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The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will embark on a cross-country Outreach tour starting May 7th in Toronto to answer questions regarding the changes to the CMF Guidelines for 2012-2013, the 2011-2012 funding results and the application process. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadians who have waiting 20 years to fight evil across the wicked world of Sanctuary can once again battle with the release of Diablo III at Future Shop. In celebration of the release of one of the world’s most successful Role Playing Game (RPG) series ever made, all Future Shop stores are opening early to satisfy gamer fixes for the third installment in the Diablo franchise by Blizzard Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

The Digital Alberta Awards, now in its second year, is a program designed to recognize leaders in innovation, creativity and the evolving digital sector in Alberta. This year’s categories include companies, individual entrepreneurs, student and education leaders, organizations in both the government and not for profit sector, and those whose industry sectors may not traditionally be considered in the realm of ‘digital media’, but are pioneering and raising the bar as they converge with technology. Read the rest of this entry »

The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) joins forces with Skylar Entertainment PR to present a Live Music Night featuring an exciting and diverse line up of female vocalists. Heather Hill, Meredith Shaw, Amanda Davids and Patrizia will perform at Cherry Cola’s Rock N’ Rolla Cabaret and Lounge, on Thursday, May 24th, 2012. The night will be a fundraiser for The 10th Anniversary Female Eye Film Festival, June 20th – 24th, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) announced the finalists for the 2012 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) at last evening’s soldout TechBrew event. Under the awards theme of ‘BC’s Mark on the World’, the 2012 finalists reaffirm British Columbia’s status as innovators in a cross-section of technologies including enterprise software, consumer electronics and medical devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Members of industry, government and academia gathered April 24-25 in Stratford for the fourth annual CDMN Canada 3.0 2012 digital media forum, to accelerate the Moonshot goal that anyone in Canada can do anything online by 2017. Emerging companies OpenEra of Ottawa, Qwalify from Waterloo Region, and XYZ Interactive of Toronto left the forum tops in a field of 50 companies in the Road to Banff® Pitch-Off competition. Another entrepreneur, Hannah Chapplain, the first musician to present her business as a digital media entrepreneurial venture in the Road to Banff competition, reached her funding goal of $25,000 at the event. Read the rest of this entry »

Via Trade Commissioners Vancouver Office & digiBC: If you have a mobile game for Android and are interested in getting on PapapyaMobile”s North American or China platforms, you should join this event.  If you are interested in a one-on-one meeting with Papaya following the event, please contact Victoria Hayes at the Trade Commissioner’s Office. Read the rest of this entry »

The First Annual Ottawa Game Conference (OGC), to be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre on May 29, 2012, has announced its speaker lineup, including keynotes from Gabe Zichermann, author and gamification expert, and Jason Della Rocca, founder of Perimeter Partners and former Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s top Disney star Jasmine Richards is using her celebrity to raise awareness for anti-bullying with her song “You Have The Power” with all download proceeds from iTunes on May 7th going to Ottawa Youth Services Mental Health Aid.   To kick off Mental Health Week May 7-13, 2012, Richards joins politicians, athletes, performers and mental health workers in the You Have The Power event happening in Ottawa on May 7th.  Read the rest of this entry »

Just a quick reminder that the award-winning Indie Game: the Movie is doing a one night only screening tomorrow, May 3rd, in 37 select theatres across Canada. This event is presented and made possible by the HotDocs festival.  Not only do viewers get to watch the long-awaited show, but immediately following the movie, a live Q&A featuring the filmmakers, James Swirksy & Lisanne Pajot and FEZ creator Phil Fish, will be beamed in via some very impressive satellite technology to each and every theatre showing the film.  Advance tickets for the Cineplex and Galaxy shows are available online now. Read the rest of this entry »