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The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has announced the winners of the third edition of The REEL Challenge Contest. This year’s theme, Celebrating the Movie and Television Industry at Work, was an opportunity for filmmakers to produce a compelling short film to showcase the importance of promoting and protecting Canada’s dynamic production industry, which, last year alone, supported the livelihoods of 128,000 artists, creators and workers – in front of and behind the camera. Read the rest of this entry »

During her keynote presentation today at the Prime Time in Ottawa conference, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada Carolle Brabant announced the launch of a new private donation fund consisting of two streams: one stream will provide better support to promising young filmmakers while the other is aimed at established filmmakers and will seek to help them achieve their full potential both in Canada and abroad. Read the rest of this entry »

The Princeton Review has announced their “Top Schools to Study Video Game Design for 2012,” ranking the Game Design Program at the Art Institute of Vancouver as number five on the top 10 of the list for undergraduate schools. This is The Art Institute of Vancouver’s third appearance on the list and the only school from Canada included in the top 10. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell has announced further enhancements to its Mobile TV service including an improved interface, an advanced programming guide and other innovative features. Powered by Canada’s QuickPlay Media, the new Bell Mobile TV player delivers live access to upcoming popular sporting events such as Tim Hortons Brier, NCAA March Madness and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as a wide variety of other live and on-demand sports, news, entertainment and children’s programming. Read the rest of this entry »

An investigation of a youth-oriented social networking site, Nexopia, has highlighted privacy flaws which must be addressed to bring the site into compliance with Canadian privacy law and better meet the privacy needs of its users, says Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart. Read the rest of this entry »

Disney XD embarks on a big adventure this March Break with TV comedian Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) as guest star in the animated series Kick Buttowski – Suburban Daredevil. The new episode, “Jock Wilder’s Nature Camp,” airs Thursday, March 15 at 3 p.m. ET. In the action-packed episode, Kick is disappointed when Jock Wilder’s Nature Camp is too tame, so he sets off to make it more awesome, bringing Jock’s overly-cautious brother Larry (voiced by Jim Parsons) on a real-life wilderness adventure. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive Studio Management, an agency representing independent game developers, has opened its first Canadian office in Vancouver and added local dealmaker, Sean Murch, to its list of agents.  Previously in charge of central development for EA Sports, Sean’s 20 years of experience in the traditional and interactive entertainment sectors make him a perfect fit for ISM. Read the rest of this entry »

Citizens of Vancouver, draw power from the harmonic melodies of The Legend of Zelda! On March 14, 2012, Nintendo invites fans of the beloved franchise to celebrate its 25^th Anniversary with a once in a lifetime experience: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses at the Orpheum Theatre. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent game developer Hothead Games welcomes you to the world stage of accessible football fun with the launch of Big Win Soccer for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. You can create your own unique dream team, compete against opponents from around the world, watch your team battle it out on the pitch, boost your player’s passing, shooting, dribbling and other skills and get ready to hoist the Daily Trophy for the ultimate big win. Read the rest of this entry »

comScore, Inc. has released the 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in general web usage and demographics, social media, online video, digital advertising, mobile and search are defining the current Canadian marketplace and provides insight into what these trends mean for the year ahead. Read the rest of this entry »