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+++ Selection Process for Canadian New Media Awards Begins
+++ CyberSecure Scores Microsoft Gold
+++ Celine's New CD Causing Stir in Europe
+++ Canada Post and Cybersurf Sued
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+++ TVO and Bank of Montreal Create Career Site
+++ Win with OnTarget's Online Human Resource Site
+++ Bank of Canada Site Adds Moreover Newsfeed
+++ Yahoo! Canada Movies Now Online
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+++ Canada Joins SMS Revolution
+++ Delvinia Launches CD-ROM for the City of Toronto
///// AWARDS & FUNDING //////////
+++ Canadian e-Content Awards Announced
+++ Applications Accepted for Telefilm Funding
+++ Banff Television Festival's CyberPitch
///// DEALS //////////
+++ Research in Motion Invades Hong Kong
///// GREAT IDEAS //////////
+++ RavenCam Back Online
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+++ Sheridan College "Skip Intro" Open House
+++ e-literacy: OnTarget
+++ Canadian New Media Awards
+++ Net2002
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+++ Selection Process for Canadian New Media Awards Begins
A selection committee comprised of over 120 new media professionals
from across the country will select finalists and winners for this
year's Canadian New Media Awards. Committee members are new media
experts representing private and public companies as well as
non-profit organizations and new media associations. Finalists will
be announced on April 29 and winners will be celebrated on May 27 in
Toronto. Visit the CNMA Web site for more information and details on
purchasing tickets.
http://www.cnma.ca
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+++ CyberSecure Scores Microsoft Gold
New Brunswick's CyberSecure has been selected as the first Canadian
company to join Microsoft's Gold Certified Partner for Security
Solutions designation. Only 10 companies worldwide have received the
honor. The Gold program is a Microsoft initiative announced recently
"which seeks to ensure that all Microsoft customers have secure,
private and reliable computing experiences." "This designation not
only increases our strong corporate reputation as a security company,
it shows the market that we are one of the best in the world," said
Ryan Groom, CEO, CyberSecure.
http://www.cybersecure.ca
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+++ Celine's New CD Causing Stir in Europe
The Internet chat rooms are abuzz with news about Celine Dion's latest
disc, but not all the chitchat is complimentary. It seems that the
Epic/Sony CD entitled "A New Day Has Come," has been released in
Germany and several other European countries embedded with Key2Audio
copy protection, rendering the CD unplayable on any computer CD
player. If users try to play the CD on either a PC or a Macintosh,
the computer will likely crash. Sony says both the disc and the front
cover warn consumers that the CD will not play on computers and
likewise insist that reports that the "intentional corruption of the
disc's session data could unpredictably affect the drive's firmware"
are not true. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130676
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+++ Canada Post and Cybersurf Sued
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Canada Post and
Calgary's Cybersurf. The suit, filed by a man in Burlington, alleges
that the "companies failed to honour promises of free, unlimited
Internet access for life" via a CD-ROM sold at post offices last year
for $9.95. The Toronto Star reports that "about 140,000 people
purchased the product before Cybersurf began charging $9.95 for the
service." (Source: Toronto Star)
http://www.cybersurf.net
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+++ TVO and Bank of Montreal Create Career Site
The Bank of Montreal has partnered with TVOntario to launch a new
career site for students. CareeerMATTERS is a free, Ontario-focused
"exploration Website that will allow young people to learn about a
wide variety of occupations in the province." The site will offer
descriptions of hundreds of jobs in the province, with information on
the types of courses each would require. Other information will
include distance learning opportunities, apprenticeship programs,
trades training and access to TVO's Job Matters, short video profiles
currently airing on TVO.
http://www.tvontario.org/release13.html
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+++ Bank of Canada Site Adds Moreover Newsfeed
The Bank of Canada has joined forces with San Francisco based Moreover
Technologies to provide news updates to their site. Moreover
automatically monitors and quickly-changes online information that
will be of interest to users of the Bank of Canada's site. Moreover
says its "Connected Intelligence (CI) Solutions fully integrates
targeted, time-sensitive information into any corporate intranet or
portal -- providing a continuous flow of critical information
delivered within minutes of publication, no matter where it first
surfaces on the Web." Topics covered at the Bank of Canada's site
include Fed Watch, Canadian News, Securities, Banking and Commodities
news updates.
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/news-feed.htm
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+++ Yahoo! Canada Movies Now Online
Movie fans can now book their film tickets online through Yahoo!
Canada Movies. Claiming to be the first Canadian portal to offer the
service, users cannot only purchase tickets, but access movie
information and trailers, search showtimes, find Canadian theatre
locations, and find information in a massive database covering
thousands of movies, actors and directors.
http://ca.movies.yahoo.com
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+++ Delvinia Launches CD-ROM for the City of Toronto
Delvinia Inc. recently completed a new promotional CD-ROM for the
City of Toronto's Economic Development Office. Entitled, 'Click With
Toronto', the CD-ROM is designed to be a tool for promoting Toronto
as a viable business location, while simultaneously testing the
impact of new media techniques in bolstering the city's existing
marketing approach. Upon winning the proposal call process in August
of last year, Delvinia partnered with the Economic Development Office
in an effort that was strategic and imaginative in its approach to
this new medium. The result is a dynamic new tool that highlights
Toronto's innovation and diversity, and is targeted at professionals
responsible for relocation decisions within North America. "The
CD-ROM is a great example of strategic thinking combined with
creative design and presentation, easy navigation and substantive
content," said Carl Knipfel, Marketing Manager, Economic Development
and Tourism for the City of Toronto. "We believe it will be a
powerful tool for the user to discover more about what Toronto has
to offer and for us to learn more about how our clients use
electronic media."
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca
http://www.delvinia.com
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+++ Canada Joins SMS Revolution
Better late than never, the Canadian mobile-phone industry has finally
selected CMG Wireless Data Solutions to design a gateway for short
message service (SMS). Previously users could only send text messages
to customers using the same service. The new system, which should be
in place "this year," will allow Telus, Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility
and Fido customers to send the short messages to any subscriber. The
Toronto Star reports that "100 million SMS messages are sent each day
in Europe and Japan, about 20 times more than Canada and the United
States." (Source: Toronto Star)
http://www.business2.com/webguide/0,1660,6728,00.html
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+++ Canadian e-Content Awards Announced
The Canadian e-Content Award Winners were recently announced at the
e-Content industry's Gala Dinner. The awards were developed to
"recognize and honour e-content products and services used by Canadian
organizations and individuals." "We had an excellent array of
products to evaluate, and the competition was fierce this year," said
Juanita Richardson, Chairperson of the Judging Committee. Among the
winners were Infomart.ca for best news product, QuickFIND for best
desktop information management tool and Factiva.com for best business
information product.
http://www.informationhighways.net/copa/aindex.html
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+++ Applications Accepted for Telefilm Funding
Telefilm Canada is ready to start receiving applications for English
and French-language project development funding submissions for fiscal
year 2002-2003. Applications, along with required documents, should
be sent to the Telefilm Canada office in Montreal, to the attention of
Ginette Cormier, television projects, and Suzanne Ostiguy, feature
film projects. Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated
primarily to developing and promoting the Canadian film, television,
new media and music industries.
http://www.telefilm.gc.ca
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+++ Banff Television Festival's CyberPitch
The Banff Television Festival is once again joining Telefilm Canada to
present this year's edition of CyberPitch. This year $10,000 in
development funding will be awarded to a new media project that
"pushes the boundaries of interactivity using two to three delivery
platforms," such as wireless, TV or Internet. Projects must be
submitted in advance, using the online form, and the deadline for
entry is May 10, 2002. Development funding this year is courtesy of
Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund.
http://www.banff2002.com/pitching/cyberpitch.html
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+++ Research in Motion Invades Hong Kong
Waterloo's Research in Motion (RIM) has announced an agreement that
will see it provide BlackBerry wireless email solutions to corporate
customers in Hong Kong. The deal, forged with Hutchison
Telecommunications, is said to be the first to offer BlackBerry in
Asia. Hutchison Telecom is the leading mobile operator in Hong Kong
with 1.7 million customers. "We are very pleased to work with
Hutchison Telecom to bring BlackBerry to Hong Kong for the first
time," said Jim Balsillie, Chairman and Co-CEO at Research In Motion.
http://www.rim.net/news/press/pr-25_03_2002-01.shtml
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+++ RavenCam Back Online
Hot on the heels of nature sounds on CDs and log-burning videos comes
RavenCam, a "rare, close-up look at life inside a raven's nest."
Northwestel runs the site which allows viewers to witness the "process
of nest-building and egg laying," all without disturbing the
inhabitants. Housed in Yellowknife, the site scored over 40,000 hits
in one month when it premiered last year, with visitors from
Singapore, South Africa, and New Zealand.
http://www.nwtel.ca/special/RavenCam/raven.html
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+++ Sheridan College "Skip Intro" Open House
April 25, 2002 in Toronto, ON
Sheridan College New Media Design's annual Industry Open House.
http://newmedia.sheridanc.on.ca
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+++ e-literacy: OnTarget
May 24, 2002 in Toornto, ON
Connects professional educators and members of the business community
for a one-day forum dealing with virtual schools, e-learning, new
technology skills, new media and digital delivery and much more.
http://www.getontarget.ca/conference
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+++ Canadian New Media Awards
May 27, 2002 in Toronto, ON
Celebrate the thrilling feats of Canada's new media superstars and
the death-defying companies driving the industry! Tickets for the
2002 Canadian New Media Awards are now on sale and include admission
to both the Award Show and Post-show Party.
http://www.cnma.ca/event_main.html
The Canadian New Media Awards would like to thank The Liberty
Village New Media Centre, a Gold Sponsor, and the Banff New Media
Institute, a Bronze Sponsor, for their support:
The Liberty Village New Media Centre (LVNMC) is an internationally
connected business and marketing hub supporting the new media
industry in Ontario. Officially launched in April 2001, LVNMC
operates as a best practices centre designed to advance the pace
of innovation, increase the level of productivity and spur the
economic growth of the new media industry.
http://www.lvnmc.com
Founded in 1995, the Banff New Media Institute acts as an
international catalyst for convergence, innovation and collaborative
research in new media. Through summits, workshops, co-productions,
co-developed programs and production, the BNMI provides an
environment for collaborative research, dialogue and networking, a
laboratory for the prototyping and co-production and research of new
media works, and a place for career development and training. BNMI
disseminates knowledge through the Internet, through on site
exhibition and publication.
http://www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi
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+++ Net2002
June 2-6, 2002 in Fredericton, NB
Net2002 will bring together leaders from research, industry, higher
education and government responsible for planning and operating
advanced networks.
http://net2002.unb.ca
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