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Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to launch its new travelling exhibition Double Take: Portraits of Intriguing Canadians. The exhibition will open at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Canada’s National Memorial to the Fathers of Confederation-Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on March 31, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Zevrix Solutions has announced Deliver Express 2.2, a feature update to its automated solution to send and share files easily across the Internet and local networks. Deliver Express processes files automatically from watched hot folders and supports various remote and local services. The software can run absolutely unattended and offers variable e-mail notifications, delivery to multiple destinations, automatic file compression and encryption, and much more. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian Cinema Editors is hosting its second annual awards show on May 17, 2012 at the Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto. Around 250 guests are expected to attend this year, almost double the number of guests who attended last year. The C.C.E Awards is the largest event hosted by the organization, focusing on the significance of post-production in cinema. Read the rest of this entry »

At last week’s SMPIA Multi-PlatFORUM event, two project teams, each comprised of one film/TV company representative and one interactive company representative, were selected by the jury to be part of SMPIA-led delegation to the Banff World Media Festival in June. Read the rest of this entry »

At last week’s Annual General Meeting of the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association, members approved two strategic changes recognizing the shift in content production towards digital media. Read the rest of this entry »

Exhibiting at booth #312 at ITEX 2012, Print Audit® will showcase its new Premier Subscription program, which has gotten off to a fast start with many office equipment dealers signing up for the program during the first month of launch. Premier gives dealers access to all of Print Audit’s tools for one low monthly price and allows them to greatly increase their profit margins on print management solution sales. Read the rest of this entry »

For the second consecutive year, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) and Spin Master Ltd., Canada’s most innovative toy company, are teaming up to offer financing, mentoring and business workshops to innovative entrepreneurs through the Spin Master Innovation Fund (SMIF). Read the rest of this entry »

Kids and families are invited to join TVOKids for a celebration of literacy, learning and the magic of film at the 15th annual TIFF Kids International Film Festival. As a media partner of the Festival, TVO is proud to bring fun, educational TVOKids content to the Festival’s young audience. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian Youth Business Foundation budget reaction –  Yesterday’s federal budget confirmed the Government of Canada’s commitment to job creation and economic growth, both through the extension of EI Hiring Credit for Small Business and the commitment to boost jobs through increased funding for research and innovation programs and skills training. Of the five major areas identified in the budget, two are dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. Setting these priorities sends a clear message that this government has a specific plan for job creation and economic growth in Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

PowerSearch Software, a developer of affordable and accessible search technologies, today announced the product now has enhanced search functionality and full Unicode support –allowing the product to support all languages. The search functionality now includes multiple key word and search term loader making it even simpler to search and cull the documents so you collect only what you need. Read the rest of this entry »