BFS Media Group Inc.
The BFS Media Group is a small active creative internet and new media design group. The BFS media Group has been working with the internet since 1993.
The BFS Media Group (BFS) formed in 1993 as a creative work group to explore new business opportunities using information technologies. New media possibilities including CD-ROM, video, and other information technologies all offered promising new horizons for the group. Members brought together a number of key skill areas; knowledge and experience in design, newspaper and magazine publication, desktop video, creative writing, professional research, and computer technology and networking. In 1994, after months of creative idea development and business planning, BFS settled on internet content as a key growth area and applied itself to promoting to government and business. By March 1995, BFS had succeeded in helping several agencies place Saskatchewan internet content and services online and had restructured to meet growing production demands.
In 1996 the first internet wave was over. BFS came to the realisation that the internet, and the constant stream of emerging technologies surrounding it, required continuous active research and development for any commercial effort to succeed. The demands of day to day commercial web and internet development coupled with ongoing technology harvesting, upgrading, research and development posed a significant hurdle for BFS.
In late 1996 and early 1997 BFS began to split its "commercial" operations from its research and custom development activities. This new division was named and launched in May of 1997: EM Internet Services Inc., or EM.CA as it is now widely known. EM.CA provides internet services and on-site systems for clients, including technical support, email traffic, web hosting, extranet services and other day to day commercial activities. BFS continues to focus on research and development, integrating custom internet applications and analyzing emerging technology trends.
BFS takes an active role in the open source (or "free") software movement. BFS has paid for the development of free software by outside developers, has developed free software internally (and continues to develop free software internally), beta tests free software, and is active in free software documentation, how-to, and tutorial projects. BFS has particpated in international "virtual" workgroups and teams to develop and troubleshoot free software.
BFS provides total client support. A key component of client support is coordinating our services with other companies that provide complementary services. BFS has a close working relationship with FACT Computers. We can provide clients with hardware, software, technical support, content development and management services. In addition to inhouse design resources, we work with independant designers for site design and original content. These companies include Right Brain Creative Services and MAS Design, both with extensive design and publishing backgrounds.
BFS has clients distributed across Saskatchewan, Canada, the U.S.A., and the world. The principals of BFS have clients with whom they have worked with every day for the period of a project, and yet never met in person.
BFS was a founding member of the Saskatchewan New Media Developers Association (SNMDA), and one of the founding partners of BFS served as President and Vice President of the SNMDA. He also served on the board for several years. BFS has provided services locally and internationally including to the World Bank under a contract to teach technology awareness, management, and deployment training as part of the India Project for New Media. BFS has won awards and citations for its work with charities, schools, non-profit organisations, and other community groups bringing technology and related services to those organisations for radically reduced or no cost.
Over the years the internet has evolved steadily and so has BFS. We are proud to have been here at the very beginning and we will continue forward with new opportunities, bringing our clients into the future with services, training and cutting edge insight.
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