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 & Sciences website. As in years past, the awards will gather ...

With $2M in capital, mobile application leader puts free, broadcast-quality video in consumer’s pockets and gives entertainment brands new revenue channels WATERLOO, ONTARIO/VANCOUVER, BC – January 20, 2009 – Metranome, the creators of mobile video applications for smartphones and portable devices such as the iPhone™ and iPod touch®, has retained FanTrust Entertainment Strategies for business development, community-building and to capture its share of the global mobile content sector worth $167 billion by 2013. “We chose FanTrust for our business development because of its track-record in digital deal-making, its global executive network of video rights-holders and its audience-building strategies,” said Metranome CEO David ...

Toronto – Canada's blockbuster awards show recognized FanTrust clients with four major awards at its 8th annual gala. The Canadian New Media Awards, which celebrate excellence in digital business and production, singled out a total of 14 outstanding companies and individuals. "The Awards were highly competitive this year," said FanTrust Entertainment Strategies President Catherine Warren. "We are pleased but not surprised that a number of our distinguished clients were acknowledged by a jury of industry peers." Production powerhouse marblemedia swept two key awards, winning for both Company of the Year and Producer of the Year for partner Mark Bishop. Vancouver/Beijing-based Next Level ...

CTV, along with Vancouver's Omni Film Productions Limited and Fox Television Studios, jointly announced today they will partner on a new, one-hour Canadian drama series, Defying Gravity. Executive produced by series creator and award-winning writer/producer James Parriott (Grey's Anatomy) and Michael Edelstein (Desperate Housewives), Defying Gravity is a Canadian/U.S. co-venture that will air in Canada on CTV and SPACE, in the United Kingdom on BBC and in Germany on ProSieben. Defying Gravity is a sexy, provocative relationship drama set in the very near future against the background of our solar system, in which eight astronauts from five countries (four women and four ...