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Just weeks after selling the adaptation rights of the TV series Isabel to NBC, the Sphère Média Plus production house has officially opened an office in Toronto. Immediately following this announcement, the production house named the Toronto producer Carolyn Newman as its VP of Development, English Markets, North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media and Rogers Communications announced today a significant long-term agreement for the continued distribution of all Shaw Media services, including top-performing channels like History Television, HGTV Canada, Showcase, as well as on-demand rights to Global TV content. With this deal, Rogers cable customers will continue to have access to some of the best in lifestyle and drama programming through the Rogers Digital VIP package and RogersOnDemand.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell Media has announced that it will launch The Confession, a heart-pumping 10-part digital series created by and starring Kiefer Sutherland (24), on multiple digital platforms including online, mobile and tablets. The Confession premieres exclusively in Canada at theconfession.ctv.ca on Monday, December 5 with the first three episodes, followed by two new episodes rolling out on subsequent Mondays. The full series will also be available on CTV Mobile on Bell Mobile TV for smartphones and superphones beginning Monday, December 12, and on the CTV iPad App starting Monday, December 19. The Confession is sponsored exclusively by Audi. Read the rest of this entry »

Homegrown feature doc Indie Game: The Movie from Winnipeg’s BlinkWorks has secured a slot at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for its world premiere. IG:TM is an official selection in the World Documentary Competition at the fest, taking place in January. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Blue Bubble Inc. has announced the release of their latest iPad game, Fling a Thing HD, which is now available in the iTunes App Store. Fling a Thing HD allows the player to stretch and fling cute little ‘Things’ into the air trying to collect bubbles and clear the screen. The player progresses through levels, climbs higher, and interacts with a lot of bizarre objects. But beware, there’s a limited amount of shots the player can take so the more accurate they are the higher a score they will achieve. Read the rest of this entry »

marblemedia and SEVEN24 Films have announced that they are co-developing Dark Horse, a multi-platform teen property for YTV, which includes 13 x 60’ live action drama episodes, an online world and mobile interactive elements. Seasoned primetime drama showrunners Shelley Scarrow (Instant Star) and James Hurst (Degrassi: The Next Generation) have joined the project to bring the story to life. Read the rest of this entry »

We Are Kings, an independent development team whose origins cover North America from Alaska to Mexico is pleased to announce the release of their debut title, Forerunner. The team, who originally met as students, gained development experience working contract gigs at game studios such as Relic and Electronic Arts before coming back together to create their first game.  Read the rest of this entry »

Astral is proud to participate in the eleventh edition of the Media’s Big Food Drive to being held today, December 1st. On this occasion, many employees, including television and radio hosts from the Astral family will be collecting cash and non-perishable food donations at three collection points in the streets of Montréal from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Read the rest of this entry »

Top online wine retailer Wine.com, which is based in California, has selected Vancouver’s Strangeloop Networks to accelerate its website, delivering a faster user experience for its visitors. With more than a million registered users and an inventory of 13,000+ products, Wine.com has seen huge growth in the past year alone. In 2011, the company shipped more than two million bottles of wine, a 35% increase over the previous year. In addition to offering wine and wine-related gifts and accessories, the website houses a growing online community of more than 32,000 members who provide customer reviews and ratings, as well as creating and sharing personal wine lists. Read the rest of this entry »

Indigo-Chapters has announced the best books of 2011 with lists of top titles in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Teens and Kids books. As selected by Indigo’s book buying team who read hundreds of titles every year, this year’s compilation of must-read books features award winners, debuts, and masterful storytellers from Canada and around the world. With a tale for every kind of bibliophile, the year’s best reading from Canada’s one stop holiday shop offers tremendous gift inspirations for every age and stage. Read the rest of this entry »