Banff TV 2008

Time well spent at NextMedia and Banff TV

Posted by Blaine Bertsch July 17th, 2008

Tom and Blaine spent a week up in the rockies at NextMedia and Banff International Television Festival in early-June. The week began with three of their staff members from Fission Media Group joining them at NextMedia. Tom and Blaine then turned their attention to the tv festival where they caught up with old friends, made many new ones and pitched projects. It was an exhausting but great week.

Pam, Jess and Blaine at a NextMedia event

Coffee Teams with Deb deWaal

Safety Saavy goes into development

Posted by Blaine Bertsch May 21st, 2008

Coffee Entertainment has teamed with safety expert and ex-cop, Deb deWaal, to develop a new 13 x 30 television series that aims to make your life a safer place to be!

Coffee Entertainment Inc. Opens for Business

Coffee Entertainment is handling Fission Media Group's original productions

Posted by Blaine Bertsch April 10th, 2008

Fission Media Group's partners, Tom Dodd and Blaine Bertsch, have created Coffee Entertainment Inc. to develop and produce original productions. Ranging from broadcast television series to online interactives and games, Coffee Entertainment will focus exclusively on entertaining and engaging experiences.

Fission Media Group Inc. continues to grow at a hectic rate! They will focus exclusively on service projects, developing museum experiences, e-learning applications, video and corporate communications for a wide variety of clientele. Visit fissionmediagroup.com for more info.

New York, New York

Kidscreen 2008 Conference

Posted by Blaine Bertsch March 25th, 2008

Blaine just got back from the Kidscreen conference in New York City. Held right in the middle of Manhattan, this conference was a great introduction to the new media possibilities in the kids' space.

The Museum of Modern Art, a couple of Broadway plays and a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman highlighted an extensive tour of Manhattan.

A typical site of a New York cab

Trip to Hong Kong and China

Digital Alberta Mission to China

Posted by Blaine Bertsch November 9th, 2007

The Digital Alberta Mission to China offered us market access, market intelligence and key contacts in the Chinese business community. Beginning in Hong Kong at Cyberport, Blaine's trip extended to meetings and events in Hangzhou and Shanghai, followed by a brief stop in Beijing to visit some of the sites.

Although the trip was a whirlwind, it was a truly exciting time filled with great people, places and food.

Blaine in a market in Shanghai

Street corner in Beijing

NextMedia and Banff TV

Conferences at the Banff Springs

Posted by Blaine Bertsch June 15th, 2007

Tom, Blaine and Mark spent a week in Banff at NextMedia and Banff TV. The two conferences explored convergent media as well as opportunities in the broadcast industry.

Banff Springs

SXSW in Austin, Texas

South by Southwest Festival 2007

Posted by Blaine Bertsch March 17th, 2007

The SXSW Music, Interactive and Film conference brought together musicians, designers, filmmakers and a whole lot of other people into Austin Texas. I spent a week in the Texas sun at SXSW, as well as, the Canada-Texas Partnering Forum.

Our group from Canada met an amazing number of interesting and talented people.

The Convention Centre in downtown Austin