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Aurel Langlois, longtime executive with Interactive Multimedia Arts & Technologies (IMAT), is leaving the organization to take a business development position with Toronto-based ideé inc. He will begin his new position at the end of August. A soon-to-be released media notice of his departure from IMAT reads, "The departure of Mr. Langlois had been planned for some time, with the knowledge and cooperation of the IMAT Board of Directors. Mr. Langlois will remain active with the association as a consultant and member of the Board of Directors…The Board has begun the process of finding a new Executive Director, one who has the skills to take industry issues to government, design program initiatives relevant to the industry, and manage the day-to-day operations of the association." In a note to CNM, Langlois notes that he will continue to work as an industry volunteer in other capacities, as well.

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Suite101 wins Indian gov’t consent for takeover
Suite101.com Inc. has received the necessary consent from the government of India to proceed with its acquisition of GeoGlobal (CNM Update, Jan. 29/03). GeoGlobal is an oil and gas exploration company. Suite101 is the company that originally gambled on an online writers community, as detailed in past issues of CNM.

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Kokopelli offering P2P developers “legitimacy”

An Ottawa-based start-up is attracting global attention for its new file-recognition software that it says could help peer-to-peer application developers legitimately operate. Kokopelli Networks Inc., which is still operating in "boot strap" mode without permanent offices, has released a product dubbed BluFilter: Authorize that could prevent users from listening to song files that have been added to a database by artists or their record labels.

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nextMEDIA festival to serve as glimpse into Fourth Wall, King kiosk partnership

New media observers will likely get their first look at the results of a new partnership between Toronto’s Fourth Wall Media and kiosk manufacturers KING Products and Solutions Inc. at this year’s nextMEDIA conference in October. Fourth Wall, an interactive marketing agency, will make extensive use of kiosk technology at the industry trade show, providing what it says will be a more interactive experience than has been the case in the past.

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Third-party content aggregators key to SMS campaigns, says carrier

Companies not already using wireless SMS messaging to market their brands are missing a huge opportunity, say marketing experts, though small content players are cautioned not to expect any great help from wireless carriers. Production houses that want to exploit text messaging as a marketing tool should consider approaching one of Canada’s half dozen or so wireless content aggregators to help them negotiate a tricky path to users’ handsets.

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Young NMBA elected to fight funding cuts for Toronto new media producers

Toronto’s New Media Business Alliance (NMBA) has found itself in the spotlight after being elected late last month to represent the sector on funding matters at a hastily organized meeting of new media producers. Reacting to the crisis of cuts to the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (CNM, July 24/03), about 20 representatives of different new media stakeholders gathered at the premises of SNAP Media on July 29 to determine their response. While many have written off cuts to the Bell Fund as a lost cause, all have agreed to work toward stronger Telefilm Canada funding through a concerted public relations and marketing strategy, spearheaded by the NMBA.

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Move to Quebec for EA no reason to give up on government assistance: Alliance

Even as the new media industry struggles across Canada, Quebec has solidified its place as a multimedia hotspot by scoring giant Electronic Arts (EA) as Montreal’s newest developer. The global video games developer and publisher announced on August 14 that it would build a new studio in the city by the end of this year under the direction of games veteran Alain Tascan.

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STTA under fire for rapid closure of Innovation Lab, merger with CATAAlliance

A bailiff’s notice remains affixed to the front door of the Smart Toronto Technology Alliance’s (STTA) Innovation Centre as the landlord seizes assets as compensation for the organization’s broken lease. The STTA hurriedly vacated the premises late last month after deciding the lab was no longer viable, leaving sub-tenants of the building scrambling for space and the organization’s president, its sole remaining staffer, relocated to Toronto’s Rogers Communications Centre in advance of dissolution of the association.

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