In advance of Feb. 4 premiere of the homegrown series produced by Force Four Entertainment, City is launching an interactive app that lets users make a baby, and an online sneak peek of the first episode.
Canada’s Youth Media Alliance (YMA) has officially launched its English-language Awards of Excellence, which honor achievement in TV programming and digital content for young viewers over the past two years.
Other conference speakers will include Erik Martin, general manager of reddit.com, Mark Gbuneim, CEO of Wiredset and Trendrr and Strategic Partnerships Google’s Ipsa Desai.
The broadcaster is working with the NHL team on 24CH, which will offer fans behind-the-scenes coverage of the entire Habs season on mobile, digital and TV.
From the rebranding of mobile advertising to dual screen viewing, the company predicts the media trends that will make a splash this year.
The strategic agreements between the two telecommunications companies also see Shaw acquiring Rogers’ one-third stake in entertainment specialty TVtropolis.
The company’s head of agency development and sales operations uncovers some of the major trends at the show, including launches in digital fitness, in-car apps and paper thin tablets.
Kicking off the 25th anniversary of The Elephant Show starring Sharon, Lois, and Bram, Toronto, Canada-based CCI Entertainment has released the first app based on the sing-along series.
The app, called illico.tv, facilitates either linear or video-on-demand viewing of 40 television channels and thousands of hours of programming, in French and English.
The app was developed for Epitome Pictures by Ottawa mobile app developer Bitheads using Mobovivo’s application programming interface.
The most recent data from Mobilens suggests the reach of smartphones and other devices has grown quickly in the Canadian market in the past year.
Game developer Ubisoft Quebec has partnered with Toys ‘R’ Us to launch Toys ‘R’ Us Towers, a new free-to-play toy store simulation game on Facebook.