ICE Cubes – a series of podcasts that examines current trends and news stories in interactive entertainment – launched this week in conjection with the Interactive Content Exchange (ICE) conference.

An ICE 2008 advisory board member and presenter, FanTrust President Catherine Warren recently sat down with ICE Cubes host and producer Alan Sawyer to share her thoughts about the digital ABC’s – audience, business and content – including:

How audiences are changing entertainment content and the business of entertainment Aggregating fans to monetize online content Developing a profitable digital strategy ...

FanTrust is hitting the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco - the world’s largest professionals-only game industry event. Hope to see you there!

FanTrust’s “Top 3” GDC picks:

Early Stage Funding for Gaming Start Ups

Why: Entertainment media companies are witnessing a boom in VC funding opportunities– for both content and technology. Media and entertainment firms have experienced strong financing gains across the spectrum – seed, early-stage and expansion stage. The sector saw one-year VC ...

British Columbia Film (BC Film) is currently accepting applications for its second round of Digital Readiness Program funding. The program provides British Columbia entertainment companies – whose primary business is film, television and/or digital media content production – with financial support to invest in digital entertainment strategic planning.

The BC Film Digital Readiness Program allows eligible TV, film and new media production companies to undertake creative, business and market development to develop a company-wide digital entertainment strategy or specific multiplatform projects. Applicants must work in consultation with ...