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Bell Fund invests in 15 projects in latest round

Tween series The Next Step, sci-fi series Primeval: New World and Quebec DJ doc Histoire de Deejays are among the selected projects.

Sales, distrib and awards roundup

FilmCAN’s Northwords (pictured), the NFB’s Bear71 and Best Boy Entertainment are among recent industry award winners.

Cookie Jar partners with Fuhu on kid-friendly tablet

The animation producer will provide library content for an Android tablet.

We’re looking for the New Establishment

We’re asking Playback‘s readers and industry insiders to help us identify the best and brightest of their peers for the inaugural award.

Digital media industry needs early stage financing to grow: report

The report, New Directions for the Financing of Interactive Digital Media in Canada also called for new business models in the country’s convergent media programs.

Secret Location launches industry Facebook app

Fanviewr allows content creators, distributor and producers to more easily make show websites, company founder and exec producer James Milward tells Playback.

TV subscription, license spending to hit $13B by 2016: PwC report

According to the report, consumer spending in Canada is projected to increase at 5.3% compound annual growth to 2016, versus 3.7% in the U.S.

Banff 2012: Canada Media Fund unveils Canadaonscreen.ca website

The online initiative aims to showcase and celebrate Canadian TV programming and digital content consumed widely at home and abroad.

Google Canada on how Canadians view 300 videos a month

Ahead of her WIFT-T International Women in Digital Media keynote, Google’s Sabrina Geremia discusses online monetization. (updated with clarification)

Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium plans cross-platform coverage

“When you get up in the morning, if you’re in front of a computer or TV, you’ll have a great amount of choice,” Adam Ashton, president of the broadcast consortium, tells Playback Daily.

Inside the Rockies with Jarrett Sherman

The Smokebomb Entertainment partner and executive producer of Totally Amp’d talks to Playback Daily about why a multi-platform content strategy is critical.

Mobile content revenues surpass $240M: report

Wireless phones in 2010 spun $43 billion in Canadian economic activity, U.K. consulting firm says.