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On May 3, 2012, the Kids’ Internet Safety Alliance (Kinsa) will host the second annual Spring for Kids Gala at Waddington’s Auction House. The Gala is Kinsa’s largest fundraising event through the year, providing the organization with important funds needed to protect and rescue child victims of online abuse. Because the Internet works globally, so does Kinsa which educates police forces in multiple countries to track, identify and arrest child pornographers. Read the rest of this entry »

TVO, Ontario’s public educational media organization and proud supporter of Canadian documentary filmmaking, is pleased to partner with Hot Docs as the exclusive sponsor of the Canadian Spectrum Screening Program. This partnership will raise awareness of the important role TVO plays in supporting documentary filmmaking and Ontario’s independent production industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Air Canada is pleased to invite Canadian film students and emerging filmmakers to enter its sixth annual short film festival. Selected films will be broadcast on Air Canada’s personal in-flight seatback entertainment system as part of its Canadian Movie programming viewed by millions of Air Canada customers around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Industry Minister Christian Paradis will be participating in the CDMN Canada 3.0 2012 digital media forum which takes place April 24 and 25 in Stratford. Minister Paradis will be on-site as a keynote speaker on the first day April 24th, slated for 10:50 a.m. to address Canada’s strategy for seizing opportunity in the global digital economy, and the importance of information and communications technologies to Canada’s Economic Advantage.

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Hot off the desk of Bellmedia’s PR department: Time to saddle up, sci-fi fans, ’cause InnerSpace is comin’ ’round the Rockies for a double dose of fandom at the first ever Fan Expo Vancouver  and Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has officially recognized Telefilm’s new private donation fund as a Certified Independent Production Fund. Examples of other endorsed funds include the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, Le Fonds Harold Greenberg, and the Canada Media Fund (CMF). Read the rest of this entry »

The Television Bureau of Canada has announced at today’s invitation-only event TV Day 2012, the results of a comprehensive biometric and eye tracking study, revealing significant cross-platform connections between television advertising and online advertising. The research, presented to the leaders of Canada’s marketing and advertising communities, was aimed at determining if responses to online ads differ when they are primed by exposure to ads for the same brands on TV, Radio, or Newspaper. Read the rest of this entry »

GREE has announced that the corporation has made a minority investment in Vancouver-based game developer IUGO Mobile Entertainment Inc. IUGO specializes in the design, development and deployment of premium quality mobile games. The new partnership follows GREE’s recent investment in Tokyo-based HTML5 powerhouse Wizcorp. Read the rest of this entry »

PwC is launching new research to see if Canadians are ready to receive more services and information electronically through their phones, computers and tablet devices. The project, called Citizen Compass, began April 18, 2012 and invites the public to participate, in either a survey format or an idea forum to make suggestions or discuss issues. Read the rest of this entry »

Club Penguin is celebrating Earth Month this year with the launch of new activities allowing players to learn through role play about endangered species and declining habitats. These in-world activities align with the real-world environmental efforts Club Penguin supports – allowing kids to impact social change through play. Read the rest of this entry »