Entertainment, Media & Sports

Companies anticipate new hires as ad agency revenue recovering from 2009 lows

$11 million pumped into local economy, Times Group boss tells BIV

Documents obtained via Freedom of Information show the B.C. government’s blog BC B-sides –launched in February in time to promote Family Day – aims to target mommy bloggers, businesses and government workers.

Steve Nash is about to get some competition. Gold’s Gym plans to bulk up its presence in Canada, with 50 new gyms – 20 of them slated for the Vancouver market.

Revealing the first major plank of his party’s campaign platform, NDP leader Adrian Dix pledged yesterday to rescue the film and TV industry – on the same day Premier Christy Clark told Business in Vancouver that the province cannot afford to do so.

Japanese gaming studio Namco Bandai Studios has announced plans to open a facility in Vancouver’s Centre for Digital Media (CDM).

We had many viral marketing type programs before the age of Internet, such as Tupperware or Amway, where customers created growth by selling products to their friends

Gregor Robertson, the mayor of the city that hosted the inaugural Times of India Film Awards, was not invited to the gala ceremony – and British Columbia's tourism minister was not even in Vancouver for the event.

The B.C. government announced Saturday it would add $1 million in funding to a society it created to promote the province’s struggling film, music and publishing sectors.

The B.C.-taxpayer-backed Times of India Film Awards, currently underway, are now known as the Lux Cozi Times of India Film Awards after a title sponsor was found at the 11th hour.