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Amazon says it has no plans to offer free video service ahead of NYC media event
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Amazon says it has no plans to offer a free streaming media service, addressing speculation ahead of a media event in New York next Wednesday.
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...
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: 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...
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: 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...
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.