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Bell Media announced today from the Canadian International Television Festival the addition of five new comedy projects to its original development slate, led by seasoned writers and producers Mark McKinney (Less Than Kind, Kids In The Hall), Rob Sheridan (Next Caller, 18 To Life, Little Mosque On The Prairie), Jared Keeso (19-2), Paul Mather (Corner Gas, Dan For Mayor, The Michael J. Fox Show) and Ilana Frank (Saving Hope, Rookie Blue). The new projects join a robust slate of at least 15 other original Bell Media comedies already in development for potential new pilots and/or series. Drama and Factual development projects will be announced at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

Launching on November 15 and running until December 8, Mattel Canada will debut the Mattel Digital Shop ‘n Play at the CN Tower. The pop-up retail experience offers holiday shoppers an interactive shopping concept coupled with digital brand play, featuring the most popular toys available this holiday season. Mattel makes holiday shopping feel more like a futuristic gaming experience versus a tedious task on a busy to-do list. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is calling on filmmakers across the country to show audiences the contribution movies make in our lives with The REEL Challenge: Movies Matter – The Big Picture. A grand prize of $10,000 will be awarded, with a runner-up prize of $5,000. The contest runs until January 26, 2014. Read the rest of this entry »

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has announced that the company’s worldwide sensation – DanceDanceRevolution – will move its way into Edmonton schools with the Canadian debut of DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition, a PC based DanceDanceRevolution game developed specifically for schools and fitness classes. The interactive game is part of the Edmonton Catholic School District’s Transformation Initiative and will be used in classrooms as part of the Active Exergaming Project. Read the rest of this entry »

Former Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard, and Relic veterans announce the formation of Pixelmatic, a new social mobile game startup based out of Shanghai and Vancouver. The Pixelmatic team’s experience ranges from creating highly rated multimillion dollar AAA franchises to multimillion user top ranked social games. Pixelmatic’s focus is on creating “true social games” to push the current boundaries of social game conventions. Read the rest of this entry »

Join DigiBC and BC’s Digital Media & Wireless industry for a festive evening of networking, food, drinks & entertainment. This year’s event brings you an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest (with a great prize!), HootSuite office tours, live music from Champagne Republic, a digital photo booth and the ever popular oxygen bar. This year’s party will be hosted by HootSuite in their fancy new digs on East 8th in Vancouver. Early bird ticket prices are in effect until November 20th, so get your tickets now. Read the rest of this entry »

A jury of eight distinguished digital media experts met in Toronto yesterday and today to evaluate innovative Canadian digital media projects that were submitted for production support as part of the Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) Experimental Stream. Successful applications are determined using a selective process in reference to an “evaluation grid”. It lists the four basic assessment criteria used by the CMF and their respective weightings for each of the three types of funding in the Experimental Stream. Read the rest of this entry »

Beamdog is pleased to announce that pre-loading for Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition for PC has begun ahead of its release on November 15th, 2013. The original Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn launched in September 2000, quickly becoming the most celebrated Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying video game of its time. On November 15th, gamers new and old can experience the epic continuation and conclusion of the Bhaalspawn Saga, with full high resolution support and area art remastered from the original renders. Read the rest of this entry »

WhatsNexx, a North American provider of analytics and cross-channel campaign management tools, today announced the launch of version 3 of the WhatsNexx marketing suite, dubbed WhatsNexx Moments. The new user experience and extended platform allows digital marketers to build automated and seamless cross-channel customer experiences in record time, using discrete interactions and touch points as “moments”. Read the rest of this entry »

Faronics, a Vancouver-based solutions specialist in simplifying, securing and managing multi-user computer environments, has announced the release of Deep Freeze Cloud – a cloud-managed version of its instant system restore solution. With Reboot to Restore functionality, Deep Freeze protects original workstation configurations by restoring the computer settings to their original, pristine condition with a simple reboot. By creating a “Frozen” snapshot of a workstation’s desired configuration and settings, Deep Freeze eliminates the need for IT administrators to perform manual rebuilds, re-image or troubleshoot computers every time something goes awry. Read the rest of this entry »