstrating the XCode Pro 120 platform along with a number of other advanced infrastructure solutions, representing ViXS’ continuing investment in the critically important cloud infrastructure market. Read the rest of this entry »

Starting today, people who believe they have suffered discrimination will have easy online access to a tool to determine if they have grounds for a complaint under the Canadian Human Rights Act. The Canadian Human Rights Commission has launched an online complaint assessment tool, an interactive, self-service questionnaire that helps people determine if a discrimination complaint is valid and should be formally filed. Read the rest of this entry »

Destiny Media Technologies is pleased to announce that it has entered into a global services contract with the Universal Media Group to provide secure distribution of pre-release music to radio, label staff and other trusted recipients worldwide. The term is for twenty four months and includes transmission of music and music videos by UMG labels, Universal affiliates and Universal licensees.  The agreement includes a guaranteed minimum monthly required usage.  The service is priced in Euros in all geographies, including the US.  The contract provides an accelerator provison that rewards Universal with lower incremental fees on increased usage above staged monthly fee targets.  These targets are set to encourage and reward expansion of volumes above historic usage. Read the rest of this entry »

Corus Entertainment‘s Nelvana Enterprises and The Topps Company, the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products and distinctive confectionery, are entering into a partnership to develop a brand new boys action series, Mysticons. The 26 x 22-minute animated series for kids 6 to 11 will be produced by Nelvana Studio and written by veteran kids series writer Sean Jara (RedaKai, Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5, The League of Super Evil, Naturally Sadie). Michael D. Eisner, who founded The Tornante Company, a privately held company that invests in, acquires, and operates companies in media and entertainment, acquired The Topps Company in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Careerleaf has announced that the company has released its latest suite of mobile job search tools for candidates and services for career sites. Careerleaf’s career platform enables job seekers to track and manage their entire job search process right from their favorite device and across the ecosystem of career sites. Read the rest of this entry »

In the golden age of science fiction, readers embraced space opera for its heroes and villains as much as for its gadgets and adventure-driven plots, and as demonstrated by the support readers showed for the Raygun Chronicles Kickstarter campaign, not only in terms of funding but also in terms of social media support, it’s clear that science fiction fans are interested in seeing more golden-age-style pulp adventure fiction, and they’re willing to invest money up front to make it happen. Read the rest of this entry »