Not-for-profit media education organization, Media Awareness Network, has received $1.5 million in new funding over the next seven years from the tangible benefits packages of CTVglobemedia‘s acquisition of CHUM and Canwest Mediaworks‘ purchase of Alliance Atlantis. "We are honoured that CTVglobemedia and Canwest have recognized our work in promoting the importance of media literacy in the healthy development of children. We are also grateful to the CRTC, for continuing to acknowledge the role that media education and MNet play within our broadcasting system", said Cathy Wing, MNet’s co-executive director. MNet was founded in 1995 as a result of a CRTC initiative on children and television violence, and since that time has become an internationally recognized leader in media education and Web literacy. MNet’s programs are funded by public and private sector sponsors, donors and partners, who include: Bell Canada; CTVglobemedia; Canwest; TELUS; Microsoft Canada; National Film Board of Canada; and the Government of Canada.

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Interactive advertising and marketing agency Indusblue Inc. has been named an interactive Web development preferred supplier for the website of the CBC. Under the terms of the two year agreement, Indusblue will work with CBC to build an online environments for multiple departments, including sports, news, entertainment, media and sales. "This agreement is a great vote of confidence for our agency," says Darren Pereira, co-founder and new business director, Indusblue. "The noteworthy successes of our previous projects with the CBC have showcased the value of Indusblue’s strategic interactive approach and our ability to create high-impact, online content." For instance, the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics website built by Indusblue for the CBC earned a Canadian New Media Award. More recently, Indusblue developed CBC’s online Photo Gallery, a featured section on the CBC.ca home page as well worked on CBC’s website for last summer’s coverage of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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Cell-Loc Location Technologies Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a utility company in Spain to test its location technology for use in telemetry applications.

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