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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 »

Secure digital media management company Yangaroo Inc. and the Latin Recording Academy^®have entered into a multi-year agreement to digitize the process of Latin Grammy Awards submissions and provide its international membership the ability to listen to music considered for the world’s premier Latin music award. Read the rest of this entry »

Motorola Solutions, Inc., a provider of mission-critical communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers, is working with Best Buy Canada and Future Shop, Canada’s first electronics retailers to roll out fully integrated, enterprise mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions. Both companies today announced they have improved customer service and staff productivity at a number of stores with the implementation of tablet-based mPOS technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based mobile payment company Digital Retail Apps is introducing a patent-pending, mobile self-­payment system that allows a customer to perform secure, in-aisle shopping and self-checkout from anywhere within a brick and mortar store at the National Retail Federation Expo going on in New York. Designed to eliminate long lines and improve the in-store experience, SelfPay aims to change consumer behaviour by eliminating the cash register and payment terminal as a part of the checkout process. Read the rest of this entry »

Vouchr Ltd. today launched the Vouchr iPhone application, a free, fun, and simple way to make the best local recommendations for friends and family. Backed by notable investors such as Extreme Venture Partners towards a $1M seed round, the Vouchr app is available immediately in Canada on the iPhone App Store. Vouchr distinguishes itself from similar services through its novel approach to recommendations. Through the app, users ‘vouch’ for experiences they love at real-world locations by creating vouchers that only their Facebook friends can claim. The first friend to claim the voucher using the Vouchr app gets a gift of cash dedicated towards enjoying that experience. Why just recommend a great burger to your friends when you can give it to them as a gift? Read the rest of this entry »

Secure digital media management company YANGAROO Inc. has announced the launch of the industry’s first fully automated Traffic Management System called “Reporter”, within its digital commercial distribution system. The new YANGAROO service now merges personalized traffic instructions with a signed and date-stamped confirmation that traffic instructions have been received, increasing the likelihood that spots will air correctly. The first of its kind, The Traffic Management System “Reporter” streamlines communication between major agencies and buying services to broadcasters. The fully automated solution eliminates time-consuming manual processes of call outs to broadcasters and alleviates concerns of lost instructions or non-compliance. Read the rest of this entry »

GO Transit is introducing GO Tracker, another customer communications tool released by the region’s transit agency to keep their passengers in the know. GO Tracker is a web tool that provides real-time GO Train departure information right in the palm of the customer’s hand. On their mobile device or computer, passengers can view their estimated train departure times and platform information. Read the rest of this entry »

hmv Canada has officially announced the launch of The Vault, its new digital subscription based streaming service. With millions of tracks available and constantly growing, the Vault will offer Canadians unlimited access to the hottest new releases, the biggest hits, and the deepest catalog in music. Read the rest of this entry »

Wishpond has launched the Wishpond Agency Program, bringing together all of the tools agencies need for social, mobile, online and local marketing for their clients.Now Agencies can leverage Wishpond, which is already being usedby more than 15,000 Retailers and Brands, to help their clients with a broad array of online marketing activities including running ads, sweepstakes andcontests, creating Social Stores, engaging fans via social networks like Pinterest, and analyzing prospect engagement and demographic patterns. Read the rest of this entry »

Anticipating the corporate need to provide both standard business views and user-defined workflows, mobile Business Intelligence app cafe moba releases its mobile information unification and analytics platform in native iOS and Windows RT version. Available today in the App Store and Windows Store, cafe moba is a mobile unification platform that connects, analyzes, and visualizes real-time business data, web-based information, and social media streams. Designed for flexibility, cafe moba will be configured by IT and personalized by the user to suit their specific needs and preferences. Read the rest of this entry »