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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved the sale of sport television channels owned by Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to BCE and Rogers Communications. While this $1, 32 billion transaction, involved several sports-related properties such as professional teams, the CRTC’s review was limited to the five television services owned by MLSE :  Leafs TV, Gol TV and NBA TV Canada, as well as two services that have not yet launched, Mainstream Sports and Live Music Channel. Read the rest of this entry »

Building on the App Directory’s recent momentum, HootSuite has introduced an update to one of the service’s first integrations – Get Satisfaction. The Get Satisfaction app, which is free to all HootSuite users, is newly refreshed with plugin capabilities in addition to the existing stream-based features. Users now have the ability to create Get Satisfaction community topics from individual Twitter and Facebook updates as well as search Get Satisfaction community content. Read the rest of this entry »

Kibooco is an interactive platform for kids to create and design their own books. Using fun and intuitive online tools and features designed just for them, children bring stories to life through digital or beautifully printed real-world books. Based in Vancouver, Kibooco was co-founded by Molly Schneeburg, who saw this idea as a way of fusing her creativity, entrepreneurialism and business savvy with her motivations and values as a parent. Working alongside Molly is a good friend of ours, Earl Hong Tai, the former Western Region Director for Telefilm Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver-based global payment solutions provider hyperWALLET has announced the expansion of its prepaid card product line to include a General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) Visa prepaid card that addresses the financial needs of independent sales representatives in the direct selling sector. Read the rest of this entry »

At a time when new technologies are emerging daily, BetaKit announces the launch of BetaKit Insights to help decision-makers leverage the best technology for their businesses or recommend smart choices to their clients. BetaKit Insights is a premium trend research product aimed at C-Level executives, marketers, and digital strategists. Trend reports and other value-added materials will provide executives with insight on trending technologies and enable informed decisions on technology adoption. Read the rest of this entry »

It isn’t Canadian politeness, the love of hockey or winter weather envy attracting gaming and digital media companies around the world to the Ontario Technology Corridor. They are attracted to the Province of Ontario’s “game on” approach to tax incentives and Canada’s overall financial stability. They also value Ontario’s high concentration of skilled workers – the largest talent pool – that has attracted studios from global gaming and development firms. Read the rest of this entry »

Ideavibes founder and CEO, Paul Dombowsky, and CATAAlliance (Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance) CEO John Reid, have announced the launch of an attitudinal survey focused on determining what Canadians think about crowdfunding and their willingness to participate as a funder or a start-up / social enterprise seeking funding. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite, the maker of a market-leading social media management system, has added Yammer, the private enterprise social network, to its ever-expanding App Directory, allowing users to monitor and reply to their Yammer conversations without leaving the HootSuite dashboard. Read the rest of this entry »

TinyCo, a San Francisco based developer and operator of popular mobile games such as Tiny Monsters, Tiny Village and Tiny Zoo Friends, officially announced today that it is opening a new studio in Vancouver to continue to expand its development of top quality mobile games. Backed by an $18 million investment led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, TinyCo is looking to broaden its team of high-caliber engineers, designers, and artists who are passionate about gaming on mobile platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Softchoice is pleased to announce it has achieved the Master Unified Communication Specialization from Cisco in the U.S. and Canada as well as Cisco’s Master’s Security Specialization in Canada. As part of the top 1% of North American Cisco Gold Partners to achieve these specializations, Softchoice has demonstrated its commitment to helping customers leverage advanced technologies to increase business agility, gain competitive advantage and improve collaborative processes. Read the rest of this entry »