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Interactive
Whistler Film Fest: Switch United wins $2,000 convergent pitch prize
A twist on a reality series from Vancouver-based Switch United has landed the $2,000 cash prize at the Merging Media pitch session at the Whistler Film Festival’s Summit.
Whistler Film Fest: Listen to the fans, say digital experts
It’s more important to appeal to everyone in a small, targeted group – like fanboys, for example – rather than a large, broad group, says Benedict Carver.
Searching for the digital long tail
There’s nothing new in the Internet’s long tail.
Grey Cup runneth over
Overnight data from BBM has the Grey Cup audience at 6.04 million viewers – only slightly behind last year’s record 6.1 million viewers.
Astral radio stations get mobile streaming apps
Astral Media is to launch mobile streaming applications for its traditional radio station listeners early in 2011.
The digital earthquake is coming
The open Internet is being closed and colonized by digital giants like Apple, Netflix and Facebook that stand to control the media business for a generation, according to Newser.com founder Michael Wolff.
Bell Fund, CMF and OMDC talk interactive funding
Hoping to put more emphasis on development, Andra Sheffer announced at Interactive Ontario’s iLunch last Friday that the Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund will soon be accepting applications to its development program on a monthly basis.
Tim Burton launches Twitter script project alongside Lightbox exhibition
Tim Burton, passing through Toronto to help launch his MOMA exhibition at Bell Lightbox, has invited his fans to help pen an online story for his Stainboy character via Twitter.
New Tricon, Shark Teeth series steps onto CBBC website
Toronto prodcos Tricon Films & Television and Shark Teeth Films are launching a new CGI/live-action kids series, Smallfoot, on CBBC’s new online platform My Toons.
Gomez hosts transmedia bootcamp
Jeff Gomez, president and CEO of New York-based transmedia producer Starlight Runner, will be stopping in Toronto next week to host KidScreen’s Transmedia Bootcamp. Ahead of the workshop, he shares a few insights with Playback Daily.
Cineplex goes mobile for movies
Pick the night and let the app choose your film and theatre. That’s the aim with Cineplex Entertainment’s new mobile app, available as a free download for smartphones and select digital devices from Wednesday (November 24).
Taking digital media’s pulse in Canada
An ambitious census project by Pixel to Product Research is aiming to fill what it sees as a gap in available data on the burgeoning industry.
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