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Rebalance users’ rights with creators’: Telus CEO tells Ottawa businesses

In an October 18 speech at the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Telus Corp. CEO Darren Entwistle said it’s time for a "regulatory revolution" to go with the digital revolution. In addition to calling for more funding for new media creators, he urged the government to move forward with reforms to the Copyright Act. Below is an excerpt taken from Entwistle’s speech.

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Jason Roks has been named chief technology officer at Independent World Television, a non-profit online alternative news media organization. Roks was a key figure in and co-founder of Toronto-based file-sharing pioneer Hotline Communications, and has been featured in such publications as Wired, Time and Maclean’s. He most recently helped plan and execute the New Media Business Alliance’s iSummit conference this spring as event producer. He also sits on the technical advisory council at the Canadian Film Centre’s Habitat New Media Lab, and is a founding volunteer of Wireless Toronto.

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High-speed pursuits part of life at Neverblue


It’s perhaps fitting that Neverblue Media Inc.’s Todd Dunlop and Jordan Visco are auto racing enthusiasts: being an adrenaline junkie puts you in good stead for a career in the fast-paced and rapidly shifting world of online marketing.

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Games growing on old media firms


Ever since the personal computer came equipped with games such as Minefield and Solitaire, users have easily spent thousands of hours playing these time wasters. Over time, the method to deliver games has shifted from embedded software to access via websites. Now, online gaming is booming thanks to trends like poker and retro-themed arcade-style play.

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GameTap should appeal to all gamers, PwC analyst says

A year after its launch in the US, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) broadband video game and entertainment network GameTap is now available in Canada. With more than 600 games offered through a monthly subscription, the service should have broad enough appeal that it won’t necessarily have to dominate any particular demographic market, an industry watcher says.

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The recent over-the-air television review has served to highlight a lot of the pressing issues that broadcasters, producers, regulators and other parties must deal with to ensure a future for Canadian broadcasting.

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Veteran broadcast journalist Eric Sorensen has been appointed Washington Bureau Chief for Global News, effective November 1. Sorensen spent the past 14 years reporting for CBC’s The National, where he has covered the world’s major stories including the Swissair crash in Nova Scotia and Princess Diana’s death in London. He was also the first Canadian to receive the Benton Fellowship in broadcast journalism from the University of Chicago.

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