Internet start-up AmebaTV has soft-launched its new children’s service, and says it is in the process of shipping set-top boxes to parents around Canada. The Winnipeg-based company looks to deliver child-appropriate and ad-free shows directly to viewers via the Internet, and recently took delivery on its first proprietary set-top boxes, made by U.K.-based CompleteTV.

A team of filmmakers, scientists and psychologists has raised over $1.4 million in funding for York University’s 3D FLIC – a two-year effort with assorted film industry partners intended to spur on more 3D film production in Toronto and throughout the province.

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This year stands to be a watershed in the production and marketing of 3D TVs across the globe. While some companies, such as Mitsubishi, have had a 3D TV model on the market since 2006, the number of actual units in living rooms worldwide is estimated at a relatively minuscule two million. However, consumer electronics manufacturers are gunning to multiply that number manyfold in the coming quarters. As such, majors like Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi and Philips are busily readying 3D-enabled TVs for mass-market distribution.

Funding agencies and other industry players need to do more to adapt to YouTube and iTunes, which are driving Canadian Internet users to American content, or risk the eventual marginalization of Canadian content online.

When Cookie Jar Entertainment acquired DIC Entertainment in 2008, the company found itself with a vast kids library, much of which had not seen the small screen in some time. So after studying models employed by popular video streaming sites like YouTube and Hulu, SVP of digital media Kenneth Locker and his team decided to develop a strategic plan to showcase CJ’s 5,000-plus animated eps (ranging from 1980s classic Inspector Gadget to Johnny Test), on recently launched streaming site Jaroo.com.