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CaptioningSUCKS.com interview

From Joe Clark at CaptioningSUCKS.com, a transcript of that interview from the TV, eh? Blogtalkradio show:

  • Transcript of interview on the TV, Eh? podcast
    “It’s the latest, you know, foray in my quixotic effort to get a pittance of money together to start a research project to actually develop and write, and then test, a viable standard for things like captioning and three other fields of accessibility – one for blind people and also subtitling and dubbing. Because at present there are no independently-developed and -tested standards for things like captioning, which is one reason why captioning sucks – because there is no set and tested way of doing it.” Read more.
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In the news: X-Weighted participant interview

From me at Blogcritics, based on the TV, eh? Blogtalkradio interview:

  • X-Weighted Participant Sheds Self-Doubt Along With Pounds
    “‘My weight loss journey had a lot of emotional weight attached to it as well as the physical weight,’ she explained when I confirmed the tear quotient to her – she hadn’t yet seen the completed episode. ‘I knew that if I didn’t address the emotional issues, the weight loss was something that wouldn’t last. If I didn’t change the fundamental reasons that I got fat in the first place, then I felt like I was setting myself up for failure. So I tried to take the journey from the inside out.'” Read more.
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Flashpoint, The Listener

In the news: Flashpoint, The Listener

From Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail:

  • Are U.S. networks messing with our shows?
    “The first two were picked up as 13-part episodic dramas; shooting is now under way in Toronto on Pink Sky/Avamar Entertainment’s Flashpoint, and kicks off in June on The Listener, from Shaftesbury Films. More exciting for both shows’ producers, however, is the fact that the slick, polished pilots (made for more than $2-million each) so impressed two U.S. networks that CBS and NBC bought the U.S. rights during the writers strike in January to broadcast the pair of Canadian-made dramas.” Read more.
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Awards

Life with Derek wins Rocket Prize

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From a media release:

SHAFTESBURY FILMS’ LIFE WITH DEREK WINS SHAW ROCKET PRIZE
 
Shaftesbury Films’ youth comedy series Life with Derek has won the prestigious Shaw Rocket Prize, it was announced last night at an industry event in Toronto. Life with Derek airs on Family in Canada.
 
Shaftesbury Films will divide the award’s $50,000 purse between the Canadian Film Centre, to be used on a kids’ TV writing and producing intern program; PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network), a coalition of Canadians concerned about bullying; and Life with Derek creator Daphne Ballon. To learn more about these organizations, visit www.prevnet.ca and www.cfccreates.com .

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