TORONTO – The Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University (DMZ) is calling 2013 its best year so far after raising $24.5 million in seed funding and adding 48 new start-ups.
The DMZ is one of Canada's largest incubators and multidisciplinary co-working spaces for young entrepreneurs and is home to both start-ups and industry solution-providers. By offering experiential learning and business success through an ecosystem of education and entrepreneurship, emerging leaders may fast-track their product launches and grow their companies by connecting with mentors, customers and each other.
DMZ start-ups and alumni companies attracted $24.5 million in seed funding last year from sources including…
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MONTREAL – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm Canada are seeking suggestions and ideas from the industry on how best to promote Canadian productions and talent at upcoming MIPTV and MIPCOM events in 2014.
In 2012, Canada was featured as Country of Honour at MIPCOM where combined marketing, public relations and media strategies heightened awareness of Canadian productions and talent as well as positioned the country as a strong co-production partner. Several Canadian industry partners have since continued to work together with the CMF and Telefilm Canada at subsequent MIPTV and MIPCOM markets in 2013. Click here for…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s Governor General has joined the list of notable keynote speakers at next month’s CMPA’s Prime Time In Ottawa conference.
Scheduled for February 19 -21, 2014 at the Westin Ottawa, Prime Time in Ottawa is a national networking event designed for Canadian business leaders from the feature film, television, interactive media, broadcasting and telecommunications industries.
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will speak at Thursday's keynote luncheon on the vital role of Canadian film and television in our culture and economy, as well as its place as a major Canadian export to the world. He will also address…
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NEW YORK – Video advertising decision makers are optimistic about what the majority see as the continuing shift of video viewing across devices, despite lingering challenges surrounding measurement, leadership between digital and traditional media teams, and the best use of technology to recognize the advertising benefits.
That was the key finding of Optimism Despite Unresolved Issues About Video Advertising, an independent, commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Videology, one of the world's largest video advertising platforms.
The survey included 150 advertisers, media companies and agencies across the U.S. and Canada and was designed to explore the hypothesis that…
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NEW YORK – The Fantasy Sports Network is preparing to launch in Canada and the U.S. on March 4, its parent company Anthem Media Group revealed Tuesday.
The network said it will be available across traditional, over-the-top, online and mobile video platforms, offering interactive fantasy sports programming in a linear stream, as a video-on-demand service and as an application. Programming will include live studio and call-in shows, celebrity and expert drafts, reality programming, and on-site commentary from sports venues, all geared to the estimated 40 million people who play fantasy sports annually and on a daily basis.
“This project has been two…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Inc. kicked off its fiscal 2014 with a 20.7% increase in profits thanks to growth in its cable division, and told investors that it is currently testing a new “evolved video distribution platform”.
When asked if the new initiative is designed to cut costs, generate revenue, or assist with customer retention, president and CEO Louis Audet was quick to respond with “all of the above.”
“We anticipate that, in the fullness of time, the equipment to support this new advanced video platform will in fact be more advantageous than some of the proprietary technology that we are locked…
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TORONTO – More than 2.5 million Canadian households will have multiple TV subscriptions by the end of this year, paying for TV through both a traditional distributor as well as at least one other OTT (over-the-top) TV service, up over 150% from 2012 levels.
By the end of 2014, the number of households that will pay for a second basket of TV content in Canada will be more than 100 times greater than the number of households that have cut the cord in 2013, and cancelled their subscription TV, according to the much-anticipated Deloitte 2014 Technology Media & Telecommunications…
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TORONTO – For those hoping Wind Mobile would continue to build from struggling start-up into a strong, fourth national wireless competitor, those hopes were dealt a major blow Monday when Globalive Wireless, Wind’s parent in Canada, officially pulled out of the 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction beginning Tuesday.
In a statement released Monday afternoon, the Canadian wireless upstart said "Wind Mobile’s shareholder VimpelCom decided not to fund Wind Mobile’s participation in this auction, but confirmed that it remains in discussions with the federal government and Wind Mobile’s other shareholder AAL Holding to craft a path forward that will continue to…
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THE 10 COMPANIES vying for beachfront spectrum in Industry Canada’s 700 MHz auction set to begin Tuesday will have to navigate a complicated format that moves through various stages from interest in spectrum blocks to packages of licences and ultimately to specific frequencies.
During an Industry Canada technical briefing on the auction on Monday, a senior official with the department noted that this format, called a combinatorial clock auction (CCA), is now commonly used around the world. It’s used “because it features package bidding and eliminates what is known as exposure risk, which in layman’s terms is getting some but…
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TORONTO – Domenic Vivolo has been named executive vice-president, content sales, and distribution marketing at Bell Media effective immediately, the company announced Monday.
Reporting to president Kevin Crull, Vivolo, pictured, will lead Bell Media's content distribution team. He replaces Bart Yabsley who has left the company.
Vivolo was previously SVP and GM, pay TV, where he oversaw the marketing, sales, creative services, market research, interactive media, integrated marketing solutions, and customer relations departments for The Movie Network, HBO Canada, and Viewers Choice Canada. He joined Bell Media in 2013 as part of the Astral transaction. Before joining Astral in 2000, Vivolo…
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