Telesystem félicite Zone3 pour ses cinq prix Gémeaux 2012

Telesystem félicite Zone3, une entreprise dont elle est copropriétaire depuis 2000, pour ses cinq prix Gémeaux 2012. Ces prix récompensentles meilleures productions télévisuelles de langue française du Canada ainsi que les productions internet et nouveaux médias.

Les émissions primées de Zone3 sont les suivantes :

• Infoman, catégorie « Meilleure série humoristique »
• Les Francs-tireurs, catégorie « Meilleur magazine d’intérêt social »
• À la di Stasio, catégorie « Meilleur magazine de services »
• Fan Club, catégorie « Meilleure émission ou série jeunesse : variétés / magazine »

En outre, Yan England et Caroline Gendron ont remporté le prix Gémeaux de la « Meilleure animation : jeunesse » pour leur animation de Fan Club.

En 2012, 162 émissions, 42 projets numériques et émissions ou séries originales produites pour les nouveaux médias, 690 personnes et 92 maisons de production étaient en lice pour l’obtention d’un prix en 2012. Zone3 comptait 41 nominations cette année.

« C’est avec une grande fierté que l’équipe de Telesystem applaudit le dynamisme, la créativité et la passion de l’équipe de Zone3, qui remporte, année après année, plusieurs prix Gémeaux pour ses productions. Zone3, qui fait partie des entreprises dont Telesystem est copropriétaire,  est indéniablement un leader de la création et de la production de contenus de toutes sortes – et les Gémeaux récoltés en 2012 viennent le démontrer avec conviction. Bravo ! », a déclaré François-Charles Sirois, président et chef de la direction de Telesystem.

« Nous sommes très fiers d’avoir remporté cinq prix Gémeaux cette année. Notre détermination à offrir aux téléspectateurs ce qu’il y a de mieux et à innover pour les satisfaire nous poussent constamment à nous dépasser », a indiqué Michel Bissonnette, président et producteur exécutif de Zone3.

À propos de Zone3

Chef de file de la création et de la production au Québec et au Canada, Zone3 (www.zone3.ca) offre un éventail impressionnant de productions originales dans des genres aussi variés que les dramatiques, les variétés, les magazines, les émissions jeunesse et les documentaires. En 2012, Zone3 a produit 47 émissions qui  ont totalisé plus de 2 500 heures de programmation. Zone3 produit également des formats télé pour le Canada et exporte ses propres formats sur le marché international.

À propos de Telesystem

Fondée en 1984 par Charles Sirois et dirigée par François-Charles Sirois, Telesystem est une société privée qui bâtit des entreprises innovatrices d’envergure internationale dans les secteurs des médias et des technologies. Copropriétaire et partenaire de celles-ci, Telesystem mise sur la création de valeur à long terme et vise à les placer en tête de file de leur industrie au Canada et à l’étranger. Au cours des trois dernières décennies, elle a constitué plus d’une centaine d’entreprises et été la force motrice de certains des plus beaux exemples d’entrepreneurship du Canada. En outre, Telesystem appuie les entrepreneurs et les jeunes par le biais de ses deux fondations : Enablis et TRIOOMPH. Pour plus d’information, veuillez visiter le site internet de Telesystem (www.telesystem.ca).

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Renseignements :
Nancy Defoy
Directrice principale, Communications et marketing
Telesystem
Tél. : 514 397-8466

ndefoy@telesystem.ca

Michel Bissonnette
Président et producteur exécutif
Zone3
Tél. : 514 985-448
mbissonnette@zone3.ca

Apprenez-en plus sur la transmission à variation continue de CVTCORP

Daniel Girard, président et fondateur de CVTCORP, fait une démonstration du fonctionnement de la transmission toroïdale à variation continue et en explique l’origine.

Stingray Digital poursuit son expansion internationale et acquiert le diffuseur de musique numérique israélien Musicoola

Stingray Digital, principal fournisseur de services musicaux pour les distributeurs de télévision à chaînes multiples à travers le monde, a fait l’annonce aujourd’hui de l’acquisition de Musicoola, diffuseur de musique numérique établi à Tel-Aviv. Avec ce nouvel ajout, Stingray Digital confirme sa position à titre d’entreprise parmi les plus importantes sur le marché de la musique numérique avec une présence déjà bien établie dans plus de 50 pays. Depuis sa création en 2007, cette acquisition est la huitième de Stingray Digital.

Musicoola, dont le siège social est à Tel-Aviv en Israël, offre aux fournisseurs de service de télévision en Israël, en Angola, en Hongrie et en Roumanie une gamme complète de chaînes musicales linéaires adaptées aux goûts locaux. Les services offerts aux clients actuels de Musicoola se poursuivront et l’intégration des deux entreprises commencera immédiatement.

« Dans le cadre de notre objectif d’expansion mondiale, nous sommes continuellement à la recherche d’acquisitions stratégiques qui correspondent au modèle de Stingray Digital et qui nous permettent d’accroître la diffusion de nos différentes propriétés musicales », a déclaré Eric Boyko, président et PDG de Stingray Digital. Cette expansion internationale continue élargira la portée de l’entreprise et permettra à Stingray Digital de raffermir sa position à titre de fournisseur de services de musique le plus important sur le câble, sur IPTV (télévision sur protocole Internet) et aux fournisseurs de service de télévision par satellite, offrant dorénavant des services dans plus de 50 pays.

« Musicoola constitue un choix sur mesure pour nous puisque les nombreuses possibilités favoriseront la synergie entre nos plateformes et nos services respectifs. Cette acquisition nous permettra d’élargir l’offre de nos services à de nouveaux clients dans de nouveaux pays, consolidant notre présence au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique, tout en approfondissant notre pénétration du marché européen », conclu Boyko.

Au sujet de Stingray Digital

Stingray Digital est le principal fournisseur de services musicaux à plateformes multiples à travers le monde, avec plus de 75 millions d’abonnés dans 51 pays différents. Nos propriétés sont :

• Galaxie, un service de musique numérique de premier plan à la télévision, au Canada et aux États-Unis (www.galaxie.ca)
• The KARAOKE Channel, un service de karaoké à la télévision et sur Internet, titulaire de la plus grande bibliothèque de karaoké détentrice de licences (www.thekaraokechannel.com)
• Music Choice Europe, un service de musique numérique de premier plan à la télévision, en Europe et en Afrique (www.musicchoiceinternational.com)
• Concert TV, un service de vidéo sur demande diffusé dans 45 millions de foyers aux États-Unis et au Canada (www.concerttv.com)
• Stingray360, chef de file dans le domaine des solutions de marketing sensoriel pour les entreprises (www.stingray360.com)
• Stingray Music, un service de gestion en matière de droits musicaux pour les films, la télévision, les publicités et autres (www.stingray-music.com).

Stingray Digital est détenue en majorité par Telesystem, Novacap et Boyko Investment Corporation. L’entreprise, dont le siège social est établi à Montréal, compte 200 employés dans ses bureaux à travers le Canada, en plus d’avoir pignon sur rue à Los Angeles et à Londres en Angleterre. Pour en savoir davantage, veuillez consulter www.stingraydigital.com.

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Information :
Gary Pelletier
Stingray Digital
514-664-1244 poste 2283
gpelletier@stingraydigital.com

FileTrek announces European expansion with empowered technology

FileTrek, Inc., a leader in secure file sharing, project collaboration and tracking solutions for the extended enterprise, today announced an exclusive partnership with Empowered Technology to meet increasing opportunities and demand in Europe, while rapidly growing FileTrek’s European presence.

“European organizations are grappling with the same mobile content management issues as the U.S., As mobile devices and cloud services continue to proliferate in Europe, there will be further demand for the FileTrek solution,” said Dale Quayle, CEO of FileTrek. “Due to their ongoing commitment to excellent product delivery and customer service, Empowered Technology was the obvious partner for delivering our innovative solutions to European customers. We are excited to announce Empowered Technology as our exclusive U.K. business development partner.”

The FileTrek solution launched on February 15, 2012 is the only combined cloud-based file sharing and tracking solution on the market. FileTrek is designed to allow secure file sharing, project collaboration, and the ability for managers to track content and data with enhanced compliance-friendly audit reporting. The solution is easy to use, transparent to users and can scale across thousands of desktops and mobile devices to maximize individual and workgroup productivity. The company recently released FileTrek for iPad, a management dashboard tool designed for workgroup managers and other team members to easily and transparently track the flow of projects, data and collaborative activity while on the go.

“FileTrek’s innovative tracking technology secures intellectual property being shared by an increasingly mobile workforce, making it a very timely solution,” said Paul Donovan, President of Empowered Technology. “We expect a positive reception from European organizations and look forward to helping accelerate FileTrek’s European market penetration with our regional expertise.”

The partnership is FileTrek’s first distribution deal outside of North America. For more information, please visit www.empoweredtechnology.co.uk or contact your local account executive at +44 118 324 0360.

About FileTrek

FileTrek is privately held with headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and an office in Los Angeles, California. FileTrek is a software provider of mobile content management and tracking solutions for complete visibility of sharing, syncing and versioning activities on the desktop and in the cloud. FileTrek solves the modern dilemma of data sprawl, empowers IT professionals, and improves efficiencies in companies of all sizes. For more information about managing your data journey, please visit www.filetrek.com.

About Empowered Technology

Founded in 2010, Empowered Technology is privately owned with headquarters in the U.K. The company assists IT vendors to successfully launch product and services in the international arena. Empowered Technology represents several IT vendors. For more information about the company, please visit www.empoweredtechnology.co.uk.

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Media contacts:

William McCormick
Grayling Connecting Point
415-442-4023
wmcormick@graylingcp.com

Miranda Joseph
Empowered Technology
+44 118 324 0360
miranda@empoweredtechnology.co.uk

Telesystem félicite Zone3 pour ses 41 nominations aux prix Gémeaux

Telesystem est fière d’annoncer que Zone 3, une entreprise dont elle est co-propriétaire depuis 2000, compte 41 nominations aux prix Gémeaux 2012. Chaque année, depuis plus de 25 ans, les prix Gémeaux honorent les meilleures productions télévisuelles de langue française du Canada et, depuis 2008, les productions internet et nouveaux médias.

En tout, 162 émissions, 42 projets numériques et émissions ou séries originales produites pour les nouveaux médias, 690 personnes et 92 maisons de production sont en lice pour l’obtention d’un prix en 2012. Les gagnants seront dévoilés le 16 septembre prochain.

« Félicitations à Zone3 qui, cette année encore, démontre son excellence et sa créativité, et compte parmi les meilleurs de l’industrie télévisuelle au Québec », a déclaré François-Charles Sirois, président et chef de la direction de Telesystem.

« Nous sommes très heureux d’être en nomination pour 41 prix. C’est la preuve que nos émissions séduisent le public et répondent à ses attentes. Cette réussite est due à l’engagement de nos employés et à leur détermination à offrir aux téléspectateurs ce qu’il y a de mieux », a indiqué Michel Bissonnette, président et producteur de Zone3.

À propos de Zone3

Chef de file de la création et de la production au Québec et au Canada, Zone3 offre un éventail impressionnant de productions originales dans des genres aussi variés que les dramatiques, les variétés, les magazines, les émissions jeunesse et les documentaires. Ses émissions totalisent plus de 2 000 heures de production par année. Zone3 produit également des formats télé pour le Canada et exporte ses propres formats sur le marché international.

À propos de Telesystem

Fondée par Charles Sirois en 1984 et dirigée aujourd’hui par François-Charles Sirois, Telesystem, basée à Montréal, va au-delà du capital de risque et du capital privé d’investissement. Lorsqu’elle investit dans une entreprise, c’est pour en devenir copropriétaire et partenaire et pour créer de la valeur à long terme. Telesystem, qui mise sur deux industries internationales – les médias et les technologies -, a bâti au fil des ans des entreprises qui comptent parmi les plus beaux exemples d’entrepreneurship du Canada.  En outre, elle appuie l’entrepreneurship et la jeunesse par le biais de ses deux fondations : Enablis et TRIOOMPH. Pour plus d’information, veuillez visiter le site internet de l’entreprise à www.telesystem.ca

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Renseignements :
Nancy Defoy
Directrice principale, Communications et marketing
Telesystem
Tél. : 514 397-8466
ndefoy@telesystem.ca

Michel Bissonnette
Président et producteur exécutif
Zone3
Tél. : 514 985-4485
mbissonnette@zone3.ca

Stingray launches digital music audio channels in Croatia

Stingray Digital, a Montreal-based provider of music services to multi-channel operators, announces the launch of Music Choice on B.net in addition to the KARAOKE channel currently available on B.net.

“It is an exciting day for Stingray Digital to be launching the Music Choice service with B.net,” said Eric Boyko, President and CEO of Stingray Digital. “TV service operators around the world are recognizing the value of commercial-free digital music channels as an important value-add benefit for their subscribers,” he added.

Subscribers of the digital basic tier will enjoy 45 uninterrupted digital music audio channels across all key genres and eras. The service will also be available on mobile, smart phone, tablets and pc. These 45 music channels are programmed by experts in a variety of genres. Subscribers to Bnet’s digital cable service will enjoy a channel line-up with different genres including Rock, Pop, Blues, Urban, Jazz, World Carnival, Hit List and many more.

The music is complemented by attractive, theme-based images that are displayed on the television along with the details of the currently playing song and the song playing next.

About Stingray Digital Media Group

Stingray Digital is the leading multi-platform music service provider in the world, with more than 60 million subscribers in 48 different countries. Our properties include:

• The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV and Internet (www.thekaraokechannel.com)
• Galaxie, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada and in the US (www.galaxie.ca)
• Stingray360, a leader in sensorial marketing solutions for business (www.stingray360.com)
• Stingray Music, music licensing for film, television, advertising and other (www.stingray-music.com)
• Concert TV, a video-on-demand service distributed to 30 million homes in the US and in Canada (www.concerttv.com)
• Music Choice, the original digital music pioneer in Europe (www.musicchoiceinternational.com)

Stingray Digital is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap. Headquartered in Montreal, the company has 200 employees in Montreal and Toronto, Canada; London, England; and Charlotte and Los Angeles in the USA. For more information, visit www.stingraydigital.com.

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For more information, please contact:
Gary Pelletier
Stingray Digital
514-664-1244 ext 2283
gpelletier@stingraydigital.com

FileTrek releases management tool on iPad

FileTrek, Inc. today released FileTrek for iPad, a management dashboard tool designed for workgroup managers and other team members to easily and transparently track the flow of projects, data and collaborative activity while on the go. FileTrek for iPad provides live activity updates of projects, displays how project files are related and how those files are being changed, with real-time data syncing and updates. The FileTrek iPad app is built for members of workgroups that require timely distribution of frequently updated files and the ability to track those files and data wherever it resides. Follow this link for a demo.

“The speed of the mobile work environment can make it very difficult for managers and team members alike to meet in-person to review and report on the status of shared projects,” said Carol Mason, Director of Product Management at FileTrek. “Managers want to view data and activity while on the go, and team members want to report the status of their work without having to write a report or make a phone call. FileTrek for iPad simultaneously presents three up-to-date feeds of information – people, projects and data, all on a single pane of glass. It will change everyone’s mindset as to how to get projects done with greater efficiency, and even have some fun while doing it.”

The dashboard app is an extension of the FileTrek solution launched on February 15, 2012. The application is the only combined cloud-based file sharing and tracking solution on the market. FileTrek is designed to allow secure file sharing, project collaboration, and the ability for managers to track content and data with enhanced compliance-friendly audit reporting. The solution is easy to use, transparent to users and can scale across thousands of desktops and mobile devices to maximize individual and workgroup productivity.

FileTrek for iPad features include:

• Access: With FileTrek for iPad, a worker in the field can access data through a tablet and have the same secure view of spreadsheets, presentations and memos as a manager in the company offices. Any existing FileTrek project or document that has been synced or shared can be added to the dashboard with a single click. There are no limits to the number of “favorite” projects, people and files that can be tracked.
• Robust Tracking Capabilities : FileTrek’s innovative data tracking feature allows users to obtain a comprehensive view of all activity within a workgroup or project, who has worked on it, and the various changes that have been made to it. The app provides reliable access to the most recent versions. A file map tracks project dependencies and illustrates how files are related.
• Event Feed: Receive live activity updates of all your FileTrek projects, access and revisions. You can see up-to-date sharing activity within a project, who has been added, who has been removed, information on what files have been reviewed, changed or removed, an intuitive cover flow interface allows users can visually flip through snapshots of files to easily access and view all the documents and files related to the project(s) they are working on.
• Management Tools: FileTrek for iPad is an innovative solution for people that manage multiple projects at any given time such as sales staff, real estate agents, creative services professionals, health care providers, etc. The dashboard is particularly useful for members of workgroups that require timely distribution of frequently updated files.
• Pricing and Availability: FileTrek for iPad is free and available now for existing Team and Enterprise accounts from the iOS App Store.

Follow this link to download.

About FileTrek

FileTrek is privately held with offices in Los Angeles, California and Ottawa, Canada. FileTrek is a software provider of mobile content management and tracking solutions for complete visibility of sharing, syncing and versioning activities on the desktop and in the cloud. FileTrek solves the modern dilemma of data sprawl, empowers IT professionals, and improves efficiencies in companies of all sizes. For more information about managing your data journey, please visit www.filetrek.com.

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Media contact:
Jake White
VP, Marketing Communications, FileTrek
310-702-4955
jwhite@filetrek.com

3 h par jour vers le succès

En 2012, François-Charles Sirois, fondateur de la Fondation TRIOOMPH, a investi temps et efforts pendant 3 mois pour réaliser un de ses rêves : apprendre à jouer le solo de guitare Free Bird de Lynyrd Skynyrd. Il espère ainsi inspirer les jeunes à rêver et à atteindre leurs objectifs.

Pour voir le résultat de ses efforts :

Coveo Earns SIIA CODiE Award for Best Relationship Management Solution

Coveo today announced that it has won a 2012 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Relationship Management Solution. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. The CODiE Awards showcase the software and information industry’s finest products and services, honoring excellence in corporate achievement.

“This year’s winners reflect excellence and vision,” noted SIIA Vice President for the Software Division Rhianna Collier. “I’m proud to congratulate them on the success of their applications, platforms, and products.”

Coveo is one of 28 winners reviewed and voted upon by SIIA members. Awarded the “Best Relationship Management Solution,” Coveo Insight Solutions for Customer Service provides the front-line intelligence needed to transform customer service and support. By turning disparate data from all sources into insight about customers, their products, challenges, interactions, history and more, organizations are able to provide a more engaging experience. Flexible and modular, Coveo Insight Solutions leverage the Coveo Insight Methodology, a reference framework developed through more than 700 implementations. This combination results in a new level of actionable insight and the ability for organizations to better innovate, know, serve and sell to their customers.

“True customer engagement focuses on an organization’s ability to understand, adapt and respond to customer needs in a completely agile, real-time fashion,” said Diane Berry, Coveo senior vice president, Marketing and Communication. “The growth of social media and increasing move to the cloud has accelerated information fragmentation—while volumes are also growing exponentially. Our Insight Solutions, built on the Coveo Advanced Enterprise Search platform, help companies tame this growing and increasingly complex challenge by instantly assembling and presenting contextually relevant information for each user – whether that user is the customer, on a website; or a customer service agent or salesperson. And this is regardless of where the information is located – in the cloud, behind the firewall or in social media. We are honored to receive this CODiE Award, which is our third CODiE in four years. We are very appreciative of this recognition from the SIIA, the CODiE judges and SIIA members.” For more information about the CODiE Awards, visit www.siia.net/codies/2012.

About Coveo

Coveo transforms companies’ ability to gain insight from diverse and overwhelming amounts of unstructured and structured data, whether it exists behind the firewall or in social media. Coveo’s unified indexing technology connects broadly with all systems to create a virtual integration layer, from which role-based Insight Consoles present consolidated, correlated information mashups. Greater insight enables more effective and efficient customer service, more relevant customer experiences, increased sales and shorter sales cycles, faster innovation for better product development, and ultimately, increased profitability.

Coveo customers range from Fortune 100 companies such as Lockheed Martin, PepsiCo, and Verizon, to Global 2000 companies such as GEICO and CA Technologies, to mid-sized businesses such as Terumo Medical and Children’s Hospital of Boston. For more information, visit www.coveo.com.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education, and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading software and information companies. The SIIA Software Division provides a forum for companies developing the applications, services, infrastructure and tools that are driving the software and services industry forward. For further information, visit www.siia.net/software.

About the SIIA CODiE™ Awards

The SIIA CODiE™ Awards, originally called the Excellence in Software Awards, were established in 1986 by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), so that pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other’s work. Since then, the CODiE Awards program has carried out the same purpose – to showcase the software and information industry’s finest products and services and to honor excellence in corporate achievement.

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For information:
Jessica Hohn-Cabana
Coveo
418-263-1111 x233

Coveo honored as a 2012 technology services recognized innovator

Coveo announced it has been named a Spring 2012 Recognized Innovator finalist by the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA), the leading association for today’s technology services organizations, at the Technology Services World (TSW) Best Practices conference today in Santa Clara, California. The company was named a finalist in the “Innovation in Products” category.

The Recognized Innovator Awards have become highly regarded in the technology services industry, representing the only independently judged awards program that recognizes innovation in technology services products and service offerings documented with customer case studies of measurable business value and results.

Recognized Innovator finalists were selected by a panel of judges, including industry experts and TSIA members. As a Recognized Innovator finalist, Coveo will be featured in TSIA Research, and conference attendees can learn more about the company’s offerings during the Innovation Tour that will be conducted at the conference on May 7. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 9.

“Coveo’s solutions deliver value to technology companies and they truly understand product innovation,” said John Ragsdale, vice president of technology research for TSIA. “As one judge noted, ‘Insight is clearly seen in this excellent application.’ This is one of the many reasons why it’s our privilege to honor Coveo as a Spring 2012 Recognized Innovator finalist and a proven leader who can leverage innovative technology and continue to raise the bar for the entire technology services market.”

Services operations—including education services, professional services, support services and field services—are all looking for a competitive edge: something that allows them to make a unique claim in the market. Often, companies look to innovative technology to provide that competitive edge. The Recognized Innovator ‘Innovation in Products’ category provides documented case studies showing how their innovative products enable service operations to better compete through means such as increased productivity, cost reductions, increased revenues, improved customer satisfaction, or improvements to other key performance or financial metrics.

Coveo Insight Solutions for Customer Service provides the front-line intelligence needed to transform customer service and support—by turning disparate data from all sources into insight about customers, their products, challenges, interactions, history and more. Flexible and modular, Coveo Insight Solutions leverage the Coveo Insight Methodology, a reference framework developed through more than 700 implementations. This combination results in a new level of actionable insight and the ability for organizations to better innovate, know, serve and sell to their customers.

“We are honored to be named a finalist once again for the TSIA’s Recognized Innovator awards,” said Diane Berry, Coveo senior vice president, Marketing and Communication. “It is always a pleasure to be recognized for those qualities that are part of our DNA—innovation and delivering customer value. We look forward to participating in Technology Services World and having the opportunity to collaborate, share best practices and demonstrate the transformative nature of our Insight Solutions for Customer Service.”

TSW events have a strong reputation for delivering a solid program filled with impactful content. More information on Technology Services World and the Technology Services Recognized Innovator Awards can be found at www.technologyservicesworld.com.

About Coveo

Coveo transforms companies’ ability to gain insight from diverse and overwhelming amounts of unstructured and structured data, whether it exists behind the firewall or in social media. Coveo’s unified indexing technology connects broadly with all systems to create a virtual integration layer, from which role-based Insight Consoles present consolidated, correlated information mashups. Greater insight enables more effective and efficient customer service, more relevant customer experiences, increased sales and shorter sales cycles, faster innovation for better product development, and ultimately, increased profitability.

Coveo customers range from Fortune 100 companies such as Lockheed Martin, PepsiCo, and Verizon, to Global 2000 companies such as GEICO and CA Technologies, to mid-sized businesses such as Terumo Medical and Children’s Hospital of Boston. For more information, visit www.coveo.com.

About TSIA

The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to advancing the business of technology services. Technology services organizations large and small look to TSIA for world-class business frameworks, best practices based on real-world results, detailed performance benchmarking, exceptional peer networking opportunities, and high-profile certification and awards programs. TSIA corporate members represent the world’s top technology companies as well as scores of innovative small and midsize businesses in four major markets: enterprise IT & telecom, consumer technology, healthcare & healthcare IT, and industrial equipment & technology. For more information, visit www.tsia.com.

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For information:
Diane Berry
Coveo
418-263-1111 ext. 200

Stingray Digital et Opus Arte annoncent un accord de programmation

Stingray Digital (opérateur de vidéo à la demande, VOD, et diffuseur de Concert TV, de The KARAOKE Channel et de Galaxie) et Opus Arte (fournisseur de contenu en matière d’opéra et de ballet, dont le siège est au Royaume-Uni) sont fiers d’annoncer un accord de programmation qui permettra à Stingray Digital d’accéder à plus d’une centaine de titres de ballets et d’opéras de renommée mondiale provenant du catalogue d’Opus Arte. Ces performances filmées feront partie de la gamme de produits qu’offre Stingray à travers le monde, mais seront d’abord lancées en Amérique du Nord.

« Nous sommes ravis, et même honorés, de collaborer avec Opus Arte dans le but de distribuer un contenu d’une telle qualité et d’un tel prestige », affirme Eric Boyko, PDG de Stingray Digital. « Nos clients seront enchantés de visionner ces productions primées d’autant plus que ce type de contenu est rarement présenté à la télévision ou sur vidéo à la demande (VOD) », a conclu Boyko.

« Nous nous réjouissons d’établir ainsi un partenariat avec Stingray. Leur excellent réseau de distribution permettra à un large auditoire d’apprécier nos opéras et nos ballets », déclare Alistair Roberts, directeur général d’Opus Arte/Royal Opera House Enterprises.

Le catalogue d’Opus Arte comprend des performances de compagnies de renommée internationale telles que The Royal Opera House et The Royal Ballet ainsi que le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris en France. Elles ont été enregistrées professionnellement, en haute définition, dans de prestigieux théâtres à travers le monde y compris au Royal Opera House de Londres, au Teatro Real de Madrid, à La Scala de Milan, à l’Opéra de Paris et plusieurs autres. Les opéras et les ballets seront offerts, sur vidéo à la demande (VOD), aux 40 millions de clients actuels et futurs de Concert TV aux États-Unis, au Canada, et bientôt à travers l’Europe, l’Asie et l’Afrique. L’accord conclu procure les droits de distribution pour plateformes multiples, dont la télévision et la vidéo à la demande (VOD), à l’échelle internationale.

Au sujet d’Opus Arte

Opus Arte est la société de production et de distribution artistique multiplateforme du Royal Opera House. Créée en 1999, la société a connu une croissance rapide pour devenir l’un des principaux fournisseurs de contenu de musique classique de qualité supérieure dans le monde. En plus de mettre sur le marché une vingtaine de titres sur DVD, sur Blu-ray et sur CD chaque année, la société est responsable de la production et de la réalisation de contenu ayant été diffusé dans plus de 60 pays et ayant remporté de nombreux prix. Pour tous les détails du catalogue d’Opus Arte, veuillez consulter www.opusarte.com.

Au sujet de Stingray Digital

Stingray Digital est chef de file dans la distribution interactive de musique. Les propriétés qu’elle détient incluent The KARAOKE Channel, la plus grande bibliothèque de karaoké détentrice de licences au monde et un service de karaoké à la télévision et sur l’Internet, Galaxie, un service de musique à la télévision qui détient un rôle de premier plan au Canada, Music Choice Europe, un service de musique numérique à la télévision en Europe et en Afrique, Stingray 360, un chef de file dans le domaine de la musique commerciale et des solutions vidéo, et Stingray Music, un service de gestion en matière de droits musicaux. Stingray est financièrement appuyée par Telesystem et Novacap. L’entreprise, dont le siège social est établi à Montréal, compte plus de 200 employés et a également pignon sur rue à Charlotte, à Los Angeles et à Londres. Pour en savoir davantage, veuillez consulter www.stingraydigital.com.

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Information:
Gary Pelletier
Vice-president, Marketing, Stingray Digital
514-664-1244

Blueprint raises $15.9 million in growth capital

Blueprint™, a global leader in requirements definition and management software, today announced the completion of a growth capital round of funding totaling $15.9 million. This round was led by a new investor – Tandem Expansion Fund, with the participation of existing investors from BDC IT Venture Fund, Walsingham Partners Fund, and several private investors. The money raised will be used to accelerate Blueprint’s growth by expanding sales, marketing and channel partner presence and capacity in USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.

« We are delighted to have led this financing and believe Blueprint is well on its way to becoming the global standard in the burgeoning requirements definition and management software category within the Global 2000, » says Alex Moorhead, managing partner at Tandem Expansion Fund. « We are impressed with the market and customer demand, along with the ROI Blueprint customers have experienced. We are confident in the Blueprint team’s ability to scale the business in realizing its full potential. »

« Today, IT departments are under tremendous pressure to deliver deeper software capabilities with less budget to support changing business requirements, » says Roger Wilson, partner at BDC’s IT Venture Fund. « The requirements definition and management software market is at a tipping point for explosive growth over the next two to three years as Business and IT leaders embrace powerful platforms like Blueprint that improve business and IT collaboration and finally close this major gap in the software development process that is costing the industry over $100B annually in waste and rework. »

Developing complex software projects requires close collaboration between business stakeholders and IT who must agree on and manage multiple requirements through to completion. While projects increase in complexity, most Global 2000 companies still rely on Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and Visio drawings, all pasted into thick paper-based requirements files. This time-consuming, manual process is error prone, causes poor stakeholder collaboration and validation, and can result in ill-defined requirements that often change substantially during the project lifecycle. This legacy model can result in 30-50 percent project delays and budget overruns, significant scope reduction, poor end-user adoption, and escalating project backlogs.

Blueprint has changed that equation. Over the past five years, more than 200 customers — including major Fortune 500 banks, insurance companies, retailers, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies — have improved collaboration between their business and IT teams using Blueprint’s patented requirements visualization and social features. The results — higher quality requirements and 30-50 percent faster on-budget delivery of truly usable software applications, along with dramatically reduced project backlogs.

« We have demonstrated that we can dramatically improve the software development performance of our initial set of Global 2000 customers, leaving us well positioned as a leading requirements platform as global demand takes off, » says David Nyland, President & CEO of Blueprint. « For this we need to grow our presence in the US, EMEA, and Asia as well as through mature distribution channels such as HP’s and Microsoft’s partner ecosystem. We are now significantly strengthened by our financial partners who have validated our business plan and are supporting us with expansion capital to enhance our global penetration. »

About Blueprint

Blueprint is the world leader in collaborative requirements definition and management solutions for companies looking to improve the success of critical revenue-generating projects. Blueprint transforms the business-IT relationship into a visual and engaging collaboration, enabling a unified approach that results in on-time, and on-budget applications. Predictable project schedules combined with faster time-to-market is critical to the competitive success of Blueprint’s Global 2000 customers. Headquartered in Toronto, Blueprint has global sales, operations and partner presence. Visit http://www.blueprintsys.com.

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Contact:
Blueprint
Robert Bartlett, 647-288-3384
robert.bartlett@blueprintsys.com

François-Charles Sirois est nommé chef de la direction de Telesystem

Monsieur Charles Sirois, président du conseil d’administration de Telesytem, est heureux d’annoncer la nomination de François-Charles Sirois, son fils, au poste de chef de la direction de l’entreprise dont il était président depuis juin 2009.

« François-Charles a joué un rôle déterminant dans les décisions d’investissement de Telesystem qui possède aujourd’hui un groupe significatif d’entreprises innovatrices et performantes. Je suis persuadé que sa vision et son sens des affaires profiteront à Telesystem ainsi qu’aux partenaires et entrepreneurs auxquels elle est associée », a indiqué M. Sirois.

« Je remercie le conseil d’administration pour sa confiance et l’équipe de Telesystem, pour son appui. Comme toujours, je reste motivé et déterminé à créer de la valeur à long terme pour les entreprises des secteurs des médias et des technologies dont nous sommes copropriétaires, et à les positionner en tête de leur industrie au Canada et dans le reste du monde.  À ce titre, les valeurs de Telesystem – respect, intégrité et entrepreneurship – seront essentielles pour la concrétisation de notre mission qui consiste à bâtir des entreprises innovatrices mondiales », a expliqué François-Charles Sirois.

François-Charles continuera de veiller au maintien des excellentes relations d’affaires que Telesystem a bâties au fil des années avec ses partenaires. En outre, il continuera à diriger les activités de planification stratégique de la Société ainsi que ses opérations, et à identifier des occasions d’acquisitions et de partenariats pour Telesystem et ses entreprises. En plus de siéger aux conseils d’administration de Telesystem et de la Fondation CHU Ste-Justine, François-Charles continuera de présider le conseil de la Fondation TRIOOMPH, qu’il a créée.

Outre son implication dans de nombreux projets et organismes qui lui tiennent à coeur, Charles Sirois continuera de présider les conseils d’administration de Telesystem, de la Banque CIBC et d’Enablis. Il coprésidera également le comité d’investissement du fonds Tandem.

Rappelons que Telesystem a été fondée en 1984 par Charles Sirois. Dans les années 1980, l’entreprise est devenue le chef de file de la téléphonie sans fil au pays.  Au cours de la décennie suivante, Telesytem s’est tournée vers les marchés internationaux par le biais de Téléglobe (dont elle réalisa une prise de contrôle en 1992), de Microcell (qu’elle fonda en 1992) et de TIW (créée en 1994 avec Ted Rogers). Dans un marché consolidé par de gros joueurs et peu d’occasions d’investissement, Telesystem s’est départie de ses actifs reliés à l’industrie des télécommunications au début des années 2000 et a choisi, en milieu de décennie, de concentrer ses activités sur le développement d’entreprises innovantes en médias et technologies. Telesystem a ainsi contribué au succès de nombreuses entreprises qui comptent parmi les plus beaux exemples d’entrepreneurship du Canada, notamment : Stingray Digital, WoozWorld et Zone 3. Enfin, Telesystem appuie les entrepreneurs et la jeunesse, entre autres par le biais de deux fondations qu’elle a créées : Enablis et TRIOOMPH.

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Renseignements :
Nancy Defoy
Directrice principale, Communications et marketing
Telesystem
Tél. : 514 397-8466
ndefoy@telesystem.ca

Stingray launches digital music audio channels in Serbia

Stingray Digital, a Montreal-based provider of music services to multi-channel operators, announces the launch of Music Choice on Telekom Srbija.

“It is an exciting day for Stingray Digital to be launching the Music Choice service with Telkom Srbija Open IPTV service,” said Eric Boyko, President and CEO of Stingray Digital. “TV service operators around the world are recognizing the value of commercial-free digital music channels as an important value-add benefit for their subscribers,” he added.

Subscribers of the digital basic tier will enjoy 45 uninterrupted digital music audio channels across all key genres and eras. The specific channel line-up has been adapted to the taste of the local market with different genres including Rock, Pop, Blues, Urban, Jazz, World, and many more. Stingray Digital’s programmers are based in many countries around the world, allowing for customization of programming to meet the listening habits in different regions.

The music is complemented by attractive, theme-based images that are displayed on the television along with the details of the currently playing song and the song playing next.

About Stingray Digital Media Group  

Stingray Digital is a leader in interactive music distribution. Our properties include:

• The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV, and on the Internet
• Galaxie, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada and in the US
• Music Choice Europe, the leading digital music service on TV in Europe and Africa
• Concert TV, a video-on-demand service distributed to 30 million homes in the US and in Canada
• Stingray360, a leader in sensorial marketing solutions for businesses
• Stingray Music, music licensing for film, television, advertising and other uses

Stingray Digital is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap. Headquartered in Montreal, the company has 200 employees in Montreal and Toronto, Canada; London, England; and Charlotte and Los Angeles in the USA. For more information, visit www.stingraydigital.com

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Information:
Gary Pelletier
Vice-President Marketing, Stingray Digital
514-664-1244

Coveo Insight Solutions to be implemented in over 1,500 school districts and to serve 8 million students in the USA

Coveo announced today that SunGard has implemented its Insight Solutions for Customer Service across Sungard K-12 Education, which currently supports over 1,500 school districts and over 8 million students (one out of six students) across the US.

SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies. Its four businesses serve approximately 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard K-12 Education offers district-wide software solutions to help teachers, administrators and parents support student achievement. Sungard K-12 Education delivers an integrated suite of software solutions for student information, assessment and curriculum management, special education, and financial and human resources.

SunGard K-12 sought to streamline its customer service operations and provide agents with a consolidated view of all structured and unstructured customer information across multiple systems, including social communities. Prior to Coveo, SunGard agents needed to search and sort through many separate data repositories to answer customer questions, wasting support agent time and resulting in higher costs to resolve customer issues.

With Coveo, SunGard K-12 customer service agents gain additional insight to solve customer issues quickly and efficiently. Coveo’s Insight Consoles automatically consolidate and correlate information from across multiple systems, including SunGard’s CRM and case tracking system, file shares and online customer communities, into a single, role-based Insight Console, configured specifically to SunGard contact center agent and manager needs.

With Coveo Insight Solutions, SunGard K-12 customer service agents now have a consolidated, single view of relevant customer information from across interaction channels and systems. With this greater level of insight into its customers, SunGard will improve agent efficiency and speed case resolution time, all while maintaining SunGard’s high levels of customer satisfaction.

Supporting Quotes  

Keith Gingrich, vice president, customer support operations, SunGard K-12 Education: “We are always looking for ways to improve our customer service operations in an effort to serve our customers better and grow our business. As we continue to undergo significant growth, we wanted to scale our operations efficiently while maintaining our high levels of customer satisfaction. We were impressed with the results other Coveo customers reported in these areas, as well as Coveo’s focus on helping its customers meet and exceed their goals. We view this as a partnership to improve the customer service experience for our school districts. Coveo will help us help school districts spend less resources managing technology so they can spend more resources improving student achievement.”

Louis Têtu, chairman and CEO, Coveo: “It’s clear that SunGard’s customer-centric operations allow them to more aggressively compete in today’s market and better serve their customers. We look forward to helping SunGard significantly improve its ability to deliver a consistent, efficient and effective customer experience, and achieve the one-to-one relationship with their customers that will help to grow their business in the future.”

About Coveo

Coveo transforms companies’ ability to gain insight from diverse and overwhelming amounts of unstructured and structured data, whether it exists behind the firewall or in social media. Coveo’s unified indexing technology connects broadly with all systems to create a virtual integration layer, from which role-based Insight Consoles present consolidated, correlated information mashups. Greater cross-channel insight facilitates one-to-one relationships with customers, leading to increased sales, faster innovation for better product development and ultimately, increased profitability.

Coveo customers range from Fortune 100 companies such as Lockheed Martin, PepsiCo and Verizon, to Global 2000 companies such as GEICO, CA Technologies and T-Mobile, to mid-sized businesses such as Terumo Medical, IBM Netezza and Children’s Hospital of Boston. For more information, visit www.coveo.com.

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Press contact:
Kate Lukach, Coveo
klukach@coveo.com
418-263-1111 ext. 233

FileTrek secures $10 million in funding

FileTrek announced today the company closed $10 million in Series B funding from a consortium of investors in the U.S. and Canada led by Anthem Venture Partners, Telesystem, and Ontario Emerging Technologies Funds. FileTrek will use the funding to support its release today of the industry’s first cloud-based file sharing solution that tracks and audits Enterprise content and data.

“Despite their hype, existing cloud file storage and sharing solutions have created a huge dilemma for Enterprise IT and workgroup managers,” said Dale Quayle, CEO of FileTrek. “These services tend to be used by employees without their knowledge, and can quickly distribute files all over the place, with no way to know where they went and no way to track or find them. FileTrek provides the visibility lacking in the current ecosystem with an industry-first innovative tracking capability that doesn’t require files to be tethered to a folder or box. We’re changing the course of how Enterprises will manage their data journey.”

Appointed to the position of CEO in September 2011, Dale Quayle is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years experience in driving strategic direction and sales growth for enterprise software companies. He was former CEO of Integrien, provider of integrity management solutions, until he sold the company to VMWare in 2010. Dale has also worked with Hewlett-Packard and Jonathan Engineered Solutions. Also joining the management team is Ross Sonnabend as Vice President of Operations. Ross is responsible for leading the daily operations and customer experience for FileTrek. Most recently, he was at Accenture leading large-scale implementations in the content management, digital supply chain and intellectual property rights management areas for clients such as CBS, Sony, Warner Bros, and Fox Interactive Media.

FileTrek is designed to allow secure file sharing, project collaboration, and the ability for managers to track content and data with enhanced compliance-friendly audit reporting. The solution is easy to use, transparent to users and can scale across thousands of desktops and mobile devices to maximize individual and workgroup productivity.

“We believe FileTrek will define a new category by delivering an innovative solution that combines file sharing and tracking of critical data,” said William Woodward, Managing Director of Anthem Venture Partners, FileTrek Board member, and a founder of Macromedia. “FileTrek gives accessibility to the content that is currently scattered throughout an organization and elsewhere, bringing a new sense of security to companies both large and small.”

About FileTrek Software

FileTrek is privately held with offices in Los Angeles, California and Ottawa, Canada. FileTrek is a software provider of mobile content management and tracking solutions for complete visibility of sharing, syncing and versioning activities on the desktop and in the cloud. FileTrek solves the modern dilemma of data sprawl, empowers IT professionals, and improves efficiencies in companies of all sizes. For more information about managing your data journey, please visit www.FileTrek.com.

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Source:
Jake White
VP, Marketing Communications, FileTrek
310-362-5571
jwhite@filetrek.com

FileTrek launches industry’s first combined cloud-based file sharing and tracking solution

FileTrek announced today the only combined cloud-based file sharing and tracking solution on the market. FileTrek is designed to allow secure file sharing, project collaboration, and the ability for managers to track content and data with enhanced compliance-friendly audit reporting.

The solution is easy to use, transparent to users and can scale across thousands of desktops and mobile devices to maximize individual and workgroup productivity.

“Companies are grappling with how to solve data sprawl created by the explosion of devices and cloud services that have been adopted for convenience and increased mobility,” said Dale Quayle, CEO of FileTrek. “Employees across all departments are deploying their personal devices and using public-cloud and file sharing applications that are currently outside IT control. FileTrek will give businesses the ability to track, access and share all their business content – while retaining employee freedom to create and collaborate productively.” “It is essential for a financial services business like ours to be able to track the critical data that we share with our clients,” stated Frédéric Lavoie, CEO of ModelCom. “FileTrek software is the first solution we have seen that gives us the ability to securely share and monitor sensitive content in a single application.” Track Files as You Share and Collaborate

FileTrek is the only secure cloud file sharing and collaboration tool with an innovative data tracking feature that instantly tells you: the location of a file, who has worked on it, the various changes that have been made to it, and how files are related. All versions of documents and files automatically backup and sync between multiple devices in real-time. Users can share files directly from their desktop and access data anywhere from any device, whether they are online or offline. Files do not need to be tethered to a “box in the sky” for access and sharing.

FileTrek also is the only solution to track project dependencies and related files during content collaboration. Secure Data in Private Cloud and Audit Reporting FileTrek provides audit trail reporting that gives management and IT visibility of all sharing, syncing and versioning activities of a file or its contents. Automatic audit trails showing file genealogy can be generated to obtain a comprehensive view of actions related to critical data. This is crucial for regulated industries with compliance requirements as well as any enterprise or small business that creates and/or manages controlled content and wants to ensure the security of its company IP.

All files are encrypted for secure cloud storage. Additionally, an internal FileTrek storage option allows Enterprises to utilize their own internal servers as the host rather than utilize the public cloud. This option allows organizations to share files, collaborate on projects, prevent data loss, and increase profitability – all within a unified and private system. Versions and Pricing Three tiers of FileTrek are available to address the needs of any small to medium-sized business or enterprise:

• The Enterprise solution provides enhanced compliance tracking and reporting capabilities.
• The Team version for locating, sharing and tracking files amongst a workgroup begins with a 30-day free trial followed by a cost of $20 per user monthly.
• The Individual version for personal file sharing and storage is available for free.

About FileTrek Software

FileTrek is privately held with offices in Los Angeles, California and Ottawa, Canada. It is a software provider of mobile content management and tracking solutions for complete visibility of sharing, syncing and versioning activities on the desktop and in the cloud. FileTrek solves the modern dilemma of data sprawl, empowers IT professionals, and improves efficiencies in companies of all sizes. For more information about managing your data journey, please visit www.filetrek.com.

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Source:
Jake White
VP, Marketing Communications, FileTrek
310-362-5571
jwhite@filetrek.com

Coveo receives Customer Interaction Solutions magazine’s 2011 Product of the Year Award

Coveo announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has honored Coveo Insight Solutions for Customer Service as a Customer Interaction Solutions 2011 Product of the Year. Customer Interaction Solutions magazine is the leading publication covering CRM, call centers and teleservices since 1982.

Coveo Insight Solutions transform customer service and support capabilities by turning disparate data from all sources into actionable insight. Coveo’s solutions help customer service agents uncover trends in information lodged behind firewalls and in social media streams, giving them a greater ability to improve customer service, save their organizations money and limit their organizations’ exposure to risk.

“Organizations are continually challenged by the inability to sort, share and gain insight from information that can truly benefit customer service,” said Louis Tetu, CEO at Coveo. “Insight Solutions for Customer Service gives agents and departments tools to cut through the chaos – to help them know, serve and sell to their customers. This award recognizes the valuable service we provide in this critically important field.”

“Coveo was selected to receive a 2011 Product of the Year Award for its achievement in advancing CRM, contact center and call center technologies. Coveo Insights for Customer Service has demonstrated excellence as well as provided ROI for the companies that use it,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “Customer Interaction Solutions magazine has been recognizing innovative companies for 14 years and Coveo has earned its place with this distinguished honor.

The 14th Annual Product of the Year Award winners are published in the January/February 2012 issue of Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, www.cismag.com.

For more information about the Customer Interaction Solutions’ 2011 Product of the Year Awards or any of the TMC media properties, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Coveo

Coveo transforms companies’ ability to gain insight from diverse and overwhelming amounts of unstructured and structured data, whether it exists behind the firewall or in social media. Coveo’s unified indexing technology connects broadly with all systems to create a virtual integration layer, from which role-based Insight Consoles present consolidated, correlated information mashups. Greater insight enables more effective and efficient customer service, more relevant customer experiences, increased sales and shorter sales cycles, faster innovation for better product development and ultimately, increased profitability.

Coveo customers range from Fortune 100 companies such as Lockheed Martin, PepsiCo and Verizon, to Global 2000 companies such as GEICO, CA Technologies and T-Mobile, to mid-sized businesses such as Terumo Medical, IBM Netezza and Children’s Hospital of Boston. For more information, visit www.coveo.com.

About Customer Interaction Solutions

Since 1982, Customer Interaction Solutions (CIS) magazine has been the voice of the call/contact center, CRM and teleservices industries. CIS magazine has helped the industry germinate, grow, mature and prosper, and has served as the leading publication in helping these industries that have had such a positive impact on the world economy to continue to thrive. Through a combination of outstanding and cutting-edge original editorial, industry voices, in-depth lab reviews and the recognition of the innovative leaders in management and technology through our highly valued awards, Customer Interaction Solutions strives to continue to be the publication that holds the quality bar high for the industry. Please visit www.cismag.com for more information.

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For information:
Diane Berry
Coveo
418-263-1111 ext. 200

Beyond the Rack gears up for next phase of growth with $36 million equity round

Beyond the Rack today announced that it recently closed a $36.6 million USD investment round led by Silicon Valley-based Panorama Capital with additional investment from Export Development Canada, Tandem Expansion Fund, Rho Canada, and iNovia Capital. Current investors Highland Capital Partners and BDC Venture Capital also participated in the round.

Proceeds from the current round of funding will be used to further accelerate growth and enhance logistics and distribution to accommodate the rapid expansion of the Company’s active customer base.

Beyond the Rack was recently ranked as North America’s fastest-growing online retailer by Internet Retailer’s Magazine. The company has attracted over 5 million consumer members and over 3,000 brand partners to its online flash-sale marketplace.

“This significant funding will allow us to continue to maintain our leadership position in both Canada and the U.S.” said Yona Shtern, CEO of Beyond the Rack. “We are extremely appreciative of the continued support from our existing shareholders and are thrilled to add such highly respected investors to our team,” added Mr. Shtern.

As the category leader in Canada “Beyond the Rack is successfully executing its strategy of rapid expansion with an emphasis on profitable growth, in sharp contrast to some of its competitors. In targeting a much broader segment of consumers, we see an opportunity to build a very substantial company and are delighted to join forces to further expand its thriving business” said Shahan Soghikian, Managing Director at Panorama Capital who will join Beyond the Rack’s Board of Directors.

“Watching Beyond the Rack transform from a small start-up into North America’s market leader over such a short period of time has been extremely gratifying,” added Dan Nova, general partner at Highland Capital. “We are excited to continue to play an active role in the company’s further development”.

About Beyond the Rack

Beyond the Rack, North America’s premier online shopping club, offers its members the most sought-after designer brand apparel, accessories, beauty, consumer electronics, and home décor products at up to 70% off retail. Ranked by Internet Retailer as North America’s fastest-growing e-tailer in 2011, Beyond the Rack sells its products in the context of limited-time, limited-quantity sales events. Members can expect up to 15 new events each day, starting at 11AM ET. The privately held company has offices in Montreal, New York, Las Vegas & Toronto with a staff of 250 full-time employees. Beyond the Rack proudly serves more than 5 million members across North America and works with over 3,000 consumer brands.

About Panorama Capital Partners

Panorama Capital seeks investment opportunities in life sciences and technology companies led by dynamic, experienced entrepreneurs. Leveraging two decades of investment and operating experience, the team invests in mid to later stage financings primarily in the consumer and mobile segments in technology, and biopharmaceuticals in life sciences. Panorama partners with its portfolio management teams to bring its experience and extensive network to bear on solving strategic challenges, building teams and accelerating growth. The partners are proud to have invested in and worked with numerous successful companies including Digital Island, ONI Systems, Myogen, Petco Animal Supplies, Kinkos, Eyetech, Piramed, Seattle Genetics, Corus Pharma, Federated Media, 1-800-Flowers.com, and Portal Player, among others.

About Rho Canada

Rho Canada, based in Montreal, is dedicated to backing leading, early-stage companies across Canada. Formed in 2006, Rho Canada is affiliated with Rho Ventures, based in New York and Palo Alto, and leverages off Rho Ventures’ 30+ years of experience in investing in venture-stage companies. Since 1981, Rho Ventures has been investing in leading edge, high growth companies that redefine the status quo. The firm has a deep history of supporting companies at multiple stages of growth spanning early stage investments to later stage expansion and growth equity transactions. Rho has over $2 billion under management.

About Tandem Expansion Fund

Tandem Expansion is a private growth capital fund with over $300 million in committed capital actively seeking to invest in small and mid-sized Canadian companies in a variety of technology-based sectors. Tandem acts as a catalyst for growth and expansion by making significant investments in established companies with high growth potential and strong management teams.

About Export Development Canada

EDC is Canada’s export credit agency, offering innovative commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. EDC’s knowledge and partnerships are used by more than 8,200 Canadian companies and their global customers in up to 200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is financially self-sustaining and a recognized leader in financial reporting and economic analysis.

About Highland Capital Partners LLC

For the past twenty years, Highland Capital Partners has taken a sector-focused approach to investing in exceptional seed through later stage growth companies in the healthcare, internet & digital media and technology markets. Highland actively seeks to provide the right mix of strategic guidance, hands-on leadership and deep industry domain expertise for helping entrepreneurs and their teams become market-leading organizations. With over $3 billion of committed capital and offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, Shanghai and Geneva, Highland has invested in and worked to create such firms as Ask Jeeves, Avid Technology, CheckFree, Conor Medsystems, Continental Cable, Generation Health, lululemon athletica, Lycos, MapQuest, Ocular Networks, Odyssey Healthcare, Quigo, Starent Networks, Sybase, Telica and VistaPrint.

About BDC Venture Capital

As Canada’s business development bank, BDC puts entrepreneurs first. BDC’s Venture Capital division (BDC VC) is one of the country’s most active venture capital investors and is involved at every stage of its investee companies’ development cycles, from seed through expansion. BDC VC focuses on technology-based businesses with high growth potential that are positioned to become dominant players in their respective markets.

About iNovia

iNovia partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build successful companies in high growth sectors. The team is comprised of entrepreneurs and sector experts focused on Mobile, Internet and Digital Media. iNovia has $165M under management across two seed and early stage funds.

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Press contact:
Lori Krebs
Beyond the Rack
514-359-3580
lori@beyondtherack.com

Galaxie lance la première application canadienne de musique sans publicité pour appareils mobiles

Stingray Digital, le chef de la musique interactive au Canada, a lancé aujourd’hui Galaxie Mobile, la première application canadienne sans publicité pour appareils mobiles.

Galaxie Mobile offre le service populaire de Galaxie – déjà disponible en ligne et dans plus de 10 millions de foyers au Canada via le câble, le satellite et la télévision par IP – sur une troisième plateforme, les appareils mobiles.

Le nouveau service offre les 45 chaines de Galaxie sans publicité ni interruption et ajoute des outils interactifs. Les usagers peuvent passer d’une chanson à l’autre pour entendre la musique qu’ils aiment et ils peuvent acheter les chansons directement du magasin iTunes à travers l’application Galaxie Mobile.

Un nouveau sondage indépendant au niveau national géré par Vision Critical a trouvé que les chaines de Galaxie ont été écoutées par plus d’un tiers des Canadiens (35 %) pendant le mois passé et par plus d’un Canadien sur cinq (21%) durant la dernière semaine. Plus de la moitié des Canadiens (58 %) ont écouté Galaxie dans le passé, rapporte Vision Critical.

« Les Canadiens pourront maintenant profiter du service de musique Galaxie qu’ils aiment tant écouter à la maison, même lorsqu’ils seront sur la route. » dit Eric Boyko, Président de Stingray Digital. « Galaxie Mobile, va non seulement élargir l’expérience musicale pour les millions d’usagers courants, mais aussi ouvrir les portes à un tout nouvel auditoire. »

Eric Boyko ajoute: « L’addition du service mobile à la gamme de produits Galaxie démontre l’effort de Stingray pour offrir plus de choix multiplateformes aux consommateurs et l’importance accordée au soutien de la musique canadienne sur nos 45 chaînes. »

L’application est maintenant disponible pour iPhone, iPad, iPod touch et pour les appareils Android. Elle peut être téléchargée via l’Apple Store à l’adresse suivante: www.galaxie.ca/galaxiemobile et via le Android Market à l’adresse suivante : www.galaxie.ca/android. L’application sera bientôt aussi disponible aux États-Unis et sur les appareils Blackberry.

« Nous accueillons favorablement le lancement de Galaxie Mobile dans le marché grandissant de la musique numérique au Canada avec cette entente innovatrice représentant près de 1500 détenteurs de droits parmi AVLA (Audio-Video Licensing Agency) et SOPROQ (Société de gestion collective des droits des producteurs de phonogrammes et de vidéogrammes du Québec), » mentionne Victoria Shepherd, Directrice exécutive d’AVLA.

« En offrant un service complet d’émission de licences avec des multinationales et des labels indépendants, nous avons créé un modèle accessible pour les autres services semi-interactifs qui désirent venir au Canada, » rajoute Shepherd.

« Stingray est un excellent partenaire pour nos membres car nous travaillons fort pour créer une nouvelle formule pour l’émission de licences de la musique au Canada. » dit Graham Henderson, Président de Music Canada. « Notre priorité est d’offrir ces services ici le plus rapidement possible. Nous comprenons que le système règlementaire peut être difficile à suivre pour la plupart des distributeurs de musique numérique, mais nos membres travaillent pour trouver des moyens plus innovateurs. Représentant plus de 1000 labels, AVLA offre le lien parfait. »

Lyette Bouchard, Directrice générale de la SOPROQ remarque, « Le lancement d’un service canadien comme celui-ci est une étape importante dans le développement d’une offre musicale numérique légale, attrayante et compétitive. Ce type de services contribuera assurément à éloigner les amateurs de musique des pratiques du piratage. »

Le téléchargement de l’application Galaxie Mobile est offert gratuitement. L’abonnement est aussi gratuit pour une période d’essai de sept jours, puis 4.99$ par mois. Un forfait de trois mois pour 9.99$ et un abonnement annuel pour 39.99$ sont aussi disponibles.

Le nouveau service offre un son numérique de haute qualité et une vaste gamme de chansons licenciées provenant des labels les plus importants ainsi que des labels indépendants. L’offre musicale est en anglais et en français dans une variété de genres musicaux, incluant pop, rock, classique, jazz, country et plus.

À propos de Stingray Digital Media Group

Stingray Digital est le chef de la distribution des services de musique multiplateforme dans le monde, avec plus de 60 millions abonnés dans plus de 45 pays. Nos propriétés incluent :

• The KARAOKE Channel, la plus importante bibliothèque de chansons karaoké disponible sur la télévision et sur Internet (www.thekaraokechannel.com)
• Galaxie, le meilleur service de musique numérique pour la télévision au Canada et aux États-Unis (www.galaxie.ca)
• Music Choice Europe, un service de musique numérique pour la télévision diffusé auprès de 10 millions de foyers en Europe et en Afrique (www.musicchoiceinternational.com)
• Stingray360, un chef de file dans les solutions de marketing sensoriel pour les entreprises (www.stingray360.com)
• Stingray Music, gestion des droits musicaux pour le cinéma, la télévision, la publicité et autres (www.stingray-music.com)
• Concert TV, un service VSD distribué dans plus de 30 millions foyers aux États-Unis et bientôt au Canada (www.concerttv.com)

Stingray Digital est financièrement appuyé par Telesystem et Novacap. Basée à Montréal, la compagnie Stingray Digital compte plus de 135 employés et d’autres bureaux à travers le Canada, Charlotte, Caroline du Nord et Budapest. Pour plus de renseignements, visitez www.stingraydigital.com.

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Renseignements :
Gary Pelletier, Vice-président, Marketing
Stingray Digital
gpelletier@stingraydigital.com
514-664-1244

iPerceptions’ 4Q Suite delivers Voice of Customer Analytics

iPerceptions Inc. (TSX.V:IPE), a leading provider of web-focused Voice of Customer (VoC) analytics based on actual visitor feedback, today announced the general availability of 4Q Suite. Now companies of all sizes can combine their VoC and Google Analytics (GA) data at the session level and receive automatic alerts identifying significant changes in the data. 4Q Suite customers receive scheduled emails of online visitors’ positive and negative open-ended comments, Facebook and Twitter links and global industry comparisons from over 8,500 websites across 35 industry verticals.

Companies now have the choice of using the free 4Q survey, which was developed in collaboration with Avinash Kaushik, a noted web analytics author and blogger, or purchasing 4Q Basic, 4Q Plus or 4Q Premium. 4Q Suite is a SaaS solution designed for price-conscious and time-starved marketers who recognize the critical insights that exist in analyzing customer feedback. With tiered pricing, companies can start to improve their website, their brand, and their business with 4Q Basic for just $19 a month. As business needs grow, companies can gain additional VoC analytics value with 4Q Plus and 4Q Premium.

“iPerceptions has done for VoC what Google has done for clickstream analytics,” says Stephane Hamel, a thought leader in the field of online analytics. “iPerceptions has made it easy to produce, implement and manage surveys, creating a much more powerful way to do voice of customer analytics. The new analysis features are amazingly intuitive and powerful and attention to details, such as the automated weekly status email, will make it even easier to close the loop on voice of customer.”

“Using iPerceptions’ 4Q Suite for analysis gave us insights we would not have been able to get any other way,” says Alan Etkin, Project and Web Analytics Manager at British Columbia Institute of Technology. “Particularly helpful is a graphic chart showing relative performance of purpose of visits. At a glance, we can identify which areas are performing below average. Going forward this provides a simple means of prioritizing efforts and monitoring our progress on the improvements.”

“The new 4Q Suite analysis tools will help us to communicate user experience throughout www.rasmussen.edu in a structured and efficient manner, creating a positive experience for our students,” says Josh Braaten, online marketing manager at Rasmussen College. “From scheduled reports based on roles within the organization to a robust integration with Google Analytics, 4Q Suite is taking cost-effective user experience measurement to the next level.”

While the overall premise around asking the four most important survey questions remains the same as 4Q Free, 4Q Suite offers the following innovations:

• Google Analytics Integration – Allows companies to analyze individual customer experiences, including their open-ended feedback, based on the combination of VoC and GA data. This multi-perspective, session-level analysis provides a broader and more accurate view of the customer experience, which often unveils surprising insights and requires a different company response.
• Industry Benchmarking – Augments customer feedback with global industry comparisons. The 4Q database contains representative data from 35 of the top industries worldwide. Industry Benchmarking lets clients gauge their relative position vis-à-vis their competitors and justify their improvements.
• Automatic Alerts – Triggers an Automatic Alert, based on advanced algorithms, identifying significant in the data. It is the only solution that generates alerts based on a combination of VoC and GA data. Automatic Alerts eliminate the time and associated costs of searching for changes and calculating the significance of changes.
• Social Media Links – Embedded Twitter and Facebook links help build community, awareness and brand recognition.
• Customer Relationship Management – Ads and coupons on the survey thank-you page help increase sales opportunities. Companies can collect email addresses and reply to individuals or groups.
• Invitation Customization – Lets clients customize the look and feel of their survey invitation, include their company logo, and present the invitation on their site in a layered or more discrete format. Clients can also customize the survey welcome page and thank-you page.

About 4Q

Launched in March 2008, 4Q helps companies understand why and how people interact with their websites by asking the four most important survey questions:

• What are my visitors at my website to do? Are they completing what they set out to do? If not, why not?
• How satisfied are my visitors?

Companies can also choose to include additional survey questions on path to site and visit frequency, gaining the ability to segment responses by visitor group and type. 4Q requires a single line of code and can be installed in minutes on any website. All surveys are permission-based and employ a two-stage invitation process that minimizes session interruptions. A real-time results dashboard is available 24/7 through a secure online portal so that 4Q clients can use their findings to make website changes that engage, retain, and convert more visitors. For more information, please visit www.4Qsurvey.com.

About iPerceptions

iPerceptions is a leading web-focused Voice of Customer analytics provider. Its webValidator Continuous Listening solution, 4Q Suite solution, Web Analytics Solution Profiler (WASP) and proprietary iPerceptions Satisfaction Index (iPSI) turn millions of data points into easy-to-understand strategic and tactical decision support for website marketers. iPerceptions’ clients include such well-known brands as InterContinental Hotels, Mazda, Dell, Harvard Business Review, and Monster Worldwide. For more information, please visit www.iperceptions.com.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

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Media contact:
Barbara Reichert
Reichert Communications, LLC
415-248-0230 x7012
barbara@reichertcom.com

Nexterra closes $15 million financing with Tandem Expansion and Arc Financial

Nexterra Systems Corp. today announced that it has secured $15 million in equity financing from Tandem Expansion Fund and ARC Financial. Proceeds will be used to accelerate the growth of Nexterra’s business.

“We believe that the market for small-scale biomass heat and power systems is poised to grow rapidly in the next few years to meet rising demand for on-site renewables, energy security and greenhouse gas reduction,” said Sandy Scott on behalf of Tandem Expansion. “When we looked at the biomass energy market, Nexterra clearly stood out due to its innovative and commercially proven technology, strong market position and seasoned management team. Recent wins in the higher education and health care markets, position the company for rapid expansion.”

Utilizing Nexterra’s proprietary biomass gasification technology, Nexterra’s biomass energy systems allow universities, municipalities, hospitals and industrial facilities to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions by switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy generated on-site using biomass. Nexterra systems are ideally suited to urban environments due to their ultra-low emissions, fuel flexibility, reliability and low lifecycle costs compared to traditional biomass combustion equipment.

Nexterra has been selected by customers that include the US Department of Energy, Johnson Controls, University of Montana, Kruger Products, Dockside Green and University of British Columbia. In aggregate, Nexterra systems are capable of displacing over 2,000,000 MMBtu per year of fossil fuels (equivalent to heating 770,000 North American homes) and reducing greenhouse gases by over 100,000 tones per year (equivalent to taking 25,000 cars off the road).

“We are delighted to participate in this financing,” said Brian Boulanger, Senior Vice President and Director of ARC Financial. “This is ARC’s fourth investment in Nexterra and we continue to be very excited about the progress the company has achieved, as well as its growth prospects. Nexterra has clearly emerged as a dominant force in the biomass heat and power market.”

Colin Hansen, British Columbia’s Minister of Finance said, “Tandem and ARC’s $15 million investment in Nexterra is an excellent example of continued investor interest in innovative B.C. companies, particularly in newer industries such as clean energy. This shows the confidence investors have in B.C.’s economy, our strong business climate and our leadership in the clean technology sector.”

“With the company on track for a record year in 2011 for sales and revenue growth, Nexterra is continuing to build on its leadership position in the biomass energy market,” said Nexterra CEO, Jonathan Rhone. “This financing ensures that we have the resources required to meet market demand, continue to expand and enhance our product portfolio and maintain momentum in all aspects of the business.”

About Tandem Expansion

Tandem is a growth equity investor that makes significant minority investments in Canadian businesses. Tandem is committed to helping Canadian technology companies and their management team to reach their full potential. Beyond capital, Tandem helps to make things happen by contributing its experience in building companies, its relationships and its proven ability to create value. Tandem values integrity, trust, openness and long-term relationships. For more information regarding Tandem, and to contact the Fund regarding investment opportunities: www.tandemexpansion.com.

About ARC Financial

The six ARC Energy Funds represent $2.7 billion of capital and are focused exclusively on investment in the energy sector. Areas of investment encompass the Canadian and global energy business including conventional exploration and production, oilfield services, infrastructure, power generation and emerging new sources of supply such as oil sands, unconventional gas and renewables. For more information: www.arcfinancial.com.

About Nexterra

Nexterra Systems is a leading supplier of biomass gasification solutions that generate renewable heat and power for institutional and industrial customers. Nexterra has supplied commercial gasification systems for projects at the US Department of Energy, University of South Carolina, Dockside Green, Kruger Products, the University of Northern BC and Tolko Industries. Nexterra has strategic relationships with General Electric, Johnson Controls and Andritz Separation. Nexterra is a private company based in Vancouver, Canada. For more information: www.nexterra.ca.

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Information:
Darcy Quinn Manager
Marketing and Business Development, Nexterra Systems Corp.
Tel: 604.637.2501 ext.115

Galaxie launches online music player on Rogers On Demand Online

Stingray Digital, a Montreal-based provider of music services to multi-channel operators, has launched their Galaxie Online Music Player as part of the Rogers On Demand Online service (www.rogersondemand.com).

« The popularity and appreciation of the Galaxie music service continues to grow, and loyal users of Galaxie are asking for access to the service on the Internet, » says Eric Boyko, President of Stingray Digital. « Every day, our customers ask us how to listen to Galaxie online since they want to be able to tune to Galaxie elsewhere than in front of their televisions. Now, Rogers digital cable customers can continue to listen to Galaxie, their preferred source of music, through Rogers On Demand Online. » he adds.

Rogers digital cable customers will be able to access the Galaxie Online Music Player by choosing « Galaxie » in the list of channels on Rogers On Demand Online. With the Galaxie Online Music Player, users can stream their choice of the same 40 Galaxie channels available on Rogers digital cable. Users can browse the 40 channels, see the album cover art of the current, next and previously played songs, and they can consult a complete list of the songs played in the past 24 hours on each of the 40 channels. The player is easy to navigate and is visually attractive.

The Galaxie Online Music Player is the second Galaxie service to be offered on Rogers On Demand Online. The popular Galaxie Music Videos on Demand service has been available on the platform since the launch. Visitors to the site can search, select and view their choice of current top videos from among a large library of titles of all genres.

About Stingray Digital Group

Stingray Digital is a leader in interactive music distribution. Our properties include:

• The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV and Internet,
• Galaxie, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada and in the US,
• Stingray360, a leader in sensorial marketing solutions for business,
• Stingray Music, music licensing for film, television, advertising and other uses,
• Concert TV, a VOD service distributed to 30 million homes in the US and soon in Canada.

Stingray Digital is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap and headquartered in Montreal. Stingray Digital has 135 employees in offices across Canada and additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Budapest. For more information, visit www.stingraydigital.com.

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Information:
Gary Pelletier
Stingray Digital
gpelletier@stingraydigital.com

Stingray launches Galaxie in the USA

Stingray Digital, an innovative broadcaster and media company, announces the availability of its Galaxie Digital Music Service for the US market. Galaxie, Your Musical Universe, is 50 uninterrupted and commercial-free digital music channels delivered by cable, satellite or IPTV directly to consumers’ homes.

« Stingray Digital is already an established provider of music-related VOD content to US multi-channel operators through the brands The KARAOKE Channel and Concert TV. We are now expanding our music services with the Galaxie music channels for operators who are seeking an alternative source for digital music programming, » said Eric Boyko, President of Stingray Digital. « Galaxie is already an established digital music service offered through television service providers in several countries. We are pleased to now be providing this service to an even broader market on Telco TV and cable platforms across the US. » he added.

Launched over 13 years ago, Galaxie serves more than 8 million households in North America and elsewhere on digital cable, DTH and IPTV television packages. The Galaxie service available in the US includes:

• 50 commercial-free channels programmed by music industry professionals covering all popular music genres including Pop, Rock, Country, Jazz, Classical and more.
• Attractive, on-screen presentation with thematic images and song information.
• A true three-screen experience with an interactive Galaxie broadband player, and a soon-to-be-launched mobile application for iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and Blackberry.
• For operators using the Microsoft Media Room platform, a custom-built, advanced Galaxie Media Room application offering an enhanced experience to the Galaxie service.

Galaxie is being delivered to the US market as the exclusive music service on the Avail-TVN platform, and can be received by cable and IPTV operators using common satellite receiving equipment. The service is already being received by several IPTV and cable operators throughout the US, including members of NRTC (National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative), other content aggregators and several additional multi-channel operators across the country.

About Stingray Digital Group

Stingray Digital is a leader in multi-platform music distribution, founded by two seasoned new media entrepreneurs, Eric Boyko and Alexandre Taillefer. Stingray Digital is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap. Our properties include:

• The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV in over 50 million VOD homes, and on the Internet.
• Concert TV, a widely distributed music VOD service in more than 30 million VOD homes.
• Galaxie, Your Musical Universe, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada and now distributed worldwide.
• Stingray360, a leader in sensorial marketing solutions for businesses.
• Stingray Music, a music licensing unit.

Headquartered in Montreal, Stingray Digital has 135 employees in offices across Canada and additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Budapest.

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Information:
Gary Pelletier
Stingray Digital
gpelletier@stingraydigital.com