Interactive

Wingin’ It flies to mobile

The mobile game for the Family Channel show is a spinoff of the Wingin’ It online arcade game, available for iOs and Android devices.

iTunes selects CBC News app as best mobile news offering

The CBC’s mobile news offering faced competition from homegrown news apps from the Globe and Mail and National Post newspapers and CTV News.

Scaredy Squirrel starts a digital adventure

The first two books in the best-selling kids series will be available as audio and interactive e-books, as well as a mobile game extension.

Best of the Year: marblemedia

The Toronto-based prodco is Playback‘s Transmedia producer of the year. Read on to find out how they are innovating in media’s newest storytelling space.

Social gaming with TIFF Nexus keynote Leigh Alexander

VIDEO: Playback catches up with gaming journalist and personality Leigh Alexander, keynote speaker at TIFF Nexus Women in Film, Games and New Media day on Dec. 9.

Cineplex’s Scene loyalty program expands

The movie rewards program has launched Scenetourage, awarding more points to users who see movies with family and friends.

NFB and CBC win at 2011 Digi Awards

The NFB’s Welcome to Pine Point multimedia story project took home the hardware for Best in Web Series.

Ford and Canon get interactive with Cineplex

The cinema chain’s new in-theatre ad technology allows the audience to participate in the outcome of two Ford short films.

andPOP.com goes Out to Lynch

The website is premiering a new online talk show, hosted by MTV and Much’s Ian Lynch, targeted at teens and featuring audience integration via social media.

Digital Launch Pad finalists announced

Previous winners of the award include Bitchin’ Kitchen and Xweighted.ca.

BBC Worldwide launches iPlayer app in Canada

The broadcaster’s VOD service offers both paid and premium models for content access.

The world’s a stage for Romeo Candido’s Prison Dancer

The transmedia series from the writer-director mixes musical numbers and mockumentary storytelling with blogging and social media elements – all in a bid for Broadway.