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Reloaded Advertising, a Vancouver-based in-game advertising agency, has announced the launch of a new tool that provides fully-automated reporting and campaign analysis for dynamic in-game advertising campaigns. The reporting provides simple, yet essential stats like impressions, clicks, and click-through rates (CTRs), which still isn’t a widespread offering amongst in-game advertising networks and companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Complementing their unique per artist subscription formula and new innovative site design, Vancouver-based MusXpand will soon offer several other types of streaming subscriptions and purchase formulas to satisfy a wider audience of fans and artists. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the weekend, superstar actress, model and international celebrity Pamela Anderson launched BamPoker (note, the official site has a very poor Web of Trust rank), the online gaming industry’s most exciting virtual Facebook poker experience to date. The BamPoker Facebook App boasts thrilling game play, a leading-edge online community and is the only place online where members can play Texas Hold’em poker with Pamela Anderson herself. Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing to bring quality casual game play to the iOS platform, Montreal publisher Meridian4 announced yesterday that it has partnered with California developer Oceanside Interactive to haunt the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch later this summer when they release Monster Mansion, a new free-to-play character and building management game.  Attendees of this year’s Casual Connect, which is being held July 24 – 26 in Seattle, will be the first to meet Transylvania’s finest when Monster Mansion opens up the doors to give select groups a peek inside. Read the rest of this entry »

With the Royal Assent of Bill C-11, The Copyright Modernization Act, Canada joins a long list of countries that recognize the importance of protecting intellectual property in the digital environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Tactio Health Group, a provider of mobile health applications used by more than 2.5 million consumers, today announced the addition of body monitoring data from BodyMedia FIT Armband Systems to the TactioHealth home wellness system to help users manage their weight. Consumers who utilize the BodyMedia FIT system for weight control can now import steps-taken data collected by the armband and sync it with the Tactio application’s Active Lifestyle page to help track daily activity levels, eliminating the need for manual data entry as well as assuring accurate activity monitoring by BodyMedia’s FDA Class II medical device. Read the rest of this entry »

TVO is pleased to announce that the Ontario Government has appointed former Science North CEO Jim Marchbank of Sudbury and Waterloo entrepreneur Toby Jenkins to TVO’s Board of Directors for three-year terms.  Read the rest of this entry »

Relaxnews, a Paris-based provider of  lifestyle and leisure news, and Quebec-based BE Interactive have signed an agreement for joint expansion in Canada. The agreement, which took effect on July 1st, will bring together the content offering and editorial, marketing and technological expertise of the two firms. The partnership will take the form of a usage license for the AFP-Relaxnews wire service accorded to BE Interactive.
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Citytv has announced the start of production on an all-new, original documentary The Sky is the Limit, showcasing Saskatchewan’s unprecedented economic boom.  The Sky is the Limit is the first Citytv production to begin in the province since Rogers Media acquired Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) and launched Citytv Saskatchewan, which officially hit the airwaves July 1.  Slated to premiere exclusively on Citytv this September, The Sky is the Limitis produced by Saskatchewan-based Stephen Onda Productions Inc. Full broadcast details to be announced at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenText Corporation and EasyLink Services International Corporation announced yesterday that the merger of EasyLink with an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenText has been completed. The merger was approved by the stockholders of EasyLink at a special meeting held earlier today. As a result of the merger, EasyLink became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of OpenText. Read the rest of this entry »