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Andra Sheffer’s office has walls in two shades of blue and looks west out at College where the blue roof of the police headquarters matches her decor nicely. I was visiting to find out more about the Independent Production Fund and what I could put into my application that...

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Get ready, the greatest holiday of the year is coming soon. Don't be caught out without a great prank to pull. Here's the first of the Hailey Hacks April Fools videos. Watch for another next week. <object height="344" width="425"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HMOn6bBhAFc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> ...

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Over at Advertising Age, Keith Richmond is writing about the importance of distribution in the next decade. His piece is called Is Content King? Then Distribution is Crown Prince, subtitled Great Content Does Not Mean It Will Find an Audience: In the next decade, we will see significant changes...

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Check out Where Have All the Women Gone? Long Time Passing in The Research Wrap Blog. Pilot season has been especially unkind to women writers this year. And the staffing situation isn't much better. Take at look at this chart included in the post: What about cable? Perhaps, I...

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This morning, I got up my nerve and played a little Chat Roulette. This is the site where you turn on your web cam and then click to look at total strangers via their web cams, and text chat with them. I was a little apprehensive about it. Strangers!...

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I was cruising the web this week looking for information about soon-to-be-released television series and was shocked to find virtually nothing. I'm talking about more than one series -- series that are in the can and awaiting air dates. Yet, the only information about them are their IMDB...

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Flash mobbing hits the Olympics! And I love that everyone is wearing their fabulous red mittens. I have red mittens, but I wasn't invited. <object height="344" width="425"> <param></param> <param></param> <param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8PvwVEobvbY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> Another view: <object height="340" width="560"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WJYbNOeO2CQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> ...

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Flash mobbing hits the Olympics! And I love that everyone is wearing their fabulous red mittens. I have red mittens, but I wasn't invited. <object height="344" width="425"> <param></param> <param></param> <param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8PvwVEobvbY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> ...

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Check this out. A trailer for the new Playstation game Heavy Rain. It's is interactive and your choices move you quite seamlessly through a series of videos to tell a little story. Very cool. <object height="340" width="560"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjNsqPxO2Ws&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> To return to the beginning of the video experience...

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It seems to be my media coverage day because Google alerts turned up two quotes for me this morning. I'm quoted in a Hollywood Reporter article on the Canadian Film Centre talking about the NBC Universal MultiPlatform Matchmaking Program: NBC Universal, which, like rival U.S. networks, has looked abroad for content, is...

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Everything's coming up digital, how about you? It's in the air. The producer's association just devoted their conference to the "new media". The Independent Production Fund is financing linear web video. The Canada Media Fund will be calling for a second platform for all the television series it...

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Today, the Writers Guild of Canada announced the finalists for the 2010 WGC Screenwriting Awards. I thrilled and excited to see so many friends nominated. Good luck to all. Animation Grossology "New Recruits." Written by Richard Clark Total Drama Action "Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen." Written by Alex Ganetakos League of...

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You watched Hailey Hacks Google Maps, now check out the map! <iframe src="http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=110761142288105538627.0004725bc3d5fce8ea08b&amp;ll=53.036959,-131.678824&amp;spn=1.935163,0.923967&amp;output=embed" height="350" width="425"></iframe> View Hailey's Haida Gwaii Project in a larger map To make the video, we made a map and now you can find it on Google Maps. If you're starting a project on the Haida or just ...

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The lastest episode of Hailey Hacks is online. Master Google Maps and make them your own! <object height="344" width="425"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DmRU9zBo9NU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> ...

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The lastest episode of Hailey Hacks is online. Master Google Maps and make them your own! <object height="344" width="425"><param></param><param></param><param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DmRU9zBo9NU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> ...

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