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Canadian Guild Wars fan site GuildWars2Live, which presents live streaming events from the upcoming ArenaNet Guild Wars 2 game, will be announcing on the air today how gamers can have a chance to win one of 20 beta keys for the next GW2 beta weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Wavefront and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) are actively seeking established Canadian companies with innovative solutions in Mobile Marketing, Mobile Content, Mobile Advertising or Mobile Social Media who are ready to export their solutions to the Japanese market. Read the rest of this entry »

A new Canadian report highlights a dramatic shift in views toward the Internet, and a remarkable dichotomy between children and parents. The report, titled “Talking to Youth and Parents about Life Online”, is part of an ongoing study – Young Canadians in a Wired World. It is the most comprehensive investigation into the role of the Internet in the lives of Canadian children. Read the rest of this entry »

In only two years, Vancouver Animation School has shot to the top list of schools to attend in Canada. The registered institution of higher education was recognized recently by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) as the winner of the CIRA Impact Award for elearning in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Tickets for the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI), celebrating the best of animation arts from around the world, go on sale June 1, 2012. Widely supported by the Toronto animation industry, the three-day festival features screenings of shorts and full-length features, plus intimate and exclusive workshops and master classes. The exciting new festival that showcases the local and international animation industry comes to the TIFF Bell Lightbox, July 6-8, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

The Kobo street team took to the subways of Toronto, saw people reading, and rewarded them with free Kobo Touch eReaders—definitely a pleasant surprise for 100 Monday morning commuters! Kobo partnered with HarperCollins to promote Ontario author Julie Wilson’s new book Seen Reading, a collection of 100 fictional stories inspired by sightings of real people reading on Toronto transit. Both companies worked together on an integrated campaign to bring Julie’s book to life by rewarding people for reading. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media has sent out three press releases outlining the network’s plans for the 2012-2013 television season, and before I delve into them, let me say that I am extremely disappointed for two reasons. One is that Endgame Season Two is nowhere to be seen, and Shaw has still not added Investigation Discovery to its channel lineup. It’s good to see that, like Rogers’ announcement yesterday, there are many shows I won’t be watching, Canadian originals or not. I don’t want cheap drivel time wasters whose content makes me shudder at the state of humanity. I want intelligent, engaging and entertaining programming. Like Endgame. And Alcatraz. Oh yes, and Ringer – which while shot in the USA, had a Vancouver connection in post-production. Read the rest of this entry »

MEGA Brands Inc. and Activision Publishing, Inc. have entered into a multi-year, global licensing partnership to develop MEGA Bloks & MEGA Puzzles toys and puzzles inspired by Skylanders Giants™, the sequel to the #1 new kids videogame IP of 2011 – Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure™. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent developer Hothead Games has announced the release of an update for Big Win Soccer on the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store. The update includes the game’s localization in French, Italian, German, and Spanish, just in time for the Euro 2012 football championship build up. Read the rest of this entry »

Online voting begins today to determine which of the eight projects competing in the finals of the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award contest will take home the $100,000 BDC Grand Prize for Innovation. The BDC Young Entrepreneur Award runner up will receive a customized Internet strategy developed by BDC Consulting and valued at $25,000. Read the rest of this entry »