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Virtual Innovations: U.K. behind sked on DTV

Much like the train system in the U.K., digital television is coming in later than the timetable suggested it would do. The E.T.A. touted around for the coming of the digital broadcast was this month; the date now looks more like…

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Virtual Innovations: New interactivity standard for Web TV

While the Internet’s World Wide Web works great as a fancy display device, the real power of the Web lies in interactivity. Indeed, with the right interactive programming, a Website can be transformed into a sophisticated marketing and sales tool that…

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Fundy getting boxes

Saint John-based Fundy Communications has announced plans to bring digital video compression to its New Brunswick customers with the introduction of a digital set-top box by November or December of this year….

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Rogers turf war rages on

With two months until the 1998/99 nfl season kicks off, still no official word from the crtc on complaints filed by ExpressVu against Rogers Cablesystems and its pay-per-view football deal….

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Virtual Innovations: Canucks score at BDA Awards

Representatives of Canada’s broadcast design industry acquitted themselves in fine style as the home team at the BDA Design Awards Show, held on the third night of the Promax and BDA Conference and Exposition in Toronto, June 17-20. In total, Canadian…

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Virtual Innovations: On The Move

– Warren Pratt has been named president of Toronto-based Alias|Wavefront, replacing the departing Penny Wilson. Pratt had been with Silicon Graphics for over seven years, recently as senior VP of SGI’s Silicon Interactive division….

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Insight courting offers

Like one of the adolescent characters on its popular series Ready or Not, 15-year-old Insight Productions is experiencing growing pains….

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Telescene heats up in August

Montreal: With shooting on the 20th Century tv teen sitcom Student Bodies underway, Telescene Film Group has started a production schedule of half-hour series and tv movie/pilots which president and ceo Robin Spry says will culminate in the delivery of approximately…

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Newsworld announces fall lineup

CBC Newsworld’s fall lineup offers some old faces in new places and a schedule that includes nine new daily and weekly programs, effective Sept. 7….

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Quebec Scene: Jag, Haute Surveillance light up new SDA slate

Montreal: The lights are on at SDA Productions following recent financing developments and as creative and production personnel get ready to run….