HAMBURG, Germany – CIRA (Canadian Internet Registry Authority) and Dutch counterpart SIDN — registries of Canada’s .CA domain and Netherlands’ .NL domain, respectively — announced Tuesday a new partnership to jointly develop and build a new internet registry platform.
The code base and intellectual property of the product, known internally at CIRA as “Fury”, will be transferred to a jointly owned and managed corporation based in Canada, according to a press release.
Under the agreement, SIDN will be migrating .NL, the fourth largest country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the world, to the…
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MONTREAL – The governments of Quebec and Canada announced Monday they are investing more than $10 million combined to help non-profit organization Numana set up a multi-hub quantum communication test bed that will initially be available to use in the DistriQ Quantum Innovation Zone in Sherbrooke, Quebec, starting this month.
Additional test bed hubs are expected to open in Montreal and Quebec City in early 2024, according to a Numana announcement.
The Quebec government on Monday announced an investment of $4 million in the project, which is in addition to a $2.5-million…
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TORONTO – Streaming service Paramount+ in Canada, BIPOC TV & Film and the National Screen Institute (NSI) announced Monday they have partnered to launch the new Elevate program, providing business development mentorship and resources for BIPOC-owned production companies.
The 13-month Elevate program runs from January 2024 to March 2025. Applications are now open until Nov. 30 and eligible participants can apply here.
“Through the ELEVATE program, participants will be provided with tailored mentorship and coaching, expert financial and business guidance, access to industry decision-makers and networks and critical resources to help bridge…
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MONTREAL/TORONTO – Telefilm Canada on Thursday announced it has released its Indigenous Reconciliation Plan “as part of the continual nature of reconciliation and a desire to maintain a reciprocal relationship with Indigenous creators and partners,” according to a statement.
The plan was crafted through a collaborative process spanning over two years, gathering input from Telefilm’s Indigenous Working Group meetings, personal interactions with filmmakers, and dialogues with key Indigenous partner organizations, Telefilm says.
“As a living document, this plan will be informed by ongoing consultation, partnership, as well as industry and community needs. The…
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Never before have Canadians had access to so much content — movies, TV shows, news, documentaries, video games and hilarious clips — from around the globe. Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok — an endless list of services and apps bringing the entire world to our fingertips.
Yet many of us live in this digital world alone, isolated. So where do we meet people from our neighbourhood? There is a place: the public library. Today’s library is not just a place to borrow books — it’s a community hub, a multimedia studio and a place to learn languages and new…
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OTTAWA – The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) announced Tuesday a number of changes to its board of directors that include long-time board member Jim Deane assuming the role of chair.
Until his retirement from Regina-based Access Communications earlier this year, Deane had served as Access CEO since 2000. He has been a CPAC director for more than 20 years “and brings a wealth of institutional knowledge to the role” of board chair, says a press release announcing CPAC’s board changes.
Pam Dinsmore, vice-president of regulatory for cable at Rogers Communications, is joining the CPAC…
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OTTAWA – Connectivity-powered digital transformation of Canadian businesses can play a key role in Canada’s efforts to achieve its climate change commitments, according to a new report by Accenture commissioned by the Canadian Telecommunications Association (CTA) and released on Tuesday.
This new report is a follow-up to a previous Accenture report published in October 2020, titled Accelerating 5G in Canada: The Role of 5G in the Fight Against Climate Change, which predicted how 5G would make wireless networks more efficient and quantified the total carbon abatement potential.
The new Accenture report, called Canada’s next sustainability frontier: Powering…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s TVA Group announced Monday the appointment of Patrick Jutras as president of MELS, its film and television production services division, effective Oct. 2.
Jutras will be tasked with accelerating MELS’s growth and strengthening its business relationships, both locally and internationally, to attract even more major productions to its studios and postproduction service facilities, says a press release announcing his appointment.
His new responsibilities will be in addition to those he has held since 2019 as chief advertising officer of Quebecor Media and TVA Group, the release explains.
With…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The CRTC has set Friday who will be subject to regulation under the new Broadcasting Act regulations as part of its implementation of the new Online Streaming Act, setting the threshold at $10 million and higher in annual broadcasting revenues in Canada.
The new entities will need to register by November 28, 2023, so that the regulator can keep tabs on them.
Registering requires the entities to provide their basic information like name, phone number, mailing and email addresses, what services they offer and out of where they are incorporated.
The CRTC said it will publish the list…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada, Verizon, Vodafone and virtual reality app maker Matsuko recently conducted the first live transatlantic collaborative meeting connecting holograms of people in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. using 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) technology, Bell announced Monday.
The three telecoms came together under the auspices of the 5G Future Forum (5GFF) industry body for this first-of-its-kind demonstration, which saw holograms of employees located in three different countries connected from Toronto using Bell’s 5G network, from New York using Verizon’s 5G network and from London using Vodafone’s 5G network.
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