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Canada’s Rogers Acquires Fantasy Sports Site Poolexpert
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Canadian media firm Rogers has acquired PoolExpert, a Toronto-based fantasy sports site. The site offers a paid hosting and management servi… Read more »
Amazon.com to Acquire Canadian Used Books Site AbeBooks
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Updated: Scrabulous No Longer Available For US, Canadian Customers; Other Countries OK
By James Quintana Pearce
Updated: Facebook says the decision to block Scrabulous for U.S. and Canadian users was made by the Scrabulous developers, not Facebook. The… Read more »
Canadian Spectrum Auction Ends; Newcomer May Provide Low-Cost Service
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iPhone Selling Well In Canada Despite Early Complaints About Rogers’ Pricing
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Updated: Apple Will Not Sell iPhone 3G In Its Canadian Stores In Protest Of High Service Fees
By Tricia Duryee
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Canadian Mobile Movie Listings Site MyMovies.ca Sold To RepeatSeat
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Torstar Digital Buys Toronto Interactive Shop EyeReturn Marketing
By David Kaplan
Torstar Digital, the online arm of Canadian media company Torstar Corp., has acquired fellow Toronto resident EyeReturn Marketing. Terms wer… Read more »
BiteTV Parent GlassBOX Raises C$5 Million First Round
By Joseph Weisenthal
GlassBOX, the parent of the Bite TV interactive broadcast channel, has raised C$5 million ($4.89 million) from JLA Ventures and various ind… Read more »
Online Video Shakeout Continues: JumpTV and NeuLion Merge
By Rafat Ali
The consolidation and shakeout of the online video sector continues: Canada-headquartered ethnic and sports online video service JumpTV is m… Read more »
Apple Launches UK And Canada iTunes Movie Store
Putting an end to the guesswork of the iTunes movie store launch date, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has begun offering titles for sale or rent to its… Read more »
Social Gamer Akoha Raises C$1.9 Million From Angels
By Joseph Weisenthal
Akoha, a developer of online and offline social games has raised C$1.9 (US$1.86) million from a long list of Canadian angel investors. The f… Read more »
Video News Site Mediascrape Raises $3.16 Million
By Joseph Weisenthal
Mediascrape, a site that aggregates news video, has raised C$3.2 million (US$3.16 million) from unidentified investors. The Montreal-based c… Read more »
Newspaper Roundup: AP Members Grouse; McClatchy Offers Buyouts; Toronto Star Lays Off Internet Staff
By David Kaplan
– AP: Newspaper editors let loose a barrage of criticism for the new Associated Press rate structure after an appearance by AP President an… Read more »
Canadian Firm Live Current Media Bags Indian Cricket League’s Online Rights For $50 Million
By Nikhil Pahwa
Live Current Media Inc (LCM), a Vancouver, Canada based company has bagged the portal rights of the Indian Premier League for 10 years for $… Read more »
Earnings: JumpTV Revs Soar On Acquisition; Losses Grow
By Joseph Weisenthal
Toronto-based IPTV/TV rebroadcaster JumpTV has reported Q4 revenue of $4.8 million, a major increase from the $748,000 it did in the year-a… Read more »
Thomson, Reuters Shareholders Approve Merger
By David Kaplan
Shareholders have given Thomson’s (NYSE: TOC) acquisition of Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) the nod, Reuters reported. The Canadian financial media c… Read more »
Ontario Public Ed Channel TVO Will Share Online Programming For Parents With Yahoo Canada
By David Kaplan
Canadian public education broadcaster TVO has struck a programming and production deal with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Canada. Kind of a government-… Read more »
Canadian Social Net Nexopia Takes ‘Substantial’ Investment From Burda Digital
By Joseph Weisenthal
Alberta, Canada-based social net Nexopia has raised an unspecified, but “substantial” investment from Burda Digital Ventures, the VC arm of… Read more »
WPP Makes Run At Canadian Digital Shop Nurun: Report
By David Kaplan
WPP Group is upping the ante in its six-month-long pursuit of Montreal-based interactive marketing strategist Nurun, The Globe and Mail repo… Read more »
Newspaper Roundup: NYT/WSJ; Toronto Star; Media General; Belo
By David Kaplan
– NYT and WSJ: Regular readers of the New York Times’ and Wall St. Journal’s websites probably couldn’t help noticing an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)… Read more »
Content Mobilizer Viigo Raises First Round Of Funding; Brings Total to C$6.4 million
By Carlo Longino
Viigo, the Canadian maker of a content mobilization platform, says it’s secured its first round of funding. It’s not disclosing the amount o… Read more »
Rogers Accused Of Violating Net Neutrality After Testing ISNS
Canadian cable and telecom giant Rogers Communications has come under fire for violating Internet neutrality principles after testing a new… Read more »
DHX Media Buys Stake in Canadian Games Content Producer Tribal Nova
By Rafat Ali
Some activity in the Canadian broadband gaming market: DHX Media, based in Halifax, which produces and distributes TV programming and intera… Read more »
Yahoo-Rogers Change Deal From Access Fees To Rev Share
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is spinning a shift in its access deal with Canada’s Rogers Communications as an expanded strategic relationship but UBS… Read more »
Toronto Star Ceases Publication Of E-Paper To Concentrate On Web And Mobile
By David Kaplan
A little more than a year after introducing its PDF edition Star PM, The Toronto Star is pulling the plug on the e-newspaper, E&P reports. T… Read more »
WPP Group Expected To Prevail In Latest Interactive Acquisition For Blast Radius: Report
By David Kaplan
Although interactive ad shop Blast Radius does about three-quarters of its business in the U.S., the independent agency is not very well kno… Read more »
JumpTV Buys Cycling.tv For $5 Million
By Rafat Ali
JumpTV (AIM: JTV) (TSX: JTV), the Canada-headquartered online video aggregator, has made another small acquisition, with its usual propensit… Read more »
Interview: Steve Wadsworth, President, WDIG; Lane Merrifield, CEO, Club Penguin
All too often when a seller says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money, so it was almost a shock to to get the end of a call with L… Read more »
Online Advertising Firm Adzilla Gets $10 Million First Round Funding
By Rafat Ali
Adzilla, a Vancouver-based online ad startup, has raised $10 million in its first round of fuding, according to a regulatory filing, picked… Read more »
JumpTV Buys Online Video Sports Network XOS For $60.25 million
By Rafat Ali
JumpTV, the Canadian online video/TV aggregator which recently raised $100 million in an AIM IPO, has bought a U.S. college sports broadband… Read more »
Earnings: CanWest Q3 Profits Down 38.5 Percent
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CanWest (NYSE: CWG) reported Q3 profits of $8 million, a 38.5 percent drop from last year’s $13 million. Meanwhile, the Canadian media compa… Read more »
Canadian New Media Fund Receives $27.3 Million From The Government
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Canadian New Media Fund, a digital media fund supported by the government, has received $27.3 million from the Heritage Ministry, it was ann… Read more »
Thomson-Reuters Confirm Deal, Creating Information Market Leader
Representatives of both Thomson (NYSE: TOC) and Reuters confirmed their partnership at a Tuesday morning conference in London, marking what… Read more »
Thomson-Reuters: Deal Approved By Both Firms; Online Competition May Help Pass The Deal
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Nettwerk Productions Gets $650K From Canadian Government To Boost Digital Efforts
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Canadian Music label Nettwerk Productions has received $650,000 from its government, according to P2PNet News. In a statement, the Departmen… Read more »
Canadian Media Company Brunico Bought By Investors
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Canadian B2B media company Brunico Communications, which publishes Playback magazine among others publication covering the media business, h… Read more »
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