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Canadian group buying site WagJag has announced the asset acquisition of Yellow Media Inc.’s Deal of the Day business. This transaction will increase WagJag’s subscriber list and provide additional reach for its merchants. This acquisition adds to WagJag’s appeal among local and national businesses and allows it to position itself favourably to develop new services for merchants and bring more offers to its growing membership base. Read the rest of this entry »

TELETOON Canada Inc. is pleased to offer Canadians coast-to-coast free access to TELETOON during the TELETOON Free Preview event from Wednesday, August 15, 2012 to Sunday, September 30, 2012. Throughout this period, subscribers of participating television service providers can tune into TELETOON’s English- or French-language linear, Video On Demand and broadband services (where available) to sample an unbeatable lineup of comedy, action and blockbuster movie programming for kids, families and young adults. Read the rest of this entry »

Blue Ant Media CEO Michael MacMillan has announced management changes following the merging of the company’s recently acquired High Fidelity HDTV and GlassBOX Television under Blue Ant Media. Robb Chase continues as COO, Blue Ant Media where he is responsible for corporate development and will work closely with the Television & Digital management team in support of their efforts. Read the rest of this entry »

Launching day and date with the Xbox 360 and PS3 releases next week, Sleeping Dogs for Windows PCs is set to ship with a stunning set of PC-specific features to bring Hong Kong island to life. With an array of advanced graphical features on-board, the Windows PC release gives gamers with the hardware bandwidth a host of graphical enhancements, hardware optimizations and support for the latest AMD and Nvidia features. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s that time of year again! You’ve put it off year after year, but this time, you know you’re sitting on the next big thing – this is your calling. Enter the Digi Awards today, and get the industry recognition your company deserves. On December 4, 2012, Canada’s digital scene will descend on The Carlu in Toronto for a night devoted to celebrating the best in the business. Read the rest of this entry »

With the 2012 Expo just around the corner, Fan Expo Canada^™ announces a Top 12 List (because 10 is simply not enough) of must-see attractions and activities for this year’s convention.  Combining the best of gaming, horror, comics, science fiction and anime, Fan Expo Canada is the largest event of its kind in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Export Development Canada (EDC) has joined the Startup Canada National Tour, bringing a global trade perspective to the coast-to-coast effort to support and expand Canada’s entrepreneur sector. EDC personnel will participate in a number of tour events to meet with export-minded entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »

Minority Media, an independent game development studio, along with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), have announced that puzzle-platformer Papo & Yo, as part of the PSN Play summer promotion, is now available for pre-order via the PlayStation®Network (PSN) for $14.99 (or $11.99 for PS PLUS members). Read the rest of this entry »

Big Blue Bubble‘s license agreement for the Fighting Fantasy franchise will expire on August 14th, which means that all of the studio’s Fighting Fantasy titles will be removed from iTunes, so if you want them and haven’t yet gotten around to downloading them, you have less than one week to grab them. Read the rest of this entry »

Side Effects Software, a Toronto-based developer of 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce new prices for Houdini designed to facilitate growth within the Houdini global community, simplified branding for the two Houdini workstation products and integration with the Orbolt™ Smart Asset Store to give Houdini artists access to the combined knowledge of the whole community. Read the rest of this entry »