Montreal-based Branchez-Vous inc., owner and operator of the Branchez-Vous.com portal and the Branchez-Vous! Network, has added two Web sites to its offering reaching tech professionals and video game enthusiasts. Clubic.com is the first French-language information site for computer enthusiasts and JeuxVideo.fr is one of the main French-language information sites about video games. Approximately 700,000 French Canadians visit the two sites combined on a monthly basis. Overall, Branchez-Vous counted 1,167,000 visitors to its technology group in September, and 736,000 visitors to its videogames group. "Branchez-Vous has always been the dominant player in the technology segment in the French Canadian Internet advertising market," said Sébastien Goulet, VP of sales. "Our BV! Technology offering is perfectly suited to tech manufacturers and service providers, as well as to advertisers targeting business people, high-income professionals and, more generally, men. As for our BV! Videogames offering, it now occupies a largely dominant position in a fast-growing segment."

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Effective January 1, 2008, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit will increase from 30% to 35% and the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit will increase from 18% to 25%. Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberal government promised the tax credits in its 2007 election campaign, and Ontario's film and television industry asked the credits be implemented before Christmas. "This government has acted quickly on its campaign promise by including this initiative in yesterday's Fall Economic Statement in the House, and we are very happy indeed," said Brian Topp, co-Chair of FilmOntario, and executive director of ACTRA Toronto. "This means jobs." The release from the Directors Guild of Ontario said the tax credits will provide support and employment for the more than 30,000 people who work directly in the film and television industry in Ontario.

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Mobile operators in Japan and Korea will generate approximately half of all mobile advertising revenue by 2012, according to data from ABI Research. Of the US$1.2 billion in mobile advertising revenue by 2012, about US$684 million will come from these two countries.

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Radiant Communications Corp. has launched a business continuity and disaster recovery network for FirstOntario Credit Union, giving the financial institution peace of mind that in case of a disaster its 17 locations and 29 ATMs will continue to operate without interruption. The disaster recovery solution gives FirstOntario, backup connections at each location and no single point of failure throughout their entire network.

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International Datacasting Corp. has been awarded a Canadian patent relating to the encryption and decryption of digital data streams. The patent is a critical element of the Ottawa-based company's strategy to ensure the integrity of clients' IP datacasting over satellite. "The security of data and the ability to reliably control subscriber access are paramount in many of our applications – especially for financial information, digital cinema and IPTV," said IDC's president and CEO Ron Clifton.

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According to a new report from Infonetics Research, femtocell sales will jump quickly once the indoor wireless network enhancement gear becomes more widely available. The report predicts that unit shipments are expected to increase 10-fold over the next 4 years, reaching US$630 million in revenue by 2010.

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