Canada Media Fund

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The Canada Media Fund (CMF; French: Fonds des Medias du Canada (FMC); German: Medienfonds Canada) is a public-private partnership established on April 1, 2010 by the Department of Canadian Heritage (French Patrimoine Canada ) and the Canadian Cable industry was launched. The official mission of the Canada Media Fund is to "Promote, develop and finance the production of Canadian [media] content and relevant applications".

Financing and administrative structure

The Canada Media Fund is financed on behalf of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) from contributions from Canadian broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs for short) as well as from grants from the Canadian federal government. According to the CRTC, Canadian BDUs are required to contribute five percent of their earnings to the fund .

Annually, there are grants worth around 350 million US dollars that benefit Canadian media productions and the Canadian media industry. While political decisions, research and communication are reserved for the Canada Media Fund, the administration of funding applications is the responsibility of the "CMF Program Administration" belonging to Telefilm Canada.

history

The founding of the Canada Media Fund was announced in a speech on March 9, 2009 by the then Canadian Minister of Culture, James Moore, and he started work on April 1, 2010. According to Moore, the fund would “invest in broadcasting and interactive digital media” to “improve the playing field at a time when the industry is in a state of structural change” and “help create jobs”. The fund resulted from the merger of the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) and the Canada New Media Fund (CNMF).

Funded productions

Encore +

In 2017 the Canada Media Fund launched the YouTube channel "encoreplusmedia", or Encore + for short, in cooperation with Google Canada , Bell Media , BroadbandTV, Deluxe Toronto and Telefilm Canada.

TV Shows

The formats produced in cooperation with CMF and FMC include:

  • Total Drama (previously funded by the CTF) (2012-2014)
  • Animism: The Gods' Lake (2013)
  • Orphan Black
  • Murdoch Mysteries (2010-2018)
  • Kim's Convenience (2013-2018)
  • Baroness von Sketch (2011-2018)
  • Letterkenny (2012)
  • Schitt's Creek (2014-2018)
  • Vikings (2013-2018)
  • Slasher (Season 2, 2011)
  • Still Standing (Season 3)
  • Stories of Our Elders (2018; based on web series from 2014)

Video games (selection)

Video games produced in collaboration with CMF and FMC are:

Web links

Source references

  1. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-343 . August 25, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Rowland Lorimer: Mass communication in Canada . Oxford University Press, Don Mills, Ontario 2016, ISBN 9780199013159 , p. 220.
  4. ↑ Annual Reports . Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Business Policies on the Telefilm Canada website . Archived from the original on May 9, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ Ottawa announces Canada Media Fund | CTV News Toronto . Retrieved March 8, 2019. 
  7. ^ Canada Media Fund: Back for more Canadian TV and films . In: Cision , November 7, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017. 
  8. ^ Bill Brioux: YouTube channel encore + resurrects Canadian TV shows, films . In: National Post . November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ Melissa Hank: Encore + a new YouTube channel for retro CanCon . November 9, 2017. 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."
  10. ^ W. Andrew Powell: Encore + brings classic Canadian television to YouTube . In: The Gate . November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  11. ^ Philippe Papineau: La télé canadienne d'avant, gratuite aujourd'hui sur YouTube ( Fr ) In: Le Devoir . November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  12. ↑ Natalia Wysocka: L'appel des classiques avec la nouvelle chaîne YouTube Encore + ( Fri ) November 11, 2017. Accessed November 27, 2017.
  13. ^ John Doyle: Click, click, click: Three hot Canadian web series that require your attention . In: The Globe and Mail . November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  14. ^ Encore +: Une chaîne YouTube pour l'industrie audiovisuelle canadienne ( Fr ) In: ActusMédias . November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
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  16. ^ Chad Sapieha: Hinterland founder Raphael van Lierop talks about The Long Dark . Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  17. ↑ Chad Sapieha: How Edmonton's XGen Studios overcame the tragic loss of its founder en route to this week's launch of The Low Road . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  18. ↑ We Happy Few . Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  19. ↑ Chariot . Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  20. ↑ Jotun . Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  21. ^ The Messenger . Retrieved June 3, 2018.