Canada Media Fund

The Canada Media Fund (CMF, French: Fonds des médias du Canada - FMC) is a public-private partnership founded on April 1, 2010 by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian cable industry.[1] It is used to fund the creation of original Canadian content and support the Canadian media industry. The fund is composed of contributions made by Canadian broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs)—as mandated by the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC)[2]—and the federal government. It funds roughly $350 million annually.[3]

Canada Media Fund
Fonds des médias du Canada - FMC
EstablishedApril 1, 2010 (April 1, 2010)
MissionFoster, promote, develop and finance the production of Canadian content and relevant applications.
Websitecmf-fmc.ca

History

The creation of the Canada Media Fund was announced by Minister of Heritage, James Moore in a speech given on March 9, 2009. It was created as a merger between the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) and the Canada New Media Fund. The fund's origins are rooted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's formation of the Cable Production Fund in 1995.[4] From this initiation, the fund was transitioned into the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund (1996), the Canadian Television Fund (1998), the Canada New Media Fund (2001), and the Digital Media Pilot Program (2008), where the following year the Canada Media Fund was born.[4] The fund was created as a way to "[modernize] government investments to support Canadian content in the new era of consumer choice, emerging technology, and investing in Canada's future."[5]

Administration structure

As required by the CRTC, Canadian BDUs are required to contribute 5% of their revenues to the Canada Media Fund.[6] While policy, research and communications rest with the CMF, the day-to-day administration of applications rests with a separate entity, that of the CMF Program Administrator, which is part of Telefilm Canada.[7]

Funded productions

Television series

Programs produced in association with CMF/FMC include:

Video games

Video games produced in association with CMF/FMC include:

Encore+
Encore+
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2017–present

In 2017, the Canada Media Fund launched a YouTube channel called Encore+ in collaboration with Google Canada, Bell Media, BroadbandTV, and Deluxe Toronto, and Telefilm Canada.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-343". 25 August 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  3. "Annual Reports". Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  4. "Canada Media Fund - Our History". www.cmf-fmc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  5. "Ottawa announces Canada Media Fund | CTV News Toronto". toronto.ctvnews.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  6. Lorimer, Rowland (2016). Mass communication in Canada. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780199013159.
  7. "Business Policies on the Telefilm Canada Website". Archived from the original on 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  8. MacMartin, Gregory. "Consortium Production Post-Mortem" (PDF). Interdimensional Games. Interdimensional Games. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  9. Sapieha, Chad. "Hinterland founder Raphael van Lierop talks about The Long Dark". Financial Post. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  10. Sapieha, Chad. "How Edmonton's XGen Studios overcame the tragic loss of its founder en route to this week's launch of The Low Road". Financial Post. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  11. "We Happy Few". Compulsion Games. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  12. "Chariot". Chariot Game. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  13. "Jotun". jotungame.com. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  14. "The Messenger". Sabotage Studio. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  15. Canada Media Fund (November 7, 2017). "Back for more Canadian TV and films". Cision (Press release). Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  16. Brioux, Bill (November 9, 2017). "YouTube channel encore+ resurrects Canadian TV shows, films". National Post. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  17. Hank, Melissa (November 9, 2017). "Encore+ a new YouTube channel for retro CanCon". Canada.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017. The Canada Media Fund collaborated with producers, distributors and unions for the project, as well as Google Canada, Bell Media, BroadbandTV (BBTV), Deluxe Toronto and Telefilm Canada.
  18. Powell, W. Andrew (November 22, 2017). "Encore+ brings classic Canadian television to YouTube". The Gate. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  19. Papineau, Philippe (November 9, 2017). "La télé canadienne d'avant, gratuite aujourd'hui sur YouTube" [The old Canadian TV, free today on YouTube]. Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  20. Wysocka, Natalia (November 11, 2017). "L'appel des classiques avec la nouvelle chaîne YouTube Encore+" [The call of classics with the new Encore+ YouTube channel] (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  21. Doyle, John (November 14, 2017). "Click, click, click: Three hot Canadian web series that require your attention". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  22. "Encore+ : Une chaîne YouTube pour l'industrie audiovisuelle canadienne" [Encore+: A YouTube channel for the Canadian audiovisual industry]. ActusMédias (in French). November 8, 2017. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
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