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Quantic Dream announces the creation of a new studio in Montréal
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Quantic Dream continues its growth and opens its first studio in North America to recruit experienced talent, who will work on innovative and ambitious AAA titles.
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“The opening of Quantic Dream Montréal is an important step in our development,” explains Guillaume de Fondaumière, Co-CEO of Quantic Dream and Chairman of Quantic Dream Montréal. “The implementation of several new projects leads us to engage a major recruitment program for 2021 in all disciplines. Quantic Dream is opening a new office in Montréal to quickly build a ‘human-sized’ team, made up of experts from the region. We plan to recruit most the team this year with the creation of approximately 50 positions by the end of 2021.”
Place Bonaventure renovations contining this year, with new improvements at street level and new commercial spaces (between 1K-10K sq ft). This is great news since the building needs TLC big time.
Of course, Covid-19 hit us hard with filming movies in Montreal, with only $189M spent in 2020 (first 6 months) compared to $360M in 2019. Visual effects $390M in 2020 compared to $622M in 2019. However, Quebec is expecting $400M+ for filming in 2021.
'A lot of work behind closed doors' going into Montreal MLB push: Stingray CEO
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The push to get baseball back to Montreal soldiers on despite the hit live sporting events have had from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eric Boyko, chief executive officer of Stingray Digital Group Inc., said in an interview on Friday that talks persist to get a Major League Baseball presence in the city, even though many North American professional sports teams still play their games in empty stadiums and arenas.
“Even during the pandemic, my partner Stephen Bronfman has been working very hard and things are still moving along faster than I imagined,” Boyko said. “It’s always too early to say because the pandemic’s not finished, but I would say there’s been a lot of work behind closed doors and a lot of things moving forward.”
Boyko is one of many Montreal-based executives who have been linked to the push to get baseball back to the city, joining the aforementioned Bronfman, fellow Claridge Inc. executive Pierre Boivin, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. co-founder Alain Bouchard and former Cirque du Soleil chair Mitch Garber.
Montreal company PixMob Adds High-Tech Solutions For Super Bowl LV Halftime Show
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PixMob provided high-tech solutions for the Super Bowl LV Halftime Show featuring a performance by R&B star The Weeknd at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and broadcast on CBS on Sunday, February 7, 2021. The Montreal-based wearable technology, wireless lighting, and crowd activation specialists provided a unique game-day experience in a truly challenging year for North America’s biggest annual sporting event.
Following on the heels of PixMob’s success at last year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show — which featured Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, and drew over 104 million viewers — PixMob were tapped for their third big game appearance, and they scored big.
District M buys in Silicon Valley and doubles in size
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By merging with San Francisco-based Sharethrough, Montreal-based District M has grown from 75 to 140 employees, across eight offices in the United States and Canada. Jean-François Côté, who co-founded District M in 2013 with three former colleagues from the Yellow Pages and an external collaborator, remains CEO of the new entity, which will keep its head office in Montreal, but could have another name. As for Sharethrough co-founder and CEO Dan Greenberg, he will take on the role of chief revenue officer and become number 2 at the merged compan
A new Deck13 development studio to open in Montréal!
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Deck13 became Focus Home Interactive’s first development studio in July 2020. The German-based studio specializes in creating original universes and action games with visceral and spectacular combat mechanics (Lords of the Fallen, The Surge 1 & 2). It has been working for several months on an ambitious new project slated for worldwide release in 2022. The Montréal team of Deck13 will initially be dedicated to the development of this high-potential title.
“Montréal is a great breeding ground for creative talent and a catalyst for technological innovation,” said Mathias Reichert, Managing Director of Deck13. “Opening a subsidiary in Canada is a logical continuation in the history and internal development of our studio. Deck13 Studio Montréal will allow us to strengthen our knowledge and integrate new visions, cultures and know-how that will undoubtedly take the studio to the next level.”
Thank you for keeping this thread going. Very interesting reads!
It's my pleasure! Lots of good stuff happening here so it is appropriate to keep it updated as much as possible haha.
Speaking of that, Chicago transit has a contract with Nova Bus, HQ'ed in St. Eustache and can buy up to 600 buses! Great news!
Gros contrat pour Nova Bus à Chicago
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La Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) a donné le feu vert, jeudi, à un contrat pour 100 autobus au diesel propre, ce qui s’accompagne d’options pour 500 autres unités.
La valeur du contrat pourrait atteindre environ 430 millions CAN. La partie ferme est estimée à environ 63 millions CAN.
Ces autobus viendront remplacer les modèles Nova 6400 achetés entre 2000 et 2002.
« Au cours des deux prochaines années, près de 70 % de notre parc aura dépassé sa durée de vie utile, ce qui entraînera une baisse de la fiabilité et une augmentation des coûts d’exploitation et de maintenance », a souligné le président de la CTA, Dorval Carter, dans un communiqué.
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