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The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: AA interactive head Claude Galipeau talks about his “YouTube on steroids”

THE SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT of digital media at Alliance Atlantis, takes care to point out that his new baby, blogtv.ca, is not a technology play. Even though it's a broadband service requiring a web cam and some rudimentary know-how, blogtv.ca is "a programming and production play, about engaging audiences on other platforms," says Claude Galipeau, that SVP. Plus, it's different from just about anything that's out there. While other sites let anyone post clips from anywhere, blogtv.ca lets Canadians, and Canadians only, broadcast live and interact with viewers in real time. This is not about taking content from elsewhere and dumping...