(Charlottetown) Prince Edward Island dominates the other Atlantic Provinces in the latest round of funding from the Canada New Media Fund. Six out of the eight projects from Atlantic Canada receiving funding for 2009-2010 are from PEI companies.

Island video game developers Bight Interactive, Other Ocean and Telos International were all successful, some for multiple projects. In Atlantic Canada, Nova Scotia companies received funding for two projects. No projects were funded from New Brunswick or Newfoundland.

The Canadian Television Fund has announced the process they are going to follow to figure out how to set up the Canada Media Fund. The CMF is a new fund that combines the old Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund. The document describing this process is attached. Part of the process is a series of focus groups they will be holding across the country this fall. The Charlottetown focus group is scheduled for September 23.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, January 28, 2009

In the wake of yesterday’s federal budget, the Canadian Interactive Alliance / l’Alliance interactive canadienne (CIAIC) is pleased to see that the Telefilm Canada New Media Fund has been renewed and made a permanent part of the Conservative government’s spending plans.

An Open Letter to Stakeholders in Canada’s Interactive Media Industry

As you may already know, there is widespread speculation that the federal government may not renew the Telefilm Canada New Media Fund (CNMF) when its current term expires on March 31, 2009. You may have seen coverage of the issue in the August 30th Globe and Mail or the Playback daily newsletter this week.

GameON: Finance announces keynote
CIAIC members receive discounted rates on tickets

Worldwide Games Portfolio Planner for Xbox Live Arcade and author, David Edery will be a keynote speaker at GameON: Finance, taking place October 28th and 29th in Toronto.

Edery is a research affiliate of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program (CMS) and the author of the upcoming book, Changing the Game: How Video Games are Transforming the Business World which examines how to use video games to drive innovation, customer engagement, employee commitment, and profit.

Canada’s national interactive media association puzzled by cuts to export program, urges federal government to reconsider

Interested in promoting your company to International audiences? A uniqueopportunity for Canadian companies to broaden their reach Interactive Ontario is currently assessing interest from Canadian companiesin participating in a brief video presentation with UK companies. The goalof this exchange is to foster future partnerships between UK and Canadianinteractive companies.Canadian companies are invited to submit a 90-second, pre-recorded videoabout their company or a specific project. The aim of these pitches is to

There are some interesting new stats in this TNS press release:

 
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI, CANADA – July 15, 2008 - Other Ocean Interactive, the developers of Super Monkey Ball™ - one of the most popular downloads from the Apple App Store - today announced a specialized iPhone division will be created at its studio in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

The Participants in the 2008 Interactive Media Alliance GameGarage have been tracking the progress of their video game project. You can find out how they are doing at http://imagamegarage.blogspot.com/.