Canada Media Fund Explained

French: Fonds des médias du Canada
Canada Media Fund
Website:cmf-fmc.ca
Mission:Foster, promote, develop and finance the production of Canadian content and relevant applications.

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-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)[2] —and the federal government. It funds roughly $366 million annually.[3]

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. 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

A funded projects database exists on the companies' website.[8]

Television series

Programs produced in association with CMF/FMC include:

Video games

Video games produced in association with CMF/FMC include:

Encore+

Encore+
Pseudonym:Encore Plus
Years Active:2017–2022
Subscribers:12,114 subscribers
Subscriber Date:January 2018
Views:617,701 views
View Date:January 2018
Stats Update:January 21, 2017 -->

The Canada Media Fund previously operated a YouTube channel called Encore+[18] in collaboration with Telefilm Canada, Deluxe Toronto, BroadbandTV, Bell Media, and Google Canada. This channel was uniquely dedicated to licensing and making freely available outstanding legacy Canadian content, particularly series and films without an existing streaming service presence or physical home media releases.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

The service was launched on November 7, 2017, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Canada.[27] Over its lifetime, all Canadian content acquisitions and curation were led by programming and operations lead Paulina Abarca-Cantin.

In early 2022, a separate sister YouTube channel called Encore Plus[28] was created with support from YouTube Canada, to offer a better user-experience for all current and future French-language content. By then Encore+ had also invested in creating Encore+ Originals, tie-in content original to the service and innovated by Abarca-Cantin, heightening discoverability and expanding upon the works on its channels, with Canadian talent providing commentary and exclusive insights for contemporary audiences years after the original production.[29]

Over five years, Encore+ also commissioned the restoration of iconic Canadian feature films including Johnny Mnemonic, The Snow Walker, New Waterford Girl, Eclipse, Monica la mitraille, L'Arrache-cœur, When Night is Falling, Remembrance, La Cueca Sola, A Silent Love and Timothy Findley's The Wars [30]

On November 17 and 18, 2022, official platforms announced that after more than five years of availability, the service (now considered a pilot project) was to shut down on November 30.[31] [32] [33] All media was wiped from both YouTube channels on that date, and the Twitter account[34] and Facebook page[35] with lists of content and discussion were made unavailable.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . April 27, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173147/http://www.cmf-fmc.ca/uploads/Backgrounder.pdf . July 6, 2011 . dead .
  2. Web site: Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-343 . March 8, 2019 . August 25, 2016 .
  3. Web site: Annual Reports . March 8, 2019 .
  4. Web site: Canada Media Fund - Our History. www.cmf-fmc.ca. April 15, 2020.
  5. Web site: Ottawa announces Canada Media Fund CTV News Toronto. toronto.ctvnews.ca. March 9, 2009 . March 8, 2019.
  6. Book: Lorimer, Rowland . Mass communication in Canada . Oxford University Press . Don Mills, Ontario . 2016 . 9780199013159 . 220 .
  7. Web site: Business Policies on the Telefilm Canada Website . April 28, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100509211903/http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/03/39.asp . May 9, 2010 . dead .
  8. Web site: Funded Projects. August 29, 2021. Canada Media Fund. en-US.
  9. Web site: Consortium Production Post-Mortem . MacMartin . Gregory . Interdimensional Games . May 7, 2016 . June 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603071512/http://dev.interdimensionalgames.com/CONSORTIUM_POSTMORTEM.pdf . dead .
  10. News: Sapieha. Chad. Hinterland founder Raphael van Lierop talks about The Long Dark. Financial Post. September 13, 2013 . January 4, 2017.
  11. News: 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. July 25, 2017 . July 25, 2017.
  12. Web site: We Happy Few . Compulsion Games . March 3, 2018.
  13. Web site: Chariot . Chariot Game . June 3, 2018.
  14. Web site: Jotun. jotungame.com. July 7, 2018.
  15. Web site: The Messenger . Sabotage Studio . June 3, 2018.
  16. Web site: Nine Dot Studio and Kitfox Games receive CMF investments. July 13, 2015 . July 14, 2021.
  17. Web site: " DECEIVE INC. Opens for Business; Blend In and Break Out in This Spy vs. Spy Extraction Shooter, Available Today on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XS" - Games Press . 2023-07-18 . www.gamespress.com.
  18. Web site: Encore+ (Inactive) - YouTube . .
  19. Back for more Canadian TV and films . Cision . Canada Media Fund . November 7, 2017 . January 21, 2017 .
  20. News: YouTube channel encore+ resurrects Canadian TV shows, films . Bill . Brioux . . November 9, 2017 . November 27, 2017.
  21. Web site: Encore+ a new YouTube channel for retro CanCon . Melissa . Hank . Canada.com . November 9, 2017 . 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..
  22. Web site: Encore+ brings classic Canadian television to YouTube . November 22, 2017 . W. Andrew . Powell . The Gate . November 27, 2017.
  23. Web site: La télé canadienne d'avant, gratuite aujourd'hui sur YouTube . The old Canadian TV, free today on YouTube . French . November 9, 2017 . Philippe . Papineau . Le Devoir . November 27, 2017.
  24. Web site: L'appel des classiques avec la nouvelle chaîne YouTube Encore+ . The call of classics with the new Encore+ YouTube channel . Natalia . Wysocka . November 11, 2017 . French . November 27, 2017.
  25. Web site: Click, click, click: Three hot Canadian web series that require your attention . . John . Doyle . November 14, 2017 . November 27, 2017.
  26. Web site: Encore+ : Une chaîne YouTube pour l'industrie audiovisuelle canadienne . Encore+: A YouTube channel for the Canadian audiovisual industry . ActusMédias . French . November 8, 2017 . November 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180122001210/https://www.actusmedias.com/encore-une-chaine-youtube-pour-lindustrie-audiovisuelle-canadienne/ . January 22, 2018 . dead .
  27. Web site: Back for more Canadian TV and films . November 7, 2017 .
  28. Web site: Encore Plus (Inactif) - YouTube . .
  29. Web site: Our Stories. Our Treasures .
  30. Web site: Entertainment news: Movie version of Timothy Findley's 'The Wars' will be seen onscreen for the first time in 35 years . . November 12, 2020 .
  31. Web site: Encore+ to explore new avenues . November 17, 2022 .
  32. Web site: Encore+. A message from Encore+. Watch your favourite classics before November 30, 2022. November 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221119211711/https://twitter.com/encoreplusmedia/status/1593680474312179712 . November 19, 2022. Twitter .
  33. Web site: Encore+. Un message d'Encore Plus. Regardez vos classiques préférés d'ici le 30 novembre 2022. November 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221119222452/https://twitter.com/encoreplusmedia/status/1593680464774320128 . November 19, 2022. Twitter .
  34. https://www.twitter.com/encoreplusmedia @encoreplusmedia
  35. Web site: Facebook. www.facebook.com.

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