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Real Estate Meets Cyberspace: Trends and Issues for Property Owners

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Daniel Lamarre, president and CEO of Groupe TVA Inc was re-elected for a second term as chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Also re-elected were Telemedia Radio Inc. senior VP Jim MacLeod as radio chair, Global Television Network president and COO Kevin Shea as television chair, and Corus Entertainment Inc president of Television Paul Robertson as chair of the CAB Specialty and Pay Board.

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BC considering ESRB system as base of legislation
The province of British Columbia is reportedly taking a serious look at the games rating system from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). BC is searching for ways to classify violent and sexual content in video games. The ESRB has been in place since 1994, and is run in Canada by the Canadian Interactive Digital Software Association. The Vancouver Sun reports that the Attorney General is looking at the system for potential legislation.

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Canadian e-tailers have opportunity to gain American market share: Yankee

The Boston-based Yankee Group says Canadian e-commerce entrepreneurs have an opportunity to gain market share in the North American ecom environment. According to its recently-released paper, Made in Canada: Web Shopping and Online Communities, a borderless market should suit Canadian businesses, but they haven’t taken advantage of the opportunities yet.

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CIFVF wins stable funding from Heritage

The Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund (CIFVF) is celebrating news of a guaranteed funding increase courtesy of Canadian Heritage. As part of the new Feature Film Policy announced by the department last month, the agency will be able to count on $1.8 million per year for the next five years. The news marks the first time the CIVFV will have real stability since it was established in 1991 as an industry entry-point for independent producers of non-theatrical productions.

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Surveillance of online activities a last resort says CIPS, privacy should be respected

Privacy concerns should take precedent over the need to monitor employees’ behaviour on the Net and in email, says the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). The organization, Canada’s largest IT professional association, has issued a position paper recognizing that employees’ privacy, while not an absolute right in the workplace, should be respected except in cases of law enforcement or protecting the rights of others.

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Internet growing fast as source of music copied to CDs and cassettes: study

MP3s are fast becoming the preferred medium for Canadians copying music according to a new survey conducted for the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) by Réseau Circum Inc. In a study introduced into the record at the recently concluded Copyright Board hearing on blank tape levies, it was found that year-over-year, the Internet now accounts for 19 per cent of all music copied to blank compact discs – several hundred per cent higher than the previous year.

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Liberty Village to launch this month with meeting space, networking opportunities

One of the first recipients of serious money from the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Small Business Growth Fund is set to open its doors with a soft launch later this month. The Liberty Village New Media Centre, with the help of $1 million in provincial funding over three years and significant private sector support, will be opening its meeting facilities and networking space in the King Street/Dufferin Street area of Toronto by the end of November. An official launch is planned for the first quarter of next year. The provincial money will cover half the cost of a new $2-million business hub to attract investment and create jobs in interactive digital media.

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SKG to merge YNN broadcast content with services for education market

SKG Interactive Inc is removing advertising from its recently acquired Youth News Network (YNN), as part of a new business model that should appease critics of the school news service and drive students, parents and teachers to its new educational portal. The Richmond Hill-ON company purchased the youth broadcast service earlier this month when it acquired Montreal-based Athena Educational Partners Inc. The transaction is expected to be worth $2.7 million in an all-stock deal scheduled to close by Nov. 30.

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