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JumpTV to merge with NeuLion

Toronto shop turns down offer from MySpace founder in favor of IPTV provider

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Virgin exec forecasts decline of TV

BANFF: NextMEDIA wrapped and the Banff World Television Festival kicked off June 8 with a warning to producers of tough times ahead from crossover keynote speaker Malcolm Wall, CEO of content for Virgin Media of the U.K.

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TVO jumps in with Joost

Educational documentaries from TVO are the latest Canadian offerings to join Joost

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CBC bets on viral success with SeenThis?

Pubcaster hopes more content will get shared through social networking and Facebook tool

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Degrassi gets virtual with vSide

CTV’s next-gen high-schoolers move into online world to promo windup of season seven

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Canwest launches Amex web channel

Membership has its privileges, apparently

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The upside of new media deals

Mark Hand is a cross-media content specialist who provides creative writing and consulting services to film and television producers looking to develop cross-media properties. He can be reached at mark@markhand.ca.

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nextMEDIA 2008: Conference finds value in digital content

It’s nextMEDIA time again, when nearly 400 digital media mavens converge on Banff, June 6-8, to buzz about this brave newfangled world of ‘content creation,’ ‘multiplatform strategy,’ ‘convergence’ and ‘viable business models.’

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nextMEDIA 2008: Canada’s digital media giants

Canada is one of the leading digital territories in the world, with the Internet quickly gaining on TV and radio in terms of how much time Canadians spend on them, according to a CRTC report.

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JumpTV merges with NeuLion

Companies come together looking to create Internet TV giant

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Shaftesbury buys Smokebomb

Execs put in charge of new digital media division at Toronto shop

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Banff opens with gloomy forecast

Tough times ahead for television, says Virgin CEO, predicting massive loss of market over next 10 years. ‘More money will shift online’