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4th July 2013

Scotiabank Asks Canada To Decide Their Outdoor Movie Experience

scotiabankScotiabank has launched the Summer of FREE – a national movie tour that gives Canadians an opportunity to vote for and see free movies in unique outdoor venues along with a chance to win free movies. Scotiabank’s Summer of FREE movie tour kicks off in Montréal on Wednesday, July 10 at the Parc Jean Drapeau Beach. What better place to see the classic summertime thriller Jaws than by the water? From there, the tour will move west with a new screening every Wednesday of a movie with a theme tied to the venues and chosen by the public: Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

EY Announces Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 Finalists

Ernst & YoungEY is proud to announce the 2013 Entrepreneur Of The Year finalists today. The announcement marks 20 years of shining the spotlight on leading entrepreneurs revving the job creation engine across Canada and around the world. The theme of job creation was very clear at EY’s World Entrepreneur Of The Year (WEOY) awards held in Monaco last month. Together, the 47 companies gathered at the event represented a remarkable 59,000 jobs created in the last three years alone. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

Twelve Projects Receive Support From The Canada Media Fund’s Aboriginal Program

Canada Media FundThe Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced a contribution of $4.4M to twelve projects that applied to the Aboriginal Program’s first round of funding. The funds were distributed amongst 12 projects—three Children’s & Youth productions and nine documentaries, all of which have a digital media component. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

FinanceIt Launches iPad App Enabling Businesses To Offer Consumer Financing From Anywhere

financeitFinanceIt has announced the launch of their iPad app which will be available in early August. The app will make it easy for businesses to offer consumer financing by using the iPad camera to scan a photo ID for an instant loan approval. This feature, along with a completely paperless process, will reduce the entire funding process to less than 5 minutes. Access to the first release of the app will be limited, and granted on a first come, first served basis for those who register. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

Telefilm Canada Supports Production of Nine New English-Language Feature Films

Telefilm CanadaTelefilm Canada has announced its support for the production of nine English-language feature films from all regions of the country through the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF). The total amount granted to produce the projects retained, for the fourth quarter of 2012-2013, is $13.8 million. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

Pixwoo Survey Reveals UK Gamer Stats

OrbyPertinent information for the game development industry: The average British gamer is married, aged 35 and earns £23k a year, a study from Paris-based social media network Pixwoo revealed yesterday. Researchers found that while the stereotypical gamer is a student with plenty of time on their hands, it is actually settled, working Brits who are most likely to unwind playing videogames – and female gamers spend just as much time indulging in their videogame hobby as their male counterparts. They will spend around two and a half hours a day – five days a week – in front of their console and stay up until 10.58pm playing computer games. It also emerged that gamers own two different consoles, 18 games and take around a month to complete one game. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

Trailer Park Boys Announce Acquisition And A New Season

mini-orbyThe Canadian comedy trio of Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith, also known as Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, are thrilled to announce they have acquired the rights to the ‘Trailer Park Boys’ franchise from the show’s original producers, Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn and Mike Volpe. The ‘Boys’ are widely considered by some to be Canadian comedy icons and the ground-breaking mockumentary series has lived in the hearts of fans for more than a decade.  Mike, Robb and John Paul are extremely excited to announce to the fans around the globe that a brand new season of Trailer Park Boys is already in pre-production and will be available on their new internet channel, SwearNet.com. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

CASSIES 2014 Call for Submissions

mini-orbyThe CASSIES Awards come with bragging rights not just within the creative communications industry, but also within business boardrooms across Canada. The country’s only industry awards recognizing business effectiveness (based on rigorous published cases), has just announced its 2014 call for submissions and entries are due by Thursday August 1, 2013, 12:00pm ET. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

Softchoice Expands US Mobile Device Offerings

softchoiceSoftchoice has announced its participation in the Microsoft Devices Program, which will empower the IT solutions and services leader to resell Surface Pro and Surface RT to U.S. clients. Softchoice’s participation in the program expands its growing portfolio of mobile products and service offerings. As one of North America’s top Microsoft Large Account Resellers, Softchoice also brings deep expertise in large-scale PC and Tablet deployments, including custom configuration, imaging and asset tagging, inventory and warehousing. Read the rest of this entry »

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4th July 2013

Netflix And PBS Strike Expanded Programming Agreement For US And Canada

netflixNetflix Inc. announced yesterday that an expanded multi-year licensing agreement with PBS Distribution has been signed, making a wide variety of great PBS programming available to Netflix members in the U.S. and Canada. Beginning this fall, Netflix members can enjoy exclusive subscription video-on-demand access to all seasons of critically acclaimed The Bletchley Circle, a gripping murder mystery drama from the UK. In 2014, Netflix will become the exclusive SVOD home of Super Why!, the award-winning PBS KIDS hit preschool series which helps kids build critical literacy skills through storybook adventures. Read the rest of this entry »

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