The newsletter of the SASKATCHEWAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA ASSOCIATION
That’s right! We are now the Saskatchewan Interactive Media Association Inc. – also known simply as Saskatchewan Interactive or SaskInteractive.com for our soon-to-be-revamped website. This announcement of the change was made at our March 9 symposium.
We’re excited about the new name and the possibilities offered through our efforts to launch a game-development industry. Watch the next newsletter for more information from the Game Developers Conference that occurred March 20-24 in San Jose and for more exciting opportunities on the horizon. Information overload and brain explosion was the name of the game. We are just finishing our report for Industry Canada and will pass along some important details for your consideration and general excitement.
Our mission is to foster the growth of our industry in Saskatchewan. We encourage you to support our efforts; assist us by becoming a member and presenting a united voice in Saskatchewan. Please pass this email on to everyone you know in the industry. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, visit http://www.snmda.sk.ca (soon to switch over to http://www.saskinteractive.com
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PLEASE NOTE: Our Annual General Meeting has been called for April 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the TRLabs video conference facilities in both Saskatoon and Regina.
Saskatoon – 111-116 Research Drive
Regina – 108 – 2 Research Drive
We look forward to seeing our new members at the AGM.
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New Media R&D Initiative
The purpose of this email is to make Saskatchewan aware that the guidelines for funding for the New Media R&D Initiative for the 2006-2007/2007-2008 fiscal years have been posted on our website. Please forward this email to your colleagues and to anyone else that may be interested in having this information.
The New Media Research Networks Fund is a component of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canadian Culture Online strategy (CCO), a framework to stimulate the development and production of Canadian cultural content on the Internet. Objectives for this initiative are 1) to help build research and development (R&D) capacity in Canada and to advance innovation, specifically in the area of digital cultural content; 2) to strengthen R&D capacity in small- to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the cultural new media industry; and 3) to encourage partnerships between organizations involved in developing innovations to allow them to share expertise and build on each others’ strengths.
To encourage the participation of SMEs, 50% of funds allocated for this call for proposals will be reserved for projects led by eligible SMEs (providing a sufficient number of projects proposed by SMEs are deemed acceptable through the assessment process.)
The application process for this fund has two stages: an Expression of Interest stage, and a Full Application stage. The deadline for submitting Expressions of Interest is Monday, May 1, 2006. A Full Application may only be submitted upon the request of Canadian Culture Online after review of all Expressions of Interest. Full details can be found in the guidelines document at http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pcce-ccop/progs/NewMediaR&DInitiative_e.cfm.
If, after reading the guidelines document, you have any questions about the fund or the application process, please feel free to contact us at:
toll free: 1-866-900-0001
TTY/TDD 1-819-997-3123
email: ccop-pcce@pch.gc.ca
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Raise Your Company Profile
Have your company profiled nationally and internationally!
The Canadian Interactive Alliance in partnership with New Media BC is developing a nation-wide marketing tool to profile the new media sector in Canada.
The tool will be hosted online at the Canadian Interactive Alliance website, used at trade shows, for government presentations, and at various venues around the world.
We are asking you to submit demo reels that we can cut into reels representing all our sectors including Digital Entertainment, Digital Film & Animation, E-Learning, Mobile Content, and Interactive Design.
The general call for submissions is now open until March 27. To be considered for this marketing initiative you can post your material directly on FTP sites set up for each sector below. Material should be 30 to 40 seconds in length.
If you have general questions please email Jane Green atjane_green@telus.net or if you have technical questions please email Michael Douglas at mdouglas@mainframe.ca.
Thanks for helping us promote Canada's new media industry.
Lynda Brown
Digital Entertainment: ftp://ftp_digient:7u88i9@ftp.mainframe.ca ftp://ftp_digient:7u88i9@ftp.mainframe.ca
Digital Film and Animation:
ftp://ftp_filmanim:wedd4@ftp.mainframe.ca ftp://ftp_filmanim:wedd4@ftp.mainframe.ca
E-Learning:
ftp://ftp_elearning:kk990P@ftp.mainframe.ca ftp://ftp_elearning:kk990P@ftp.mainframe.ca
Mobile Content: Interactive Design: ______________________________________________________ Organizers of the Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA) announced today that the Awards will be presented on Monday, May 29th, 2006 at Toronto's historical special events venue, The Carlu (444 Yonge St. 7th Floor). The 2006 CNMA Selection Committee, comprised of 130 new media professionals and industry experts from across the country, are currently collaborating online to select this year's finalists. The finalists will be announced on April 12, 2006. Tickets for the Awards Ceremony and Gala will be available on-line starting next week at MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "ems01.com" claiming to be www.cnma.ca CNMA sponsors include: Canadian Heritage, Telefilm Canada, Delvinia, CBC.ca, Yahoo!Canada, City of Toronto, Bell Fund, Mohawk College, Ravenstone Productions, ThinData, The Cultural Human Resources Council, CATA Alliance, Sympatico.MSN.ca, AIMS, Royal Bank, Critical Mass, CNW Group, IT Business Group, Playback, One Degree, Wired Women Society, Digifest, ITAC, Decima, Tech TV, Women in Film and Television, Plum Communications Inc. and the Canadian Marketing Association One of our sponsors, Yahoo! Canada has recently launched a new Beta service and we would like you to try it out and give your feedback. We would like to introduce you to Yahoo! Canada Answers Beta - the latest innovation in search that puts people first by connecting your questions with answers from the Yahoo! community. Please click onto the link below to answer a few questions and go to try out Yahoo! Canada Answers. http://survey.delvinia.com/20/survey/s.phtml?sn=44452=4 If you think others would be interested in trying out this new service or simply being part of beta testing, pass this message along! ______________________________________________________ Website: http://www.saskinteractive.com Posted by: Deborah Black Submitted March 30, 2006
MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "ftp_mobile:a(iu@ftp.mainframe.ca" claiming to be ftp://ftp_mobile:a(iU&@ftp.mainframe.ca
ftp://ftp_interactive:l0i87R@ftp.mainframe.ca ftp://ftp_interactive:l0i87R@ftp.mainframe.ca
CNMA Venue and Date Announcement
Yahoo! Canada Answers - CNMA Invite
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