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Astral Media Inc. has announced its association with the C2-MTL creative business conference as media partner. This collaboration will allow the conference to benefit from extensive visibility on Astral media properties and platforms. The media campaign was deployed today in downtown Toronto and in the heart of the Montréal business district. As well, throughout the month of May, two transit zones at the Montréal-Trudeau international airport will display the C2-MTL colours to promote the event to local and foreign travellers. Read the rest of this entry »

QA on Request, a new software testing company is officially open for business. The company uses a unique model that combines the power of crowdsourcing with the strength of an internal team of professional testers to offer round the clock testing services to web, software, and video game development companies. Read the rest of this entry »

A new study from BMO Bank of Montreal reveals that 71 per cent of Canadian women would become their own boss if they had the opportunity, and eight in ten women say that having access to role models or mentors would be a key ingredient to their success as business owners. In addition, one-quarter say that balancing work and life as a ‘mompreneur’ would be a challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Crowdsourcing company Ideavibes announced today that it has moved into new digs in Ottawa’s Little Italy and is one of Invest Ottawa’s first tenants in their newly launched Start-up Incubator. Read the rest of this entry »

Bell has announced further enhancements to its Mobile TV service including an improved interface, an advanced programming guide and other innovative features. Powered by Canada’s QuickPlay Media, the new Bell Mobile TV player delivers live access to upcoming popular sporting events such as Tim Hortons Brier, NCAA March Madness and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as a wide variety of other live and on-demand sports, news, entertainment and children’s programming. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive Studio Management, an agency representing independent game developers, has opened its first Canadian office in Vancouver and added local dealmaker, Sean Murch, to its list of agents.  Previously in charge of central development for EA Sports, Sean’s 20 years of experience in the traditional and interactive entertainment sectors make him a perfect fit for ISM. Read the rest of this entry »

Intelimax Media Inc. has announced the appointment of Christopher Petry as Chief Executive Officer and Michael Young as President of the Company.  Glenn Little resigned from these positions in order to accommodate these new appointments, but remains the Chief Financial Officer and a director of the Company. Read the rest of this entry »

Payment at the table in restaurants has never been so quick and efficient thanks to the new line of payment solutions that Desjardins Group will be releasing at the end of April 2012 with management and point-of-sale software publisher Posera (Maitre’D). Read the rest of this entry »

Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. has announced new investments in two security tools to assist businesses in protecting sensitive data from security breaches and disasters. The PrimusCloud™ Unified Threat Management firewall and PrimusCloud™ Backup are now available nationally to customers who utilize Primus’ Data Centre and PrimusCloud™ services. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s entrepreneurs contribute to more than the bottom line — they are powerful agents of change who create the products, methods, markets and solutions that drive the economy forward. Ernst & Young continues to recognize game-changing entrepreneurs with today’s launch of the 19th season of its Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in Canada. The firm is calling on Canadians to nominate outstanding local entrepreneurs from across the country. The deadline for applications is April 30th. Read the rest of this entry »