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Fresh off winning the award for Best Feature Film at the Canadian Film Fest, and the Gold Remi Award for Best Dark Comedy at the Houston International Film Festival, A Little Bit Zombie has become a smash hit on the indie film festival circuit and is headed to theatres for a special weekend event across Canada on May 17-20. Read the rest of this entry »

Chicago-based JamTraxx Media Inc. and radio content syndication company Orbyt Media, a part of Astral Media Inc., are pleased to announce a multi-year renewal of their partnership to syndicate “RadioMixes” across Canada. Since 2003, RadioMixes has been the fastest-growing radio mix show service in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Marvel Entertainment LLC and Visa Inc. are taking readers in Canada and around the world on an action packed journey courtesy of the new comic book Avengers: Saving the Day. The 16-page comic book – available to Canadians in French and English – combines Marvel’s iconic characters with Visa’s financial literacy expertise, to introduce children to basic money concepts – and which some critics say encourages kids to borrow money. Read the rest of this entry »

Paris-based music streaming service Deezer, which already has over 20 million users, is launching in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and is set to become a top destination for all music fans. Deezer will respond to their needs: discover, listen to, organize and share all the music they love, anytime and anywhere, without limitation, on any device. Read the rest of this entry »

With consumerized handsets penetrating IT departments, enterprises are more than ever looking for ways to converge services between their enterprise communication systems and employees’ mobile devices. This, coupled with the growing tendency for employees to bring their own device (BYOD) to the office, is impacting the way IT managers address convergence and their control over the devices that connect to their networks. Read the rest of this entry »

Bill & Sons Towing is ready to show the world what its motto “Bros before tows” is all about as independent production company Ready, Set, Panic launches its ten-part comedic web series. New episodes will be released weekly, and the iOS app will also be available shortly after the series launch. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal publisher Strategy First, Inc. and indiePub are proud to present the high speed arcade racing game Fireburst to more than 40 million Steam users. Order Fireburst between April 25 and May 2, 2012, and receive a red hot 20% savings off of the regular $9.99 price. Read the rest of this entry »

While Canadian households and businesses have high rates of broadband and/or internet connectivity that increased from 2010 to 2011, government has room for improvement in terms of connecting with citizens on-line and being open in providing information, says The Stratford Report 2012 (PDF) issued by the Stratford Institute. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the course of the last several weeks, students from 120 high schools (78 from Ontario, 32 from Quebec, 2 from Alberta, 1 from Nova Scotia, 5 from the United States and 2 from Mexico) took part in the FIRST Robotics Competition – the largest high school robotics competition in Canada. Eighteen of these teams earned spots at the 2012 World Championship event, currently underway at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri. Read the rest of this entry »

Hannah Chapplain, a singer from Alton, Ontario, stepped into the spotlight as a new class of entrepreneur ready to make her mark bringing digital media content to market. Chapplain was among 50 startup entrepreneurs who pitched in the Road to Banff® competition at the CDMN Canada 3.0 2012 digital media forum yesterday, aspiring to be one of three top finalist prizes to the Road to Banff forum later this year. Read the rest of this entry »