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Canada (/ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world’s second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the world’s longest land border.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the...

Hulu's Original Web Series, A Day In The Life, Gets Even Better With 2nd Episode

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The second episode of Morgan Spurlock's documentary web series A Day in the Life takes a look at stand-up comedian Russell Peters. In the United States, Peters isn't too well-known, but in his native Canada, the UK, and Australia, he has set box office records. ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Social Video Edition

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Each week we try to cover as much of the important online video news as we possibly can. It's not always easy, because as online video grows... the volume of news about online video grows as well. So every weekend we try to give you ...

Netflix Moves Streaming Online Video Service Into Latin America

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Latin America is one of the most booming areas of the world in terms of online video growth. Just two weeks ago, we saw Poptent open an office in Brazil to better serve their customers in that market. And now Netflix has announced that it ...

Netflix Opens Streaming Video Distribution Deal With Open Road Films

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Ring-a-ding-ding! Look who was right, sort of... Yeah, that's me, stop looking in the mirror. Netflix just signed a deal with a new production company, Open Road Films. What's that you say? You've read this news already today? Ahh, but you haven't read my almost ...

Taking Your Video Marketing To The Next Level With QR Codes

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A few months ago, ReelSEO mentioned that QR Codes had seen a huge growth in popularity and listed various examples of the ways they could be used. While the 2D barcodes are more commonly seen on print and products virtually everywhere now, there are also ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons - Parodies & Heartwarmers

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Another week is in the books (well, almost), so it's time to sit back, enjoy that morning coffee, and watch some of the most popular viral videos of the week. As usual, we have entries from savvy brands as well as clueless amateurs, which is ...

Netflix Tweaks Canadian Streams, Saves 70% Bandwidth to Fight Greedy BCE

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Canada, the land of metered and capped Internet bandwidth (BOO!) and social healthcare (YEA!) and...I have to say it Luke, back bacon (Yea!). But back bacon aside, the important thing is that Netflix has taken a hard look at the service they're offering in the ...

Canada Tops US in Average Time Spent with Online Video

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comScore put out their 2010 Canada Digital Year in Review report last week and I quickly rifled through the first 30 pages to get to the good stuff, video usage! It turns out that Canadians really dig online video. I wonder if there's a video ...

The Online Video Weekly News Reel - Nothing Edition

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Nothing odd or otherwise noteworthy to report. Or rather there is and I just don't feel like it. It's Sunday and I want to get to some gaming as I'm currently playing Batman Arkham Asylum which I picked up on a Steam sale for $7.50 ...

AT&T DSL, U-Verse Bandwidth Cap Detrimental to Online Video?

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AT&T has announced that they will begin capping the bandwidth on DSL and U-Verse accounts starting in May. The limits will be 150GB (landline DSL) and 250GB (U-Verse), per month. Considering they claim download speeds of up to 24Mbps that's a reduction in bandwidth of ...

Reel Cord-Cutting News: Netflix, Boxee, Hulu Gets Criterion & Miramax Goes Global

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I generally do a weekend news round up. But within the last 12 hours I saw some cool stuff that all piled up together and was related so, here's a set of news Reel Quick. It has to do with Netflix and competition, Boxee and ...

Online Video Market Matures & Consolidation Continues: Triple-Play Acquisition: KickApps, Kewego and Kyte

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For anyone who has been following KIT digital's acquisition strategy, it's no secret that KIT has been on a buying spree over the last year purchasing online video technology companies. So, it should come as no surprise that the Prague-based video management solutions provider announced ...

Can Videos That Suck, Work As A YouTube Marketing Strategy?

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Can you be commercially successful over time by regularly producing videos that suck, either intentionally or otherwise? Well, Fred and Sharon Spencer of "Who Needs a Movie?" fame proved that it can at least get you to be YouTube, B-List caliber celebrities. Learn about their ...

Google Buys Another Video Company, Widevine Creeps into Portfolio

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Google's year-long shopping spree continues as it scoops up video technology company Widevine. This company is a digital media management platform with DRM, video optimization and other services that help to protect online digital content. Could this be the beginning of a new, more premium-content ...

Hulu's Domestic Disputes Leading to International Expansion?

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Hulu, as far as I'm concerned, is in trouble. Their Hulu Plus service, which costs $7.99, is overpriced and still shows a ridiculous amount of ads and a limited amount of content. Their partners (and part-owners) like NBCU are making content deals outside of the ...

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