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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved BCE’s proposal to establish a Broadcasting Accessibility Fund. This independent fund will support initiatives to improve access to the Canadian broadcasting system by persons with disabilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Redline Communications Group Inc., a Markham-based provider of broadband wireless solutions for industrial machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced the availability of the RAS Smart Antenna System.  The solid state RAS is the first wireless broadband networking system that instantly locates, steers toward and connects to a network base station, automatically establishing reliable high speed connectivity to and from roving assets. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenText™ has announced that its Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solutions are the driving technology behind a unique collaborative effort involving newspaper publishers and sports news photography at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Images taken by national press photographers that are part of the National Olympic Photo Pool (NOPP) are being distributed through OpenText’s Content Hub for Publishers (CHP) to dozens of news media outlets within minutes of the action. Read the rest of this entry »

The highly anticipated film Winnie by Darrell Roodt will open the 8th edition of the Montreal International Black Film Festival on September 19th, as a Quebec Premiere. Winnie, a Canadian co-production, produced by Quebec producer Michael Mosca from Equinoxe Films, will kick-start the official competition. Winnie stars Academy and Grammy Awards winner Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela, and Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard as Nelson Mandela. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds have partnered with the National Film Board of Canada for the Theatrical Documentary Program. Under this arrangement, the Program’s budget has been restored to $1.5 million per year, with each partner contributing $500,000. Read the rest of this entry »

A modern take on the tactical strategy genre makes its public debut during Gamescom 2012 as Montreal game publisher Meridian4 and Danish game developer Full Control announce Frontline Tactics.  A tactical strategy game for the PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone, Frontline Tactics can be played in single-player mode, or two different multiplayer modes across either of the different gaming platforms.  Players can be playing on their iPad or iPhone against others who may be playing on their Windows laptop or iMac. Read the rest of this entry »

Cambridge, UK based Frontier Developments Ltd. has announced that it is opening a new game development studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to KPMG’s 2012 Competitive Alternatives report, Halifax ranks number one for cost competitiveness in video game production out of all global mature markets surveyed, and is in the top 10 out of all global mature and developing markets. Read the rest of this entry »

Innovation leaders from throughout Waterloo Region are joining forces on the Province of Ontario pavilion, promoting the Region as a thriving tech hub and one of Canada’s best places to live, at the SIGGRAPH 2012 exhibition which gets under way today in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s All Seeing Eye Games are pleased to announce that the studio’s new title Recording Studio will be available this September exclusively on the Xbox LIVE indie games channel of Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 80 Microsoft Points. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Annex Pro invites you to meet the team in their temporary home at the Hitachi Data Systems booth #622 during the SIGGRAPH 2012 expo.  Here are just some of the exciting solutions that are being featured at SIGGRAPH 2012: Read the rest of this entry »