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Oh Henry offering musicians sweet deal

Whichever struggling Canadian band wins the chocolate-bar brand’s contest will join star performers on stage at this year’s Virgin Festival.

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Yahoo portal gets Zoomer-friendly

Yahoo Canada and 50Plus.com have penned a deal geared to make their online content more relevant to web-surfing boomers.

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JumpTV signs deal with World Championship Sports Network

The Toronto-based company will fuel the sports net’s new web home with video, new customer relationship management tools, social networking and other capabilities.

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Next media star: ZO’s Shenkman

Strategy has hunted out a new batch of stellar young professionals. Today, we spotlight Danny Shenkman, account supervisor at ZenithOptimedia.

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PunchMuch, MyThum bring picture messaging to broadcast

Text-to-TV isn’t exactly new anymore. What is novel is functionality that puts mobile pics onto the broadcast platform.

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Notes from the Mediascape: Stunt viral delivers for Levi Strauss

Handstands, backflips and other creative and agile ways to get into a pair of jeans are striking viral gold on YouTube.

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KitchenAid launches UGC offshoot from Food net promo

Food Network hosts are part of KitchenAid Canada’s strategy for reaching Canadian consumers, and the marketer is using branded vignettes as a launch pad for its new KitchenAid Cookbook Creator.

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Nokia injects ad service into WidSets

Advertisers signed with the Nokia Media Network can now target global mobile users through the widget service WidSets.

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IAB intros guidelines for video ads

Covering linear, non-linear and banner-like ads, the guidelines resulted from an Interactive Advertising Bureau committee composed of 145 leading media companies.

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Reitmans bows playful campaign for Smart Set

Microsite visitors can check out various duds, and even see them worn in different settings, at the click of a mouse. There’s also a video, desktop wallpaper and a unique song.

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Ford integrates Yahoo Answers, pop-up art

Ford of Canada is leveraging the power of Yahoo Canada’s user-generated content and the visions of Canadian artists.

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Rare Method forms alliance with AdFarm

AdFarm’s clients in agriculture will begin to see some interactive marketing solutions from Calgary.

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Olive to rep EyeWeekly.com and other Star sites

The online ad network’s roster now includes four sites connected to Star-related properties.

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CareerBuilder ties knot with Branchez-Vous

The job search site is the latest strategic partner to sign on with Branchez-Vous in a bid to reach French Canadians.

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Transcontinental buys Acquizition site

Business owners and entrepreneurs are the latest target of Transcontinental’s acquisition path.