Okay, fine, so there’s no such thing as a Caption Writer at the CBC. I mean, people do write captions, of course, but it’s usually the story producer who develops the captions (”lower thirds” in the parlance).

But then how do you explain this caption, from one of CBC Television’s “Living” programs (not sayin’ which one), and emailed to me by a viewer.

Airport Dude?! Really?! Did someone lose his business card? Couldn’t we at least have said Airport Official or something? 

Now that the “Living” series (the regional daytime TV shows) have started to get their footing, I thought I’d do some quick captures of what the various shows are covering. This is taken from a couple of days last week.

Although what I don’t understand: In some cities, the show is called “Living [City]” and in others, it’s called “Living In [City]”. I know it’s not a big deal, but I hate inconsistencies.

Things are looking brighter on T Floor at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Vancouver. Renovations are complete and the folks from both CBC Radio 3 and Living Vancouver have moved in.

So far, nobody has run gremlin-like screaming from the windows.

Turns out Living in Toronto isn’t the only show that will launch soon (see previous post). The total list is:

• Living Vancouver

• Living Calgary
• Living Saskatchewan
• Living Winnipeg
• Living in Ottawa
• Living in Toronto
• Living Montreal
• Living East (based in Halifax with content from Nova Scotia, PEI, & N.B.)
• Living Newfoundland & Labrador

CBC Television will launch a series of local daytime lifestyle programs, starting with Living in Toronto on January 15.
     The regional shows will profile the cities’ neighbourhoods, highlight people who are “making a difference in the community” and offer tips on the best things to see and do in the city. The shows will also take a page from the YouTube book and actively solicit viewer content like photographs and videos. The small-print near the upload section is actually human-readable, though the basic summary is: You’ll continue to own the copyright, but we can use it however we want and you won’t get paid. Pretty standard, of course, for web sites that solicit material from the general public. Here’s the text:

I understand that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (“CBC”) has invited me, if I want, to submit various things such as video images, animation, pictures and an information sheet about myself, my hobbies and things that interest me (collectively “the material”). I want to do this and I therefore give CBC permission to make whatever use they wish of any or all of the material I submit to CBC at their discretion, wherever and in whatever media or formats they choose, for as long as they wish at no cost and no compensation to me or anyone else.

The Toronto show will be hosted by former TVOntario host Mary Ito. In the debut show, Ito reports on Toronto’s “hidden gems and best-kept secrets” then later checks out speed dating in the city—Latino style—and experiences a Toronto audio history project that anyone with a cellphone can enjoy.