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In fall 2011, Toronto-based filmmaker James Cooper was faced with an obstacle that many of his peers will find familiar: how to fund his new short film. Weighing the options with the film’s producer, they decided to try their luck at launching a Kickstarter campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

A new Card Services company driven by a team of experienced industry professionals has come together to bring transparency, honesty and integrity to the card services business, and to create a new standard for the industry in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Shaw Media announced the start of production on Season 2 of Bomb Girls, currently shooting 12 X 1-hour episodes in Toronto now until mid-December 2012. Last season, Bomb Girls made its indelible mark as the #1 new Canadian series*, and the program will return to Global Television in the new year, but the air date is yet to be announced. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed® III for PCs will be available on November 20th, just a few weeks after the game releases for the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® on October 20th. The latest assassin title will also be available for Wii U™ from Nintendo when the Wii U™ launches. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Innovation Exchange is proud to announce that Sandy Bird, CTO for the IBM Security Systems Division, will be giving a keynote address at this year’s event. Bird’s keynote is the first announcement of the 2012 CIX program, and is sure to precede many more exciting developments leading up to the November 27th event. Read the rest of this entry »

Organizers have officially opened submissions for the 2013 Independent Games Festival, to be held at GDC 2013 in San Francisco next March. The longest-running and highest-profile independent video game festival, summit and showcase is now accepting entries to the 15th annual Festival, with deadlines in the Main and Student Showcase categories by October 17th and October 31st respectively, and finalists to be announced on January 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

MasterCard Canada has made its first public release of insights from SpendingPulse, a product of MasterCard Advisors, which highlights total retail sales – across all payment forms including cash and cheque – as well as sales in four key retail categories: e-Commerce, Grocery, Department Stores and Gasoline. Read the rest of this entry »

Scotiabank and SHOP.CA have announced a new exclusive rewards opportunity for the increasing number of Canadians who do their shopping online. From now until December 31, 2012, Scotiabank customers will earn extra SHOP.CA Rewards when making purchases at SHOP.CA using their Scotiabank credit or debit card. Read the rest of this entry »

DHX Media Ltd. has licensed the fourth season of its popular series Martha Speaks to British Columbia’s Knowledge Network, with the broadcaster also acquiring the headline preschool show Rastamouse for its Canadian channel, BBC Kids. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s macProVideo.com has announced the purchase of Toronto-based online software training website, AskVideo.com. The deal includes AskVideo.com‘s full catalogue, brand, and other operational assets. Read the rest of this entry »