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Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s Sony Movie Channel and AXN Movies launch today exclusively in Canada on Hollywood Suite as part of Hollywood Suite’s four HD movie channels. Sony Movie Channel is SPT’s movie network created specifically for the Hollywood movie fan, featuring award-winning films, cult favorites, family comedies and gripping dramas, while AXN Movies delivers high octane, edge-of-your-seat movies. Read the rest of this entry »

Voices.com, the Ontario-based online marketplace that connects voice-over talents with businesses, today launched the first-ever iPad application for casting voice-overs. Now available for download from iTunes, the free app gives users the full functionality of the Voices.com website on their tablets. Voice seekers can search, audition, hire and pay voice talent. Voice-over artists can review listings of paid work, record and edit auditions, and submit them directly to potential clients. Read the rest of this entry »

ViXS Systems Inc. has announced the general availability of its MoCA 2.0 solution.  The XConnex™ 1000 MoCA 2.0 Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver and the XConnex 1030 MoCA 2.0 stand-alone Media Access Controller and Physical Layer (MAC/PHY) integrated SoC introduces a highly integrated and cost effective market solution. .  ViXS’ MoCA 2.0 provides maximum throughput combined with new low power management features incorporated in its MoCA 2.0 MAC/PHY IC and innovative RF silicon design to exceed stringent low power requirements. In addition, enhanced security features have been developed for increased levels of content protection while maintaining backwards compatibility and interoperability to existing MoCA 1.0 and 1.1 deployed network solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its annual Communications Monitoring Report today, providing an overview of the Canadian communications sector. In 2011, the average Canadian family spent more than $180 per month on communications services – showing an increase in content consumption and Canadian connectivity over the past year. Read the rest of this entry »

The diverse tech sector in Waterloo Region continues to grow, attracting major investments in an area that’s home to almost 1,000 tech companies. One of the Region’s breakout companies and Canada’s largest eLearning software company Desire2Learn announced earlier today that it has raised $80 million from two top venture funds, signaling a major expansion for the firm. Earlier this year, Communitech announced a $30 million+ seed funding program to further spur innovation in the Region and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian mobile coupon software provider retailcommon has announced an exciting partnership with Geomedia, a specialist in media analytics and Canada’s largest manager of geo-targeted advertising. With over 8 million smartphone users in Canada it is increasingly important for retailers to be able to connect with consumers on their mobile devices. retailcommon, a market leader in the mobile coupon industry, enables B2C companies to drive consumers to physical locations by providing them with a software service that delivers e-coupons to consumers’ mobile devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Pelican Products, Inc., an American-based designer and manufacturer of advanced lighting systems and high-performance protective case solutions, has announced from its Edmonton office the availability of its first consumer-focused product line – Pelican ProGear™. Already a world-renowned brand in the military, industrial safety and tactical industries, the line is comprised of a wide range of new cases and lighting built especially for the digital protection and extreme performance needs of adventurous people. Read the rest of this entry »

ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today that Axxon Next video management software (VMS) has been certified with ImmerVision Enables, one of  the most flexible and advanced 360-degree viewing standard that significantly expands field-of-views without blind spots. By simply adding a panomorph camera, Axxon Next users achieve unparallel 360×180 degree performance through amplified peripheral resolution, increasing the size of objects in the distance and enhancing efficiency during investigations. Read the rest of this entry »

SOVO Technologies Inc, a Montreal-based supplier of turnkey services and technology innovator in the field of closed captioning for the hearing impaired,  has launched a compliance program aimed at enabling Canadian broadcasters to meet their new obligations related to French closed captioning. This initiative follows a decision by the CRTC on February 21st to impose mandatory standards for French-language closed captioning as a condition of license to broadcasters, notably regarding the captioning of live programs. These new obligations came into effect on September 1st 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Infinite Game Publishing  has announced that Vivox Inc., a disruptive, integrated social communications provider based in the USA, will be integrating its C3 solution into the highly anticipated online game MechWarrior® Online, currently in development at Piranha Games. Revolutionary war campaigns begin with communication, and now the troops of game players invading the MechWarror Online landscape will be able to plan strategies with each other through voice conversations in the midst of the high-action gameplay or outside of the game. Read the rest of this entry »