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Toronto, February 12, 2018 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today an investment of $3.5M to support the production of 16 projects as part of its Web Series Pilot Program. This program was put in place to finance Canadian web series in their second or subsequent season and was developed to meet the needs in the marketplace for linear content created for online consumption.

Toronto, February 6, 2018 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today an investment of more than $6.2M in development and marketing support to 27 innovative digital media projects as part of the 2017-2018 second round of funding of the Experimental Stream Innovation Program.

Toronto, January 31, 2018  – Key audiovisual industry organizations announced today the appointment of Jesse Wente as Director of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office, a role he will assume starting February 1, 2018. Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office is an initiative first announced by the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, at the Banff World Media Festival this past June.

Toronto, January 31, 2018—The Canada Media Fund (CMF) released today its 2018 Trends Report, Future Shock is Now. This report provides an in-depth analysis of the trends affecting the audiovisual industry in Canada and elsewhere, specifically how the relentless march of technology, artificial intelligence, and robotics are shaping the creative industries.

Toronto, January 25, 2018 — Five distinguished digital media experts evaluated digital media projects that were submitted for funding support as part of the Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) Experimental Stream, Web Series Pilot Program.

Toronto, January 10, 2018 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today that 19 interactive digital media projects received a total of $11.3M in funding as part of the second round of production support from the 2017-2018 Experimental Stream Innovation Program. 

Toronto/Jerusalem, December 14, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF), the Jerusalem Film Fund of the Jerusalem Development Authority (JFF) announced today that six interactive digital media projects will receive of over $950K in funding through the Canada-Jerusalem Codevelopment and Coproduction Incentive.

Toronto, December 13, 2017 – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today a $4.5M investment for the production of nine innovative digital media projects that applied for funding to the Experimental Stream Commercial Projects Pilot Program.

Toronto/Mexico City, December 12, 2017 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Mexican Film Institute (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía – IMCINE), announced today the opening of an incentive for the codevelopment of television projects between Canadian producers and Mexican producers.

Toronto, December 11, 2017 – Encore+, a YouTube channel showcasing iconic Canadian content from years gone by, has garnered an impressive following and viewership rate in just over one month since its launch, this past November 7. As of today, over 10K YouTube users subscribed to the channel and have viewed videos over 272K times, totalling more than 41K hours of viewed content.