nextMEDIA’s Digital Hot List is a partnering program that brings the hottest Canadian digital producers, emerging entertainment brands, mobile applications, games and tech companies together with top ad agencies in order to create the next-generation entertainment marketplace.

2010 Categories are:

* Hot Website – Are digital eyeballs addicted to your online prowess?
* Hot Technology- Are you developing the coolest apps and games that are in a league of their own?
* Hot Content – Are you producing the best new online program, series or film capturing audiences?
* Hot Ideas- Do you have an idea for the next great digital masterpiece burning in the back of your mind?

If you fit into any one (or more) of these categories, enter today! Fee per entry is $99 CDN. Final deadline for entries is Friday, October 1st at 5pm EST. Participants will be reviewed by top agencies interested in brand integration opportunities and partnerships. Winners will be selected to showcase live at nextMEDIA 2010!

We’re ready to take your digital hotness to the next level! Are you?

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FITC Toronto 2010,  is  giving away 50 FREE festival tickets to women working in the industry who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend.

So, how do you get your ticket?
Simple. Tell them with a VIDEO or a Flash Movie why attending FITC Toronto 2010 would be important to you! Tell them your story, why attending would make a difference.
Then, on March 1st, 2010, they will select the top 50, and give out free tickets! It’s that easy!

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FITC Toronto 2010
The Design & Technology Festival
April 25-27, 2010 // Hilton Toronto

The 13th Annual SXSW Interactive Web Awards final entry deadline is Friday, December 18, 2009.

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The Canadian Innovation Exchange Announces
the CIX Top 20 Innovators Competition

(September 1, 2009  -  Toronto, ON) If necessity is the mother of invention, the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) is proud to be its new step-father.

CIX today announced a call for entries for the CIX Top 20 – a new honorific ranking that will showcase Canada’s hottest innovation companies. Firms on the hunt for funding or strategic partnerships can apply for “CIX Top 20” status and pitch themselves live in front of some of the most important investors in North America. Ultimately at stake: the coveted title of “Canada’s Innovation Leader”.
“The CIX Top 20 will define Canada as a global leader in technology and innovation,” says Robert Montgomery, CEO of Achilles Media Ltd., the producers of Innovation Week 2009. “And we are excited to showcase the best and brightest minds in emerging technology at the Canadian Innovation Exchange.”

The CIX Top 20 is open to Canadian technology-based companies who consider themselves INNOVATORS in the fields of clean technologies, information and communication technology (ICT) and digital media.  Entrants are invited to apply to highlight and share their innovative technology-based product or service with key companies, investors and other key representatives in the market of innovation.

Applications must be submitted online through our website http://canadianinnovationexchange.com no later than October 2, 2009 in order to be eligible, and it is FREE to enter!  The Canadian Innovation Exchange takes place during Innovation Week on December 2, 2009 at The Design Exchange in Toronto.

ENTER NOW!

About the Canadian Innovation Exchange
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) is the must attend event for all Canadian entrepreneurs and start-ups, attracting the most prestigious investors and institutions looking to make connections in Canadian technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship. Returning in November for its sophomore year, the CIX will once again focus on connecting the visionary ideas of innovative companies with investors, and all participants can expect high level keynotes, facilitated networking, and – most importantly – opportunities for Canada’s most innovative companies to present their business to key funders in both public and private settings.

About Innovation Week 2009
Innovation Week (IW09) was founded to provide a rallying point and platform for key present and future players in Canada‘s innovation economy.  This ground-breaking event merges nextMEDIA, the Canadian New Media Awards and Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX). It was created to integrate the communities from Canada‘s technology and digital media industries, key technology and media companies, entrepreneurs and investors.

For information on how to enter the CIX Top 20, please visit http://www. canadianinnovationexchange.com/cix.top.20.php

Submissions are closing on Tues, June 30^th for Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition, with total cash and prizes worth more than $250,000. In addition to the Flash category in the competition, there is also an additional opportunity for developers of Flash apps and content through the Open Screen Project Fund.

Calling All Innovators:

Submissions close next Tuesday, June 30^th for applications and ideas for the 2009 CAI competition in any of four categories:

• Flash – developers should submit their best applications that expand the capabilities of Flash Lite on Nokia devices.

• Internet Innovation – developers can submit either web applications known as Web Runtime widgets, or websites which are optimized for mobile browsing with Nokia devices.

• Emerging Markets and Mobile Necessities – developers are encouraged to submit their most innovative application using Nokia platforms, ranging from SMS through Series 40 and S60 device platforms. All applications will be evaluated, including those developed using Java, Python or open source.

• Apps on Maps – In this category, developers can submit new ideas (completed apps are not necessary at this stage) that harness the power of location-aware services using Ovi Maps on Nokia devices.

All the details and each category’s full description is online at: http://www.callingallinnovators.com/ .

Open Screen Project Fund

In the Calling All Innovators “Flash” category, there’s also an additional special prize of $10,000 USD for one application that has also received money from the Open Screen Project Fund this year. Basically, that means a chance to double-up on prize money for a Flash application … hey, it’s like summer sweepstakes!

The $10 million Open Screen Project Fund awards funding to developers who are creating applications and services for mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash® Platform. Initial areas for funding include applications focusing on: entertainment; social networking; productivity; gaming; and news & information.

Developers who want to submit their Flash application to the Open Screen Project fund can learn more at: http://www.openscreenproject.org/developers/get_started.html.

Then, they can go to the Calling All Innovators Flash category page at http://www.callingallinnovators.com/flash.aspx and submit the same application there for a possible additional $10K in Calling All Innovators prize money.

Adobe and Nokia announce $10 million Open Screen Project Fund designed to help developers create applications and services for mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash® Platform.

Read more >>  http://www.openscreenproject.org

Create a flash banner and win 4 nights at the Hilton plus 2 full festival tickets to the FITC Toronto 2009 festival! WOW!

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CALL FOR ENTRIES 2009
Don’t miss your opportunity! Each year thousands of entrants from all over the world compete to gain recognition for their outstanding media solutions. Their mission is to provide an international stage to promote that great work and to give credit where credit is due! Enter now for your chance to win the highly coveted Horizon Interactive Award and get the recognition that you deserve!

Visit horizoninteractiveawards.com to enter online .
Entry Deadline is February 20, 2009

1st International Whosegame contest on Serious Games

Are you into video games and new technologies? Keen on game design? Whosegame launches its 1st international competition for Serious Games. A challenge for anyone who wants to try their hand at devising and creating Serious Games!

The Serious Games competition is open to students and individual participants from all countries, and runs from December 8th 2008 to March 31st 2009.

How to enter?
- Choose one of three topics:
- Improving one’s knowledge of telecommunications
- Being an eco-citizen with the help of telecommunication technologies
- Acting against isolation and exclusion thanks to telecommunications

- Register to the competition on the website www.whosegame.com

- Upload your thematic Serious Game in Flash format before midnight on March 31st 2009

All the Serious Games will be put online as from April 1st 2009 on www.whosegame.com. Until April 15th 2009,
Internet users will get a chance to vote for their favourite Serious Game in each category.
At the same time, the Whosegame jury will be selecting the 3 best Serious Games.

What can you win?
- A prize (5 000, 2 500 or 1 000€ worth of gift checks in local currency for the jury prizes, and 500€ for those that attracted the most votes from Internet users)
- A visibility for your creation
- Becoming a member of Whosegame creators’ community

For more details, go to the www.whosegame.com website where you’ll find the competition rules and additional information.