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IPF renews web series program

The web series funding program will be back for another year, as the Independent Production Fund announces that it will continue support of the format.

RollBots rolls out through Asia

Ottawa-based Amberwood Entertainment has secured several TV and DVD licenses for RollBots in Asia.

Hundreds of new titles head to Netflix.ca

Thanks to new licensing agreements with CBC, Cookie Jar and FremantleMedia Enterprises – along with an extension of its deals with New Video, Maple Pictures and Sony – Netflix.ca will be adding a raft of new TV and film titles to its existing offering.

Connor Undercover online game launched

In the latest Canadian online TV extension, indie producer Heroic Interactive has launched the online multiplayer game Spy Alliance to complement the tween TV series Connor Undercover.

Trans-media production: three heads are better than one

Just how collaborative is trans-media story-telling? That question came up Friday at the latest iLunch 9 gathering as panelists considered how best to secure partners to tell stories across multiple media platforms.

Integrate the net into media mix or lose CanCon: WGC

Regulation is not a dirty word. That was the message from the Writers Guild of Canada to a Heritage Committee formed to examine an issue which has flummoxed policy makers and industry leaders around the globe: media convergence.

Kids projects nab Bell Fund money

Of the 21 projects receiving production grants from the October 1 round of applications to the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, half are aimed at the kids demo

BroadbandTV launches Game On upload software

Online video game aggregator BroadbandTV has launched Game On, a uploader of gaming content to its dedicated YouTube gaming channel.

Cogeco and CHCH pact to test-drive ad insertion technology

Looking to open the frontiers of personalized TV commercials, Cogeco Cable is to test-drive its new targeted advertising software from Invidi Technologies on the CHCH TV network in Ontario.

Paperny lands $300k from Bell Fund for Eat St.

Vancouver prodco Paperny Films has been awarded a grant of over $300,000 for its project Eat St. Tweet.

Whistler Film Fest: On the future of content

One of the key changes facing storytellers today is that listeners want to get involved in the storytelling, says Don Carmody.

Here come The Digis

The Canadian New Media Awards have rebranded as the Canadian Digital Media Awards, or The Digis.