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The Walking Dead Dominates Social Media in March 2012

The Walking Dead finale set off a flurry of conversation across the most popular social networks in the month of March. According to Trendrr.TV's report on social activity for cable television shows, the finale was the most talked about cable show on GetGlue, generating the highest number of social interactions on the check-in service. This was also the case on Facebook where The Walking Dead topped SpongeBob Squarepants, considered to be the "reigning champion of Facebook conversations." The Walking Dead almost made a clean sweep of the social networks, but came second to Pretty Little Liars on Twitter. This ...

BroadbandTV Corp. Wins 2012 Top Innovator Award in B.C.

VANCOUVER, April 3, 2012  - BroadbandTV has been named Top Innovator in British Columbia, heading the list of the 20 most innovative companies in 2012 by BC Business Magazine. The company was recognized for "radically changing" the online media and technology industry while "boosting bottom lines."

"We're excited to be recognized as a leader in the category of Innovation," said Shahrzad Rafati, CEO of BroadbandTV. "The idea behind BroadbandTV was to create a company that serviced a growing need that wasn't being fulfilled. We continue to grow our business based on ...

World Summit Award e-Content Winners Heading To Cairo Gala

Precious world poetry smartly concentrated on one website, a digital How to-Guide for farmers or e-Comics that turn school lessons into a real pleasure: World Summit Award takes its winners and their extraordinary digital projects to the heart of a powerful and young digital movement. From April 26th to April 29th 2012 the WSA Winners' Event will take place in Cairo. After having had to postpone the Winners Events due to political turmoil from 2011 to 2012, the highlight of the global WSA contest, the Winners’ Events, can finally take ...

Facebook Game Wins at the International Digital Emmy Awards

[caption id="attachment_42612" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Emmy winning producer James Milward together with Bell Fund board member and FanTrust president Catherine Warren, celebrate at MIPTV in Cannes."][/caption] Cannes, France.  The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund is honoured that Endgame Interactive: Facebook Episode received the International Digital Emmy Award for Best Digital Program: Fiction.  The Bell Fund invested in the development of this outstanding project that complements the dramatic television series Endgame.  Endgame Interactive is a participatory mystery story that uses Facebook Connect to ...

Media’s Animal Magnetism – FanTrust in the Huffington Post

From Rin Tin Tin to Dogs Against Romney, the media continues to grapple with the triple-A juggernaut of animals, anthropomorphism and activism. Recently, we may have hit a new stride. [caption id="attachment_42537" align="alignleft" width="264" caption="Original cartoon by Catherine Warren, Getty Image photo, cartoonized by BeFunky."][/caption]                           And for anyone who has ever asked herself, "If there are millions of animal species on Earth, why are there only cute cats on YouTube?" or "Is creationism an intelligently designed trick to keep animals down?" ...