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AudienceView Ticketing Expands Executive Team in Response to Business Growth
AudienceView Ticketing has appointed Michael Bryce as Vice President of Professional Services and named Gopi Balasingam as Vice President of AudienceView Managed Services, effective immediately. These new executive positions were created to meet increasing global demand for AudienceView’s ticketing and customer relationship management solution. In 2011, AudienceView added 38 new customers to its client list, which now exceeds 170… continue reading »
Sakshi Advertising Claims Infringement of Copyrights and Intellectual Property Rights on Jumbo Electronics and Sony ME
Dubai based Sakshi Advertising files multi-million dollar suit in Dubai courts against Jumbo Electronics, distributor of Sony products in UAE and Sony ME Incorporation based in Jebel Ali Free Zone for infringing its copyrights and Intellectual Property Rights on given creative’s for Jumbo Sony 3D TV UAE campaign in 2010. According to details, Jumbo shifted agency in January 2010 to Sakshi Advertising and gave three FIFA-specific… continue reading »
WideOrbit Will Preview the Latest Release of Its Sales Management Solution at the 2012 NAB Show
WideOrbit Inc., the leading provider of advertising management software for media companies today announced that it will preview WO Sales v3.0, the next generation of its sales, CRM and proposal solution at the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 16-19. WO Sales is now live at nearly 300 television and radio stations, and this latest release introduces an entirely new and streamlined user interface with simple and easy-to-use… continue reading »
WideOrbit Announces More than 500 Radio Stations Live on its Award-Winning Radio Automation Solution
WideOrbit Inc., the leading provider of business management software for media companies, today announced that more than 500 radio stations have installed its award-winning Radio Automation solution, WO Automation for Radio. The latest release, WO Automation for Radio v3.3, which includes greatly enhanced integration with MusicMaster, new tools to ensure perfect segment timing along with other new features, will be previewed at… continue reading »
Mad Catz® Announces New Range of Licensed Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon™: Future Soldier™ Products
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (AMEX/TSX: MCZ) announced today a new range of licensed Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier products, due for release to coincide with the upcoming Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier videogame from Ubisoft®, expected to launch in May 2012. Due for release on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system from Sony®,… continue reading »
Ludia and FremantleMedia Enterprises Announce “The Price Is Right® Slots” Social Game Now Available on the Facebook® Platform
Interactive entertainment company Ludia and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced today the launch of The Price Is Right Slots game for the Facebook platform. Players, worldwide, can now experience an original and interactive free slot machine game based on the longest-running game show in television history. “The Price Is Right Slots on Facebook is the first slot machine game for Ludia. It is very exciting to tap into this… continue reading »
Polycom Forms Philanthropic Partnership with Right To Play, Provides Video Collaboration Solutions to Improve Lives of Children Facing Adversity
Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced a philanthropic partnership with Right To Play, an international humanitarian organization that uses the transformative power of sport and play to give hope and teach essential skills to children living in communities affected by war, poverty, and disease. Polycom is donating Polycom® RealPresence® video collaboration… continue reading »
“Endgame” Wins Digital Emmy Award at Major International TV Market
Exemplifying the success of its innovative online campaign, “Endgame” has earned a prestigious International Digital Emmy® Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Canadian procedural drama series, which stars Shawn Doyle (“Big Love,” “24,” “Desperate Housewives”), was honored by a win in the "Digital Program: Fiction" category. The program was produced by Thunderbird Films and Secret Location for … continue reading »
CINTAS® Kicks Off 3rd Annual Canada’s Best Restroom Contest®
Do you own or operate an establishment with a washroom that gives guests more than one good reason to “Go”? Are you the creative mind behind a public restroom designed or customized to integrate function with fashion or to bring personality into a space where you least expect to see it? Maybe you’re the client or customer who appreciates a clean, well-maintained and tastefully designed washroom? We need your help finding the best loo in the… continue reading »
Independent Study Confirms Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Verified International Online Pharmacies
In response to a study released last week from the National Bureau of Economic Research titled “Unveiling the Mystery of Online Pharmacies: an Audit Study,” Lee Graczyk, lead organizer of RxRights, issued the following statement: “We are pleased this authoritative study confirms what we have known all along: personal drug importation through legitimate Canadian and other international online pharmacies is a safe, money-saving option… continue reading »
Western Union Signs Agreement with Acxsys Corporation to Offer Expanded Online Account-Based Money Transfer Service to Financial Institution Customers in Canada
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, and Acxsys Corporation, a recognized leader in debit payments services, today announced an agreement to offer Western Union® domestic and international money transfer services to financial institutions in Canada offering the Interac e-Transfer service. The agreement paves the way for expanded access to money transfers for Canadian customers via the enhanced Interac e-Transfer service… continue reading »
Smiths Medical Issues a Market Withdrawal for CoZmonitor® Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems
Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, announced today that it is initiating a Canada, voluntary market withdrawal of CoZmonitor® Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems. Health Canada has been apprised of this action. Smiths Medical is conducting this voluntary market withdrawal because the test strips used with the CoZmonitor® are no longer available and no alternative test strips are compatible with the CoZmonitor®.… continue reading »
Mad Catz Reports Determination to Not Proceed with Reverse Stock Split
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ) announced today that its Board of Directors has determined not to proceed with a reverse stock split of the Company’s currently issued and outstanding Common Stock that was authorized through March 31, 2012 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held August 18, 2011. About Mad Catz Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ) is a global provider of innovative interactive entertainment… continue reading »
Curaçao Selected as Favorite Caribbean Destination in About.com’s 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards!
The readers have spoken! Curaçao has been selected as travelers’ Favorite Caribbean Destination in the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards and the island has its fans and friends to thank for the support! For the full results, click here! The colorful Handelskade in Willemstad, Curacao. (Photo: Business Wire) Curaçao won the title after the month-long voting closed on March 21, beating fellow finalists Puerto Rico, Trinidad &… continue reading »
The National Post and Home Décor Online Shopping Club HomeSav.com “Open the Doors” to the First Ever National Post Pop-Up Store
National Post and HomeSav.com, one of the fastest growing Canadian home décor-focused online shopping clubs, are pleased to announce the National Post Pop-Up store on HomeSav.com. The shopping begins today on HomeSav.com featuring home furnishings and décor chosen by the editors of National Post’s Post Homes. Weekly features in the “Editor’s Pop-Up Picks” will include kitchen accessories, outdoor décor items, products for pets and… continue reading »
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