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MIPTV has announced that Entertainment One‘s (eOne) President & CEO Darren Throop, who is based in Toronto, will give a keynote address on Monday 8 April, as part of MIPTV’s Media Mastermind keynotes series. Organised by Reed MIDEM, MIPTV will take place in Cannes from 8-11 April, 2013. Following eOne’s recent acquisition of Alliance Entertainment, Darren Throop will discuss the future of his group’s expanding multi-territory, multi-platform business and express his vision of actively acquiring ownership of content rights for exploitation across all media platforms around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

UrtheCast and Discovery’s Science Channel have announced an exclusive partnership to bring viewers the world’s first high-definition video of Earth, streamed in near real time, from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbits over 200 miles above Earth. The programming will be developed once UrtheCast’s HD cameras are installed on the ISS and video streaming begins. Read the rest of this entry »

California-based Voxeo Labs and Vancouver’s Layer 7 Technologies have announced their joint solution of Voxeo Labs’ Tropo and Phono APIs with Layer 7’s API Management platform. Layer 7 will be demonstrating the joint solution at their Mobile World Congress stand in the App Planet area, Hall 8.1 Booth A47. Read the rest of this entry »

Digital conference mesh and Digital Journal Inc. have announced a partnership to provide a newsroom for the 2013 mesh conference, which happens May 15 and 16 in Toronto. mesh will leverage Digital Journal’s /newsrooms platform to provide real-time content and coverage for mesh ’13 attendees and sponsors. mesh ’13 will explore new and emerging trends and feature two days of challenging, insightful and engaging content. Attendees will absorb new ideas and inspiration on how to address new trends that impact their businesses and their customers’ lives. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) met last Friday with researchers and graduate students at McGill University in Montreal. The event was the latest in a series of economic consultations with leading stakeholders in Canadian research and development ahead of the 2013 federal budget to be tabled later this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s TVphoon has officially launched its Windows 8 app to help users to click less and watch more Internet TV. The company makes it easy for people to watch the best video content on the web in TV format. TVphoon emulates a true TV-like experience, allowing users to passively watch top rated user-generated and professional videos without having to search for the next video. Read the rest of this entry »

Radware®, a global provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centres headquartered in Tel Aviv, has completed the acquisition of Vancouver web performance developer Strangeloop Networks, reportedly paying in the neighbourhood of 14 million dollars to complete the transaction. Read the rest of this entry »

Awkward Silence Productions (ASP), an award winning Toronto-based production company, is expanding its business model and parlaying the success of its 2012 international film festival run by taking on commercial video work for public relations and event agencies in Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »

MEGA Brands Inc. is showcasing its new line-up of Mega Bloks® First Builders™ preschool construction toys featuring the all-new Billy Beats Dancing Piano, along with the Mega Bloks Halo Authentic Collectors Series in the company’s display booth #751 at the 2013 American International Toy Fair in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »

Food Network Canada and Insight Production Company Ltd. are bringing Top Chef Canada back for a third exciting season, sending 16 determined new competitors into the kitchen for another round of intense challenges, surprise twists and higher stakes than ever before. The new season of the top-rated series premieres March 18, 2013 at 9pm ET/10pm PT exclusively on Food Network Canada. The heat is on in season three of Top Chef Canada as the chefs sharpen their knives to test their culinary skills and creativity in a variety of unique challenges. Read the rest of this entry »