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Disney to buy Maker Studios, operator of YouTube video channels, for $500 million
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Disney said Monday that it is buying YouTube channel operator Maker Studios for $500 million as the family entertainment giant seeks to stay in front of younger viewers who are increasingly watching short videos online.
Disney to buy Maker Studios, operator of YouTube video channels, for at least $500 million
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Disney said Monday that it is buying YouTube channel operator Maker Studios for at least $500 million as the family entertainment giant aims to stay in front of younger audiences who are increasingly watching short videos online.
VIDEO: City staffers join online nomination game
KAMLOOPS - When city employees were told to go jump in a lake, they did it to show their support for accessibility in Kamloops as part of Winter Challenge 2014. Employees took the plunge in the South Thompson River after being nominated on the web. The Winter Challenge is an online video challenge where people...
VIDEO: Radio station burns $5,000 cash
NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY? CALGARY – The social media backlash is intense as a Calgary radio station burns $5,000 cash for a promotion. Amp Radio’s Bank It or Burn It contest gave listeners a chance to vote on whether or not the cash should be burned or given to charity. A majority of...
Video shows gunmen who killed 9 people at Afghan hotel were searched twice before entering
KABUL – Security guards searched four attackers — twice — before allowing them to enter an Afghan hotel where the young men proceeded to the restaurant and killed nine diners, including four foreigners and an AFP journalist, his wife and two children, according to chilling closed-circuit video broadcast Saturday by a local TV station.
VIDEO: It’s up to the humans to avoid conflicts with bears
KAMLOOPS — As bears wake-up hungry from their winter naps, people living near forested areas are being asked to take precautions to avoid conflicts with the bruins. Frank Ritcey with Wildsafe B.C. says they've already had a bear sighting near the dikes in Kamloops. Bear encounters in urban areas have actually been dramatically decreasing over...
CFL proposes video review for pass interference, recommends new rules for 2014
TORONTO – Pass interference should be subject to video review during the upcoming CFL season, the league’s rules committee announced Thursday.
VIDEO: ET Canada contestant goes out in style
VERNON - A Vernon face isn’t shying away from the camera after losing ET Canada’s guest co-host competition. Griffon Burton, 21, bid farewell to the three remaining finalists (Cassie, Anthony and Mozdah) and thanked ET Canada for the amazing opportunity in a quirky YouTube video. The bubbly family photographer from Vernon was in Toronto at...
Search for 1980s ‘E.T.’ video games in New Mexico landfill put on hold
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumoured cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time.
Day by day: A timeline of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s “crack video” scandal
TORONTO – Since May 2013, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been embroiled in controversy that began with published reports of a video that allegedly shows him appearing to smoke crack cocaine. A confession of drug use came months later, followed by other videos showing him in expletive-laced tirades and eventually a stint in rehab for substance abuse. Here are some notable moments in the Rob Ford controversy:
Newly released police documents contain description of Rob Ford crack video
TORONTO – A media lawyer says the latest documents released in the police investigation into Toronto’s mayor contain a police description of the video appearing to show Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
CFL is considering making pass interference subject to video review
TORONTO – The CFL is considering whether to make pass interference subject to video review, the league announced Tuesday.
VIDEO: Ajax wants more conversation
KAMLOOPS — Ajax Mining Inc. stepped out of the shadows this week with the release of a new video, a commercial that asks the community to focus on a conversation based on scientific facts and real information. The video was previewed at a private event for supporters on Saturday before being released online Monday. External...
VIDEO: Peabody & Sherman tops box office with $21.2M
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Chasing down the top spot at the box office after debuting at No. 2 last week, "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" took the lead in its second weekend.
VIDEO: Canadian tourists busted for taking nude photos at Machu Picchu
STREAKING THREAT TO CULTURAL HERITAGE
Turkey video shows ‘culture of cruelty’ but company denies abuse endemic
TORONTO – Disturbing video showing employees of one of the world’s leading turkey producers clubbing, kicking and otherwise abusing the hapless birds is evidence of a culture of cruelty and neglect at the factory farm, an animal-rights group said Friday.
Bergeron’s exit from ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ prompts Shatner joke to tweet no more
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Tom Bergeron is leaving “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at the end of next season, but William Shatner is not quitting Twitter.
South By Southwest: 3D-printed food, bitcoins and blockbuster video game launch dominate
AUSTIN, Texas – Bitcoin, 3-D printed candy and George Takei, the Star Trek-actor-turned-Facebook-phenomenon, are among the attractions this week at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, where the geek set is slowly filing out to make room for hordes of musicians descending on the city.
Kitties hit the big screen for Internet cat video festival in Toronto
TORONTO – An internet cat video festival featuring feline fan Laureen Harper is headed to Toronto.
Video shows Michigan university president having campus to himself on spring break
ALLENDALE, Mich. – What did the president of a Michigan university do on spring break? He made a snow angel, napped on an empty bus and read a book in a greenhouse.
Pierre Karl Peladeau’s jump to PQ spurs calls for Videotron boycott
MONTREAL – It seems Pierre Karl Peladeau’s jump into politics is sparking an unexpected backlash against one of his companies.
Victim’s family cries in court as accused killer details murder in video
KELOWNA – The trial of a B.C. man accused in a 1999 slaying has seen a chilling video in which he speaks casually to an undercover officer about killing and burying the victim.
VIDEO: What would you do?
KAMLOOPS — A video showing a high profile assault with a longboard was released by a Kamloops Provincial Court judge last week. But we noticed something else in the video—see just how many people appear to not take any interest in an injured Michael Forry lying motionless on the sidewalk that day. We counted more...
NSA leader Edward Snowden to speak via video at South By Southwest Interactive festival
AUSTIN, Texas – NSA leaker Edward Snowden is getting ready to speak at this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival.