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Drop in P2P file sharing causes Bell to stop web throttling
In an open letter to the CRTC, Bell execs say that changing user habits, and the company’s investment in web infrastructure, mean it will no longer manage internet traffic in peak hours.
Canadians watch most online video globally: ComScore
The measurement service’s inaugural Video Metrix study reveals that Canadians watch the highest number of videos per viewer in the world, ahead of the U.S. and the U.K.
Best of the Year: marblemedia
The Toronto-based prodco is Playback‘s Transmedia producer of the year. Read on to find out how they are innovating in media’s newest storytelling space.
First Weekend Club moves closer to Canadian Virtual Cinema
The non-profit organization’s president, Anita Adams, talks to Playback about securing the first round of funding for the beta launch of its VOD Canadian film project.
NFB and CBC win at 2011 Digi Awards
The NFB’s Welcome to Pine Point multimedia story project took home the hardware for Best in Web Series.
‘She Takes On The World’ blog wins Digital Launch Pad
Natalie MacNeil’s blog for career-minded women beat out a host of web series and Nathon Gunn’s Social Game Universe for the conference prize.
Rainmaker hires Circle of Confusion for digi platform expansion
The U.S. management company will mine the Canadian animation studio’s current slate of characters and storylines to develop new properties for online, mobile, gaming and social media.
Bell Media acquires Kiefer Sutherland web series for Audi promotion
The broadcaster secures exclusive Canadian rights to The Confession for its CTV.ca, CTV Mobile and CTV iPad app platforms.
The world’s a stage for Romeo Candido’s Prison Dancer
The transmedia series from the writer-director mixes musical numbers and mockumentary storytelling with blogging and social media elements – all in a bid for Broadway.
eOne’s Peppa Pig gets digital makeover
The popular U.K. cartoon series has a new website, an online store, a Twitter account and a dedicated Facebook page.
AToMiC: Citroen races through the Twitter-sphere
In the second edition of a new series covering innovation in the media landscape, we take a look at a new Citroen marketing campaign that puts social media users in the driver’s seat.
CRTC rules against usage-based billing in internet ruling
The regulator proposes a dual billing system for third-party internet service providers based on flat rates or forecasted capacity.
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