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Tres Wiley has resigned as president and COO of SAMSys Technologies Inc. for personal reasons. Chair of the board of directors and CEO Cliff Horwitz will assume the president duties.

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ROW Short Takes

Nortel selected for 1xEV-DO network deployment
Smartcom, a wireless operator in Chile has deployed 1xEV-DO wireless equipment from Nortel Networks Corp. to boost its network capacity and expand service offerings in the Greater Santiago area. The network upgrade allows Smartcom to offer advanced mobile broadband services such as high-speed Internet access, virtual office services, real-time video and other data and multimedia services.

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WaveRider details new growth plan, focus on buying or merging with another firm

 

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Many new players enter auction for leftover 2300/3500 MHz licences

 

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Wireless industry analysts divided over ramifications of spectrum cap elimination

 

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Why creators should oppose DRM

One of the most controversial aspects of recent copyright reform worldwide has been the proposed prohibition on the circumvention of digital rights management (DRM). This proposal is part of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) copyright treaties that specific members of the Canadian Parliament wish to ratify soon.

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Former Vidéotron director of product development Guy Charbonneau, who was responsible for the company’s ITV and Internet services, has been named senior VP of Dallas-based Bluestreak Network. Bluestreak was formed on the acquired technologies of the late Montreal-based ZAQ Inc. and Source Media.

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Iceberg launches new online radio station for young adults
Iceberg Media.com Inc. has launched a new streaming music service and portal aimed at college and university students, FatPipeRadio.com. The site features 11 radio channels including rock, alternative, lounge and hip hop formats. Besides the tunes, the FatPipe portal will also feature webcast events and concerts, contests and columnists. The site has plans to make tracks available for sale through a partnership with Moontaxi Media’s Puretracks.com later this fall. The site appears to be heavily reliant on sponsorship for revenue, and packages will be offered to sponsors that include banners, audio commercials, buttons and rich media advertisements. Molson Canada will be a charter sponsor, and the exclusive advertiser in the beer category, through its media agency, Mediaedge:cia. The site’s launch is being accompanied by a guerilla and street marketing effort executed by Grassroots Advertising. Iceberg sister company Sound Source Networks Inc. will handle media and sponsorship sales. News of the launch is the first significant announcement out of Iceberg in quite a while. In October 2002, the company announced that its music would be featured on the Degrassi.tv web site run by Snap Media Corp. (CNM, Oct. 23/02), which was the first news from the company since it was acquired by Standard Radio Inc. in May that year (CNM, May 31/02). Since the Degrassi announcement, news has been scarce from Iceberg, likely as Standard cast about for a way to integrate the property with its traditonal radio properties. Standard has worked extensively with Universal Music Canada, which is an important shareholder in the Puretracks initiative, so news that Moontaxi and Iceberg are on track to form a white label partnership is unsurprising. Fatpipe will be streamed using Windows Media Player 9.

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Bell Fund workshop gives new producers tips on financing, technology, other topics

Toronto’s elite new media producers and broadcasters were called upon recently to help their colleagues in the rest of Canada learn the sector’s best practices. Seventeen producers from B.C., Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and Newfoundland were invited, many of them with provincial film and television agency financial support, to take part in an intensive week-long session in Hogtown, August 23-27.

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Industry leader Steve Comeau to tackle Toronto to create new opportunities

New media industry players are abuzz with news that Collideascope Digital Entertainment Inc. partner Steven Comeau will soon be moving to Toronto from Halifax where the company is located. Canadian NEW MEDIA recently asked him about his reasons for the move, and how it fits in with his plans for the company, which is widely seen as one of Canada’s most successful convergence shops. An edited transcript of that interview follows.

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