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Commencing on January 16, 2012, the Commission will hold a hearing at Rodd Miramichi River, 1809 Water Street in Miramichi, New Brunswick, to consider a variety of broadcasting items. If you plan on attending the hearing or would like more information about the hearing, please contact Media Relations at 819-997-9403 or by email. You can also listen to the hearing through a live audio feed available on the CRTC web site. Read the rest of this entry »

Roaring Penguin Software Inc. will be presenting the CanIt family of email filtering and archiving solutions during an SMB Nation-sponsored Webinar on January 26th at 10:00 p.m. PST.  The core of the presentation will focus on stopping spam at the gateway prior to its entry into your network.  Read the rest of this entry »

This year, three Canadian documentaries are among the 12 documentaries selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival (January 19 to 29, 2012). They are Yung Chang’s China Heavyweight, James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot’s Indie Game: The Movie, and Jennifer Baichwal’s Payback. In addition, Telefilm’s Pitch This! winning documentary Leone Stars is among the 29 recipients of a Sundance Institute grant for feature-length documentaries. Read the rest of this entry »

iSIGN Media has developed a new data collection solution that will improve the quality of metrics businesses collect and help them apply that data to measure campaign effectiveness in real time, better engage consumers and generate sales, all while respecting consumer privacy. iSIGN will be exhibiting this new solution at Dx3 Canada in Toronto on January 25-26, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Curio Media’s announcement of the premiere Western Canadian screening of the 2012 Viscera Film Festival has been met with enthusiasm across the city of Vancouver, and fans, film and horror enthusiasts are all looking forward to this very special night, falling on the fated night of Friday the 13th. Read the rest of this entry »

The expected re-introduction of federal “lawful access” bills in Parliament, if passed in their original form, would provide police with much greater ability to access and track information about identifiable individuals via the communications technologies that we use every day, such as the Internet, smart phones, and other mobile devices, at times, without a warrant or any judicial authorization. Read the rest of this entry »

Registrations are now open for The 2012 Canadian Telecom Summit, taking place June 4-6 at Toronto Congress Centre. Join your colleagues in listening to and participating in executive presentations from those who have the greatest influence on the direction of Canadian telecommunications, broadcasting and information technology. Hear from global leaders and local trend-setters. Meet with your suppliers, customers and partners. Challenge your competition. Read the rest of this entry »

Cause for celebration and planning! SIGGRAPH, the world’s premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, announces site selections for its 2013 (Anaheim) and 2014 (Vancouver) North American conferences. Read the rest of this entry »

Merging Media TO has named the 24 digital and conventional media professionals selected for its MMTO: Transmedia seminar+lab with international transmedia expert Anita Ondine on Jan 19-20. The organizers were delighted by all the interesting submissions received with engaging transmedia projects in development from across Canada – including applications from Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver. Read the rest of this entry »

The Laurier Innovation and Technology Club (LITC) and SIFE Laurier have come together to bring Wilfrid Laurier University’s biggest ever entrepreneurship competition. With Inceptive Solutions Inc. as a sponsor – a small business solution provider that helps entrepreneurs start or grow their business – students can submit entries to the competition in teams or individually for their chance at winning up to $18,000 in prizes. The competition will be held on March 02, 2012 at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. Read the rest of this entry »