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Time magazine launches docs unit
Red Border Films, named after Time magazine’s iconic red border, will create “deeply reported original films by award-winning filmmakers,” launching one short doc a month online.
CMF invests $5.2 million in dev, marketing 21 projects
The majority of funding goes to 15 projects in development, while $1.9 million in marketing funds goes to six interactive projects, including Skyreader Media’s Skyreader Studio platform and Magnify Digital’s Alert-TV+.
CMF invests $12M in 17 digital media projects
Of the 17 projects, 10 are games, five are interactive platforms, one is a social media project and one is a website.
Six seconds to the future: Continuum uses Vine to engage users
Playback talks to Chris Harris and James Milward about the ongoing online social media campaign for Showcase’s Continuum.
Audience engagement key to IP, biz development: report
The ideaBOOST: Audience Engagement Report analyzed how participants in the digital accelerator program used engagement strategies to improve a project’s value proposition.
Guy Maddin to turn seances for lost silent films into a feature
The partnership with the NFB and Phi Films will include an installation based on a 2012 live streaming of paranormal visits in Paris (Maddin pictured).
Kirstine Stewart introduces Twitter Canada’s offerings
The former CBC EVP of English services unveiled Twitter Amplify, a platform for embedding content in Promoted Tweets.
Transmedia producer Alan Sawyer passes away
Sawyer, who headed up Two Solitudes and production shingle Changing Channels, was 51.
Daniel Dales, Jarrett Sherman launch Digital Howard
The new venture’s first project is producing the digital media extension of upcoming CHCH game show Spin Off (Dales and Sherman pictured).
New media guru Alexander Manu on full spectrum entertainment
The Stream conference keynote speaker (pictured) talks about technology as a behaviour space, and content that attacks and pleases the senses.
CDMN announces key Canadian digital economy trends
A key message that emerged from the organization’s conference, held earlier this month, was that Canadian creators must focus on their end-user instead of a tech “wow factor.”
NFB makes Malting Silos story interactive for Hyperlocal
Melissa Bull’s story has been adapted as an interactive piece by the NFB’s Digital Studio as part of an online collection of neighborhood stories.
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