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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 »

Averna, a Montreal-based test solution provider to electronics and communications OEMs, has announced Release 6.2 of its award-winning Proligent® Test and Quality Management software, featuring a personalized environment that incorporates new and improved reports, a landing page for quick user help, customizable dashboards for user-based report summaries and powerful report-sharing tools. Read the rest of this entry »

Haivision has announced the launch of the Haivision Video Cloud™, simplifying the complexity of live and on-demand video workflows by providing an end-to-end media platform. Haivision’s online video platform provides a complete solution for companies to engage their audiences with dynamic media content, regardless of network or device. Read the rest of this entry »

DebitWay.ca has announced a brand new initiative today on behalf of all Canadian gamers that will make alternative payment methods more available on the market as Canadians shift away from using credit cards and PayPal to pay for online purchases. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital security and identity management company Route1 Inc. has announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued Route1’s first Canadian patent titled, “System and Method for Accessing Host Computer Via Remote Computer.” The abstract for Canadian Patent 2,578,053, dated March 20, 2012, states: Read the rest of this entry »

Grexen‘s global coffee app and brand Find Me Coffee has announced the launch of their highly anticipated BlackBerry BB10 version of the app, which was officially made available for download yesterday. The BlackBerry BB10 app will join their already impressive lineup of apps, in high demand, on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Kindle platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based online training software vendor SkyPrep released its eCommerce platform at the beginning of 2013. Since its release, the company has implemented many new features to its training platform. There are currently over 350 companies registered with the eCommerce platform looking to sell their courses online. Read the rest of this entry »