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Clues to the future in CRTC reports
One study says a levy on ISPs could be used to back new media production, while another says the public won’t go for it
Digital Media: Mobile film an official TIFF selection
When Motorola handed filmmaker Pat Mills a camera phone and told him to make a movie, little did he know that the resulting film, Pat’s First Kiss, would do the festival circuit, including a stop at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
Tories may axe Canada New Media Fund
Responding to a report that Telefilm Canada’s $14.5 million interactive fund may be cancelled, the feds insist no decision has been made
Canwest goes big online
Looking to bridge the digital media gap with CTVgm, the broadcaster will roll out a host of returning and new dramas on its websites this fall
Digital Media: Nightingale puts money where its mouth is
Most independent television producers are starting to get into the cross-platform game, but how many are willing to put their own money on the line? Count Toronto’s The Nightingale Company for one.
Op-Ed: Difficult, but not impossible
The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered last month in Australia by Kim Dalton, director of television at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, that country’s leading public broadcaster.
Smash Quebec shorts arrive in English
The creators of the wildly popular Têtes à claques Internet site – which has emerged as the biggest pop culture phenomenon to hit la belle province since the TV talent show Star Academie – are taking a major risk this week: they are launching their satirical online skits en anglais.
Cineplex playing games
Chain to rent out theaters for private Xbox sessions
Saddle Club goes online
Virtual version of horse series in the works at GS New Media
Internet and TV go hand-in-hand
Time spent web-surfing doesn’t affect channel-surfing, says survey
Digital Media: Op-Ed — Online broadcasting: time to tame the Wild West
Bill Roberts is the president and CEO of broadcaster S-VOX, parent company of VisionTV
The Burning Question
Blame it on Just for Laughs, but a lot of comics chimed in following a recent report that found Canadians trail the developed world in cell phone ownership, raising questions about how quickly we will take to 3G features like video and wireless Internet. And so, hoping to get at least a few straight answers, we ask:
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