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Astral‘s Harold Greenberg Fund‘s English-Language Program (Fund) is pleased to announce its latest round of funding for 27 new and ongoing projects through its Script Development Program. The Script Development Program was created to assist in the development of quality Canadian feature film scripts. The program receives a yearly contribution of $1.3 million from Astral’s The Movie Network. The script development applications are reviewed by the English-Language Committee of Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund, which includes Suzette Couture, Damon D’Oliveira, Melanie Friesen, John Galway, Bryn Matthews, Jane Tattersall and Kevin Wright. Read the rest of this entry »

The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) will celebrate the achievements of Canadian organizations that have demonstrated excellence and innovation in their use of information and communications technology (ICT) with the 2013 edition of its Ingenious Awards Program, which opened its call for nominations today. The program celebrates enterprises demonstrating measurable evidence of productivity improvement, efficiency gains, revenue growth, overall business transformation or other organizational outcomes through the use of technology. Organizations may nominate themselves or be nominated by others. The nominations process runs from May 15 to July 15, 2013. Two panels of distinguished judges will assess the nominees and identify program finalists and award winners. Read the rest of this entry »

In response to the growing difficulty in getting funds for organizations and companies across the globe, crowdfunding has become an effective solution to efficient financial funding, notably for projects that are centered about creativity and social causes. Fonpop and its partners wished to offer a concrete answer to provide each project a measure of success. Fonpop enables promoters to start a financial campaign and to raise funds simply and efficiently from their community. In exchange of the donations received, the promoter can in turn offer gifts such as show tickets, acknowledgements or objects of their own creation. Read the rest of this entry »

The role of information technology (IT) in setting strategic priorities and achieving business success is growing for companies in Canada and around the world, according to new research released today by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry. More than 80 percent of Canadian businesses surveyed say technology is important or very important to their success; three-quarters plan increases in IT spending this year; and 35 percent have expectations of hiring new IT staff in 2013. Read the rest of this entry »

Commerce platform provider hybris has announced that the hybris Commerce Suite can now be fully integrated with SAP and is available on the hybris Extend marketplace. The integration offers hybris customers and partners a way to facilitate fast and easy integration with SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). hybris will officially announce the integration at SAP’s Sapphire NOW event in Orlando (hybris booth number: 1633). Read the rest of this entry »

Nicola Merola, Vice-President of International Productions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cara Volchoff as the company’s Head of Factual Entertainment, where she is currently producing Thrift Hunters (Travel & Escape CAN, Spike USA) and recently joined the Pop Quiz (E!) team, with hopes of introducing a slew of new programming to Pixcom‘s slate very soon. Read the rest of this entry »

tti, a Burnaby-based supplier of in-vehicle digital video surveillance technology for the trucking fleet industry, has unveiled a versatile onboard video surveillance and driver behavior modification system – the Buddy BX1500 Pro. Featuring HD Video, continuous capture, solid-state storage, passive GPS and a three-axis G-Force inertia sensor, the Buddy BX1500 Pro is the ideal safety and risk management solution for any fleet. Designed to provide fleet directors with increased visibility and control over fleet operations, the Buddy BX1500 Pro unique blend of powerful features reduce liability and promote safer and more efficient driver behaviour. Read the rest of this entry »

Fan-to-fan ticket marketplace StubHub will launch its Canadian marketing efforts with Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! nation-wide event, starting this month and running through the end of June. Launched in 2000, the San Francisco-based company is focused on growing its Canadian business as part of its global ticketing platform. The 2013 Play On! event marks the 10^th anniversary of the 21-city sports festival that, over the next nine weeks, will feature a recreational and competitive 4-on-4 street hockey tournament for boys, girls, men and women of all ages and skill levels. The tournament culminates with the national championships in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia September 26-28. Read the rest of this entry »

Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest publisher by circulation of paid English-language daily newspapers, has announced the extension of paid digital subscription bundles across all its newspaper websites. Readers will be able to choose from a variety of subscription options to continue enjoying unlimited access to Postmedia’s award-winning journalism on each of its newspaper websites. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based online data collection and management tools provider Logiforms Software Inc. has announced the launch of a new, version 3.0 company website. One of the most popular new features found on the redesigned Logiforms web platform is the Workflow tool. This digital device makes it possible to take data collected through a customer’s form and publish it to create secure, member only portals. The Workflow tool is a powerful addition to the Logiforms platform and is already receiving rave reviews from clients who are using it to create everything from searchable real estate directories to mortgage processing portals. Read the rest of this entry »