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Fresh capital for GlassBOX

Upstart broadcaster behind Bite TV restructures, raises $5 million from backers including Atlantis cofounder Ted Riley and CHUM ex-chief Jay Switzer

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Countdown to Banff: nextMEDIA addresses value of digital content

Panels at this year’s digital conference will tackle content creation, multiple-platform strategies, and, of course, business models

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Media moguls mean business online

Kate Hanley, B.A., LL.B., is president of Digital Theory Media Consulting, which specializes in assisting traditional players exploit opportunities in digital media. She can be contacted at khanley@digitaltheory.ca

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Rogers gets its MTV

‘Massive’ and multi-platform team-up pushes free music on multiple platforms. Plus social networking, of course

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CTV seeks amateur footage

New site calls on public to submit photos and video of breaking news

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PunchMuch teams with MyThum

Moving beyond text, music channel to put user-generated pictures on air in real time

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Hold out for more, and stay off YouTube

Balancing exposure with revenue is key when selling documentary shorts to new media platforms, said distributors at a closing session of the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.

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Lost, Grey’s, ‘wives go online at CTV

CTV has closed a deal to run three more U.S. series on its site, adding Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives.

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CosmoTV voting goes mobile

The contest looking for hot guys is down to 12 finalists, and the channel is letting users vote online for free or by cell phone for a fee

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Online media ‘essential’ to Canucks

We’ve been neglecting our blogs, but use of Facebook, podcasts and the like remain big, says survey touted as the most detailed yet of ‘social media revolution’

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Sex, food, bodybuilding

Canoe.tv is launching a new web series in a bid to draw viewers with underground talent, sports, sex investigations, bodybuilding and food dilemmas

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Hot stuff on Showcase

Channel launches a web-only show about three indie rock nerds running an Internet radio venture…complete with playlists