MONTREAL and SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Marking “a significant milestone” in their strategic partnership, Bell Canada and Google Cloud announced today Bell is deploying Google Distributed Cloud Edge for core network functions.
“This is the world’s first implementation of core network functions on Google Distributed Cloud Edge, a fully managed product that brings Google Cloud’s infrastructure and services closer to where the data is being generated and consumed,” explains a press release.
With this solution, “Bell is able to reimagine its network to drive several key outcomes”, including greater scalability, efficiency, innovation and flexibility, according to the press release.
Bell is transforming to…
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TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (the Canadian Academy) announced yesterday it is launching an eight-month Executive Residency Program, which will match working professionals who are Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour with high-level executives.
This new initiative is designed “to break down the barriers that currently exist for the next generation of creative executives and business leaders,” a press release explains.
A cohort of five to eight participants will be selected for the inaugural year.
This national program includes “job shadowing at an executive level, monthly meetings with the cohort led by the community partners, bi-weekly…
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OTTAWA – Ericsson and Carleton University announced today they have established a new $2-million Ericsson Chair in 5G Wireless Research as part of their already existing partnership, the Ericsson-Carleton University Partnership for Research and Leadership in Wireless Networks.
The Ericsson Chair in 5G Wireless Research is held by Ioannis Lambadaris (above), Chancellor’s professor in Carleton’s systems and computer engineering department, and is designed “to explore solutions to the real-world application challenges of 5G,” a press release says.
Ericsson Canada invested $1 million to establish the chair, which was matched by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Alliance…
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TORONTO — The Ontario government announced today it is providing more than $11.4 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to support the film and television industry in Northern Ontario.
Earlier this month, Ontario announced $2 million in funding to support the film and TV industry in North Bay specifically.
In today’s announcement, the government said a total of 27 projects across Northern Ontario are receiving NOHFC funding.
This includes:
$1 million for Spinner Productions Inc. to produce the six-episode TV series Shoresy in Sudbury
$500,000 for Sienna Films Productions XVIII Inc. to produce the feature film…
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TORONTO — Saloon Media, a Blue Ant Media company, today announced several appointments as part of the production company’s continued expansion in North America.
Betty Orr (above, left) has been appointed to senior vice-president of production, Pam McNair (centre) is now a production executive, and Elizabeth St. Philip (right) is now a senior producer at Saloon Media.
“These personnel moves will see Orr take on an expanded executive role, and bring McNair and St. Philip, who have worked with the company on award-winning projects, including Canada’s Drag Race and 9/11 Kids respectively, to the production team in a full-time capacity,” reads a press release announcing…
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BRANDON, Man. – Westman Communications Group (WCG) announced yesterday its board of directors appointed Dr. Tim Berube (above) as the company’s new president and CEO, effective March 28, 2022.
Berube is taking the role over from Dave Baxter, who announced his retirement last September.
“The Board of Directors would like to thank outgoing President & CEO, Dave Baxter, for his leadership over the last 26 years,” said Jason Roblin, chair of the WCG board of directors, in a press release.
“In the rapidly changing telecommunications industry, he has led his team to provide all our communities and many new previously underserved…
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NORTH BAY – The Government of Ontario announced today it is providing $2 million to support the film and television industry in North Bay through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation.
“This investment will help create jobs, attract talent and boost economic growth, improving quality of life for those who live in northern communities,” a press release says.
The funding is being allocated to four projects, which will each receive $500,000. Three of the projects are for made-for-television movies. These include HP Time Productions Inc.’s My Angel’s Christmas List, HP Cold Productions Inc.’s Great Christmas Switch and HP A Lot of…
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Also urges everyone to keep the C-11 debate “on facts”
By Amanda OYE
MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE Pablo Rodriguez (above, right) wants his daughter to grow up with Canadian music and Canadian productions – and the newly announced Bill C-11 can help ensure this, he said today, during a fireside chat on the final day of the Canadian Media Producers Association’s Prime Time conference.
Rodriguez joined Erin Haskett (above left), president and executive producer at Lark Productions, for a conversation that addressed a range of topics including the importance of Bill C-11 (also known as the Online Streaming Act), and gave…
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GATINEAU – The Government of Canada today announced it is extending its Short-Term Compensation Fund (STCF) for Canadian audiovisual production until March 31, 2023.
“While it is encouraging that many productions have already resumed thanks to the Fund’s support, there is still a pressing need for this program, especially as the public health situation continues to evolve,” a Canadian Heritage press release says.
Telefilm Canada, which has been administering the funds since the program was launched in October 2020, “will continue to provide as much as $150 million in compensation until 2023 to production companies whose filming has been interrupted…
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SECOND SCREENING, BRAIN DRAIN and the metaverse are all topics addressed by the Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) upcoming key trends report, according to the sneak peek given today at the Canadian Media Producers Association’s Prime Time conference.
The 2022 report, which is the 10th edition of CMF’s key trends report, is titled Where no screen has gone before. It considers how some changes brought on by the pandemic “are becoming the new normal,” Catherine Mathys, the CMF’s director of industry and market trends told the virtual Prime Time audience.
The report is made up of four chapters – audience consumption shifts,…
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