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TransGaming Inc., provider of on-demand family friendly and social games to the TV, has announced the continued massive growth of its product expansion that brings TransGaming’s GameTree™ TV platform to Sharp’s 2014 AQUOS LED Smart TVs. GameTree TV will be the featured games solution on Sharp’s SmartCentral 3.0 Smart TV platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Steven Universe premieres on Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT in TELETOON Canada’s flagship Can’t Miss Thursdays programming block.  The new series is created by Emmy® and Annie Award-nominated writer and storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar (Adventure Time). Ian Jones-Quartey (The Venture Bros., Adventure Time) serves as supervising director. Sugar is the Cartoon Network Studio’s first solo female show creator in 21 years. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will hold a webcast to provide an overview of changes to the programs that were announced in March. The webcast will be hosted by Stéphane Cardin, Vice President, Industry and Public Affairs, and by Nathalie Clermont, Director of Program Management. You can register online for the webcast and test the page on your computer. Please note that Adobe Flash is required in order to view the webcast. You will be asked to provide your name and email address to access the broadcast page. You may need to sign in again on the day of the webcast. Read the rest of this entry »

It appears that we can officially look forward to welcoming the cast and crew of A&E Network‘s hit drama series Bates Motel back to the neighbourhood this Fall, as the show has been officially renewed for Season Three. Season two premiered on March 3rd with 4.6 million total viewers and delivered 2.6 million adults 18-49 and 2.2 million adults 25-54 (based on Live+7 viewing). Bates Motel continues to be A&E’s number one drama series of all time among adults 18-49. Read the rest of this entry »

Today a delegation of Canadian talent, content creators and business leaders in television and digital media will focus on the future of the industry at MIPTV 2014 in Cannes, France. MIPTV is the world’s most-established TV and digital content market and the biggest gathering of entertainment industry professionals. MIPTV will host a number of creative talents from the Canadian industry at notable events such as the MIPTV Red Carpet on Monday, April 7. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC^®) have announced that Bruce Lee, “The Father of Mixed Martial Arts”, will make his historic first step into the Octagon^® in EA Sports UFC, launching June 17, 2014. Fans can pre-order today to get instant day-one access to Bruce, or they can complete the game’s career mode at Pro difficulty to unlock him. Players can fight with the legend across four different weight classes and test his legacy against the best of the best in the UFC. Read the rest of this entry »

A year ago HootSuite showed just how much the company’s employees love Game of Thrones with their Social Media Winter is Coming infographic (see below). The infographic was a visual representation of the quiet battles being fought between many social networks, who were building walls and blocking access between their respective sites and apps. That graphic was a hit with the social media community, so HootSuite’s people knew they had to take things up a notch for this season’s premiere. Enter the Game of Social Thrones video. Read the rest of this entry »

In a presentation held at OpenText, Industry Minister James Moore has unveiled Digital Canada 150, an ambitious path forward for Canadians to take full advantage of the opportunities of the digital age. Digital Canada 150 encompasses 39 new initiatives that build on the Canadian government’s successful measures for a more connected Canada. It is based on 250 submissions that were received from more than 2,000 Canadians who registered to participate in online consultations held over three months in 2010. Hopefully it carries more weight and substance than the promise that the Conservatives would support the CBC by “maintaining or increasing” the network’s budget. Which it didn’t. Which meant the cancellation of shows we don’t want cancelled. But that’s another argument. In fact this announcement in and of itself raises new arguments. I feel a rant an editorial fighting to get out. Read the rest of this entry »

Retro City Rampage developer Vblank Entertainment has released Update#1 for the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, which coincidentally also signals the availability of the game for handheld gamers in Australia and New Zealand. Retro City Rampage: DX has become one of the highest rated 3DS titles of all time, and it’s winning fans from every age group, with the first month of North America-only launch sales exceeding those for the game’s first month of global sales for the Xb0x 360 version. Retro City Rampage: DX is now available in the eShops for North America, Europe, the UK and Australia/New Zealand. Vblank has also announced that the original PSN version for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita (cross buy) is now $9.99. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto Radio and Television personality ‘Fearless’ Fred Kennedy (102.1 The Edge, Teletoon at Night) launches The Fourth Planet this week via Teletoon At Night. The science fiction comic will first be serialized online, releasing pages of the story each Monday in tandem with Fred’s own independent comic imprint BigSexyComics, which he founded in 2009. Written by Fred and illustrated by Mike Maciaszek, The Fourth Planet will find its print incarnation at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto this August. Read the rest of this entry »