The Future of the Novel is Digital Inanimate Alice, the award-winning interactive title from novelist Kate Pullinger, recent recipient of the Governor General's Award for fiction, features in the final episode of TVO's epic documentary series Empire of the Word broadcasting December 16, in Canada. Demonstrating an entertaining new way to read, the interaction of Inanimate Alice makes for an immersive experience. Interspersed with puzzles and games, simple to start with, growing more complex with each episode as the story unfolds, the series ...

Fans of Dilbert and The New Yorker Cartoons Can View Animated Clips of the Comics With Their Daily Schedule Directly on Their BlackBerry Smartphone Santa Monica, CA / Waterloo, ONTARIO  – RingTales (www.ringtales.com), a digital media content company that produces and syndicates animated video versions of world renowned print cartoons s across all digital media, and Metranome (www.metranome.net), a leading mobile applications production company, have partnered to launch the first ever animated Dilbert and New Yorker “Cartoon a Day” integrated calendar applications for BlackBerry. FanTrust client Metranome 2009 is one of Canada's ...

Ice Pilots NWT Soars, Setting New Ratings Record! * Ice Pilots NWT delivers highest-ever ratings for a Canadian series on History Television * Highest-rated program on Specialty Television during its timeslot The series premiere of the highly-anticipated Canwest original series Ice Pilots NWT garnered massive ratings with 459,000 viewers (2+), marking the highest audience ever for a Canadian series on History Television. The debut episode, which aired Wednesday, November 18 at 10 pm ET/PT, hauled-in 174,000 viewers in the A25-54 demographic and achieved a remarkable 164,000 viewers in the younger, A18-49 category. Ice ...

In 2008, the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund invested nearly $12M in over a hundred projects including 62 new media and related television productions, and the development of 24 new media projects. You can view the full Bell Fund 2008 annual report, including the funded new media productions, online.

New York - Nominees from 9 countries will compete for this year’s International Digital Emmy® Awards, presented at a special ceremony on Monday, March 30, at MIP-TV in Cannes. There are 12 nominees in 3 categories; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction. The full list of Nominees from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Israel, Qatar, Singapore and the United Kingdom can be viewed on the International Academy of Arts ...