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Interactive
Cookie Jar jumps into Mudpit production
CBC Studio 40 in Toronto is currently playing home to the production of Cookie Jar’s Mudpit, which kicked off November 17.
Cineplex launches download-to-own, VOD services
Cineplex is joining the digital download game, as the company launches its Download To Own (DTO) and VOD service today, with thousands of titles available at Cineplex.com.
New Playhouse Disney Canada series backed with interactive
Toronto-based interactive studio zinc Roe is collaborating with production company Radical Sheep to develop an interactive extension of the new preschool series Stella and Sam, which premieres January 9 on Playhouse Disney in Canada.
Breakthrough explores original IP through games
Seeing the creative freedom in non-TV properties, Breakthrough Entertainment’s new media division is exploring new IPs by teaming up with Toronto’s TransGaming Technologies.
National Film Board builds Highrise
Out My Window, coming to the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam this week, is a 360-degree interactive documentary from director Katerina Cizek. It’s also the first installment of the NFB’s Highrise project – a multimedia, multi-year initiative that will give viewers a glimpse behind the concrete facades of high-rise apartments around the world.
Nick to launch interactive story book apps
Nickelodeon has joined forces with Montreal-based iPhone app developer Budge Studios to develop and publish children’s storybook apps for the iPhone and iPad based on its popular preschool shows.
Nerdscreen: TED Talks for games
When describing what Gamercamp is all about, Mark Rabo and Jaime Woo drew distinct parallels with TED Talks.
CTV pays tribute to Remembrance Day
CTV News Channel is leading the net’s coverage plans of Thursday’s Remembrance Day ceremonies from Ottawa.
MIGS turns to convergence
The two-day Montreal International Game Summit kicks off November 8, and is emphasizing the convergence between film and gaming.
Bringing Juno to life for Remembrance Day
Telling the true gritty stories of war can be quite the undertaking. Throwing an interactive component on top of that? Even more so. Here’s how new media house Secret Location, Windup Filmworks and Shaw Media brought docudrama film Storming Juno to life in the digital world.
TV and new media producers must work together, says Bell Fund
There’s a fundamental problem when it comes to communication between partners, according to Andra Sheffer, executive director of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, and that needs to change.
BCE secures VOD rights to CTV series
No surprise here: BCE’s Bell Fibe TV has secured the VOD distribution rights to virtually all of CTV’s primetime programming.
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