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2nd April 2013

Emmy Award-Winning Actress Christine Baranski To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Banff World Media FestivalThe Banff World Media Festival has just announced that celebrated screen and stage actress Christine Baranski will be presented the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award on June 11, 2013. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the media industry with their esteemed body of work in screen-based entertainment. Baranski will also be featured in a VIP one-on-one interview at BANFF, which is open to delegates. Read the rest of this entry »

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2nd April 2013

WrestleMania 29 Chooses HootSuite As Social Media Command Centre Provider

HootSuiteHootSuite has teamed up with HootSuite Enterprise client WWE to bring to you the ultimate social media command centre. The live display will bring the social interactions of WWE WrestleMania 29 viewers to fans in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on April 7, 2013. Before the bout between two wrestling legends, The Rock and John Cena, fans will be able to follow along as these two athletes “duke it out” on Facebook and Twitter. Since WWE fans are some of the most active social media users on the planet, they’ll have plenty to say about the competing wrestlers before, during, and after the main event. Read the rest of this entry »

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26th March 2013

Banff World Media Festival CBS Corp. Company of Distinction Program Highlights

Banff World Media FestivalThe Banff World Media Festival is pleased to announce exciting Master Classes and a Featured Session as part of the CBS Corp. Company of Distinction program. Gary Glasberg, NCIS Executive Producer, will be accepting the  2013 Program of the Year Award at BANFF. Check out this year’s agenda and then, if you haven’t done so yet, head over to the registration page and get your tickets for the Banff World Media Festival 2013 – the Early Bird rate ends on April 19th. We will be there this year, and on the hunt for Canadian entertainment producers for interviews. Read the rest of this entry »

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25th March 2013

CATAAlliance Innovation And Leadership Awards Open For Nominations

CATAAllianceFor nearly three decades, the CATAAlliance Innovation and Leadership Awards program has been celebrating the best in Canadian innovation and outstanding achievement. This prestigious Awards Gala has become one of the most eagerly awaited events of Canada’s advanced technology community. Special guests from industry and government are invited to attend the celebration for an event highlighted by the awards ceremony, high-level networking, and a delicious four-course dinner catered by Ottawa’s award-winning Tulips and Maple. Read the rest of this entry »

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25th March 2013

2013 Canadian Music And Broadcast Industry Award Winners

mini-orbyThe 2013 Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards were held on Thursday, March 21 at the Kool Haus in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week, celebrating the outstanding achievements of Canada’s music and broadcast industry in over 40 categories. Each category is judged based on a vote by the recipient’s peers in the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

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25th March 2013

Ontario Technology Corridor Executives Attend Game Developers Conference

Ontario Technology CorridorWhile it was a revelation when Canada shot past the UK to become one of the world’s top three hotspots for video game development in 2010, in 2013 the Ontario Technology Corridor remains among the leaders and has a new revelation for global game development studios considering Canada. The hard-charging province of Ontario is the country’s number one jurisdiction in terms of concentration of companies and overall industry momentum within Canada’s $1.7 billion, 16,000-employee video game sector. Read the rest of this entry »

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20th March 2013

Hot Docs World Premiere: Winnipeg’s Special Ed

hot docsHot Docs will be presenting the world premiere of Special Ed, a new film from award-winning Director John Paskievich. Produced by Spellburg Pictures Inc. and CSA Award-winners Merit Motion Pictures, Special Ed stars Ed Ackerman, who, to some people, is a nonconformist and a dreamer, a modern-day Don Quixote, a genuine artist. Obsessed with the alphabet, his masterpiece remains perpetually beyond his reach, a rare individualist in a world where quiet desperation is the general rule of survival. To those who know him really well, Ed Ackerman is a walking catastrophe, lost to his implausible ambitions, a manipulator of the truth or maybe a misguided genius, and definitely a procrastinator. Above all, regardless of one’s viewpoint, he’s one giant irritant. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th March 2013

Intel Canada Innovation Award For SMEs To Be Presented At CATA Innovation Awards Gala

intelThe Intel Canada Innovation Award recognizes visionary SME (small to midsized enterprises, typically fewer than 250 employees) who are leading the charge in adopting information management’s latest capabilities in innovative, cutting-edge, unique and exciting new ways. The winner is chosen from companies featured in the Intel/CATA Small Business Showcase, judged to have met criteria spanning from usage of innovations for improvement of efficiency, increasing marketability, cost savings, environmentally friendly approach and improvement of market position. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th March 2013

Tom Cochrane To Host JUNO Songwriters’ Circle

Juno AwardsJUNO Songwriters’ Circle is considered “the jewel of JUNO Week.” Taking place on Sunday, April 21 from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. (CST) at the Casino Regina Show Lounge, JUNO Songwriters’ Circle will feature some of today’s most talented Canadian singer-songwriters sharing music and stories on stage. At centre stage will be seven-time JUNO Award winner Tom Cochrane, who will host the show and will also perform in the unique, intimate setting. Over his heralded career, Cochrane has released 13 albums and won seven JUNO Awards. He is a member of both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame, and an Officer in the Order of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th March 2013

Toronto Chooses House Stark At Sold-Out Game of Thrones Exhibition

hbo canadaHBO Canada would like to thank the tens of thousands of people who attended Game of Thrones: The Exhibition for making this free celebration of HBO’s hit series such a huge success and for publicly pledging their allegiance to House Stark of Winterfell. The event was launched in style with an appearance by series star Rose Leslie (“Ygritte”), who greeted fans and media and signed autographs at the red-carpet opening on March 8th. Read the rest of this entry »

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