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Best Buy Canada is bringing you all of the exciting action and announcements live from the floor at E3. Electric Playground host and fellow gamer Marissa Roberto will be front and centre in the action interviewing gamers, testing games and getting an insiders’ look at all of the breaking E3 news. To get all of the latest content from Best Buy at E3, follow us on twitter @BBYC_GamersClub, check out Best Buy Canada At E3 and watch the live stream videos on Best Buy Canada’s dedicated Youtube channel. Daily live blogs, videos, interviews, announcements and more starting June 10th. Read the rest of this entry »

The Observatoire du documentaire and MEDIA, in association with the Canada Media Fund and Canadian Heritage, have published the Additional Funding Guide for Documentary Film, the English version of the Guide des financements complémentaires pour le documentaire. The original French version of the guide, published last November, has also been revised and includes an updated list of available resources. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal company OMsignal is the developer of a revolutionary line of bio-sensing clothing, and it has successfully secured seed round financing of $1 million from venture capital funds Real Ventures, Golden Venture Partners, and David Cohen (CEO of TechStars).  The company was formed around the idea that clothing could help consumers be healthier, fitter and happier. With the recent rise in popularity of bracelets and clip-ons, consumers have demonstrated a clear demand for wearable computing and all the bio-feedback that comes along with it. In addition to physical activity, bio-sensing clothing from OMsignal captures ECG and breathing patterns on a continuous basis.  Read the rest of this entry »

Bestselling author, entrepreneur and one of the world’s top business Thinkers50, Don Tapscott will officially be installed as Trent University‘s eleventh chancellor during the campus’ convocation ceremonies on Friday, June 7 at 10am. As part of the installation ceremony, Mr. Tapscott will address graduating students, their families and members of the Trent community prior to the conferring of degrees. Following the presentation of degrees, Mr. Tapscott will officially be installed as chancellor by taking the Oath of Office. Representatives of different sectors of the University, including faculty, the Board of Governors and alumni, will divest Mr. Tapscott of his honorary robes and invest him with his chancellor robes to complete the installation. Read the rest of this entry »

NBS Technologies, a Canadian software and equipment provider for financial card personalization, has announced that the VaultSEcure® secure element from INSIDE Secure is now fully supported by the XpressiTrusted Service Manager (TSM). Financial institutions, mobile network operators and service providers can now use the Xpressi Trusted Service Manager to easily provision mobile secured applications on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices based on this embedded secure element and securely download cardholder credentials. Read the rest of this entry »

QoE-driven video management and monetization solutions vendor Avvasi Inc. is pleased to announce it has added a tier-1 US mobile network operator to its roll of customers. The provider is the latest carrier to deploy Avvasi’s solutions to measure its subscribers’ mobile video experience as it develops services that can monetize video traffic over its network. Read the rest of this entry »

Vision Films, a Los Angeles-based worldwide distributor of independent films, documentaries and music has announced the signing of their deal with Montreal-based Archeos Entertainment for production funding and development of a motion picture slate to be produced in Canada by XII Tribes Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

Vantrix, a Montreal-based provider of intelligent media delivery solutions to mobile network operators, announced the availability of version 3.2 of its flagship product, Bandwidth Optimizer. Its new bump-in-the-wire deployment option provides a transparent proxy that can be placed directly in the mobile data network without the need for an upstream Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), load balancing or HTTP browsing element. With bump-in-the-wire, Bandwidth Optimizer monitors and steers all traffic, deciding on which media traffic should be optimized and which can be bypassed for direct delivery. Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier today Blue Ant Media announced the appointment of Jamie Schouela to Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications. Jamie comes to Blue Ant with over 15 years of marketing experience in the media industry. His experience and insight will be an asset to Blue Ant Media and will bode well for its eight growing brands – Cottage Life, Travel+Escape, Bite TV, AUX TV and premium commercial-free channels Oasis HD, HIFI, eqHD and radX. Jamie will oversee all marketing and communications initiatives for Blue Ant Media. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung Canada is giving Canadians the opportunity to show their talent and win an experience of infinite possibilities. Inspired by the GALAXY S 4’s features, the Infinite Possibilities contest recognizes the immense talent that Canadians have to offer and will help three lucky individuals on their road to success. To enter the contest, Canadians need to demonstrate whatever their gift or passion is, and Samsung Canada will pick the biggest and brightest stars from across the nation and build once-in-a-lifetime experiences around their talent. Entry deadline is July 10 2013. Read the rest of this entry »