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Of thousands of tech companies throughout the GTA, how do you select nine to profile as leaders in the sector? The YTA Technology Leadership Awards Selection Committee has managed just that, narrowing the field to three nominees in each of the categories: Most Promising Start-up, Scale-up Company of the Year, and Company of the Year.     Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards is about to get even sexier with the announcement by MuchMusic today that American electro-pop duo LMFAO are shufflin’ their way to Much HQ to co-host and perform at the biggest awards show in the country. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Cinema Editors is proud to announce a major sponsorship agreement with Deluxe, which places their annual Awards in a new category of significance within the industry. Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. is a leading end-to-end entertainment service provider for theatrical, television, commercials, and home entertainment worldwide. The Canadian Cinema Editors 2012 Awards by Deluxe takes place on May 17, 2012 at the Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto. The C.C.E Awards show recognizes Canadian cinema editors for their work and dedication to post-production. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday at the Hot Docs International Film Festival, TSN unveiled the slate of films in its ambitious original documentary series, Engraved on a Nation: Stories Of The Grey Cup, The CFL And Canada.  Commissioned by Bell Media, Engraved on a Nation celebrates the 100^th Grey Cup with eight original documentaries demonstrating how the Grey Cup has become such an intrinsic part of Canadian heritage. Read the rest of this entry »

The Digital Alberta Awards, now in its second year, is a program designed to recognize leaders in innovation, creativity and the evolving digital sector in Alberta. This year’s categories include companies, individual entrepreneurs, student and education leaders, organizations in both the government and not for profit sector, and those whose industry sectors may not traditionally be considered in the realm of ‘digital media’, but are pioneering and raising the bar as they converge with technology. Read the rest of this entry »

The BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) announced the finalists for the 2012 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) at last evening’s soldout TechBrew event. Under the awards theme of ‘BC’s Mark on the World’, the 2012 finalists reaffirm British Columbia’s status as innovators in a cross-section of technologies including enterprise software, consumer electronics and medical devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to all of the 2012 Leo Awards nominees. The Leo Awards, a program that recognizes artistic excellence in the BC Film and Television production industry, will take place at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver this May 25th and 26th. Tickets are not yet on sale. Below are this year’s nominees:
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The Banff World Media Festival has announced that Google will be honored with the prestigious Award of Excellence in Innovation. The Award will be accepted by Google’s Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Nikesh Arora, who oversees all revenue and customer operations, as well as marketing and partnerships. Read the rest of this entry »

THQ’s Jimmy Buffett-inspired world Margaritaville Online,  developed by Vancouver’s Exploding Barrel Games, made headlines over the weekend when it took home the ‘Best Social – Casual Game’ award at the Canadian Videogame Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

D-Day to Victory Interactive, an online documentary experience recreating the WWII final assault on Nazi-occupied Europe, was a big winner at the 2012 FITC Awards walking away with the “3D’” and “Best of Show” awards. An extension to the History Television and Channel4 TV series, D-Day to Victory Interactive, was produced by Emmy® Award-winning agency Secret Location. The “Best of Show” award was selected by an international panel of judges that included senior creatives from Big Spaceship, CP+B, North Kingdom, TAXI and Wunderman. The FITC Awards are present annually to the best of the best in the new media industry. Read the rest of this entry »