List of Certified Independent Production Funds
As part of its determination on the new Broadcasting
Distribution Regulations, the Commission, in Public Notice CRTC
1997-25 dated 11 March
1997, announced that broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) would be
required to participate in the production of new quality Canadian programming
through a financial contribution to be directed to an independent production
fund.
In Public Notice CRTC
1997-98, the Commission announced that a BDU:
- must direct a minimum of 80% of its contribution to the Canada Television
and Cable Production Fund (now called the Canadian Television Fund (CTF));
- may direct up to 20% of its contribution to one or more
independently-administered production funds, other than the CTF, provided that
it meets certain criteria.
These required criteria were outlined and clarified in the Commission’s Public
Notice CRTC 1999-29.
This notice also announced that, upon application, the Commission certify whether
an independent production fund meets the criteria and is eligible to receive and
administer contributions from BDUs.
In Public Notice CRTC
2001-30, the Commission amended the eligibility criteria so that treaty
co-productions will no longer require 65% Canadian financing in order to qualify
for access to contributions by BDUs to certified independent production funds.
The following is a list of the independent production funds that have been
certified as eligible to receive contributions from BDUs. It also includes a
brief description of the types of projects that the fund will provide funding to.
Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund
Supports projects which include a new media component as well as a television
component. The work on the new media component must be carried out principally in
Ontario or Quebec. The television component must be designated as a drama,
variety, documentary, children’s program or educational programming.
Contact:
Andra Sheffer
Executive Director
Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund
2 Carleton Street, Suite 1709
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1J3
Tel: (416) 977-8154
Fax: (416) 977-0694
Email: Bellfund@istar.ca
Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund
Provides funding for the development and production of informational,
educational and training films, videos and multimedia programs. Funding is
available to productions that are in French or English.
Contact:
Robin Jackson¸
Executive Director
Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund
666 Kirkwood Avenue, Suite 203
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 5X9
Tel: (613) 729-1900
Fax: (613) 729-4610
Cogeco Program Development Fund
Eligible productions include dramatic television series, movies of the week or
two-part mini-series for prime-time broadcast in English or French.
Contact:
(Formerly known as Fonds Vidéotron)
Supports the production of educational programs and edutainment that have an
interactive / multimedia component, in English, French or an Aboriginal language.
Contact:
Serge Thibaudeau
President & Director General
Fonds Vidéotron
1030, rue Cherrier
Bureau 503
Montreal, Quebec
H2L 1H9
Tel. : (514) 842-2497
Fax : (514) 524-9192
Email : info@fondsquebecor.ca
Supports the production of Canadian television dramatic series, including
dramatic series for children, for private sector broadcasters.
Contact:
Le Fonds Harold Greenberg
Supports the production of English and Fench films, as well as French
documentaries, musicals, special events and videoclips.
Contacts:
Le Fonds Harold Greenberg
BCE Place
181 Bay Street
P.O. Box 787
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2T3Tel: (416) 956-5431
Fax: (416) 956-2087 |
or |
Odile Méthot
President, Director General
Le Fonds Harold Greenberg
2100 Sainte-Catherine Street West
Suite 900
Montreal (Quebec)
H3H 2T3Tel: (514) 939-5094
Fax: (514) 939-1515 |
Rogers Documentary Fund
Provides financial support for Canadian documentary programming in both
official languages.
Rogers Cable Network Fund
Provides equity financing for Canadian television programs which have a first
window on one of Canada’s specialty programming services.
For both funds contact:
Robin Mirsky
Executive Director
Rogers Documentary Fund and
Rogers Cable Network Fund
Rogers Communications Inc.
333 Bloor Street East, 9th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 1G9
Tel: (416) 935-2555
Fax: (416) 935-2527
Saskatchewan Film and Video Development
Corporation (SaskFilm)
Supports the film, video and new media community of Saskatchewan to enhance
the quality, quantity and marketability of its products and resources.
Eligible projects include made-for-TV movies and series; short-form dramatic,
animated, and children’s programming; and documentaries, educational,
experimental, variety, and non-theatrical films and television programs.
Contact:
Susanne Bell
Director, Programs and Services
Saskatchewan Film and Video Development
Corporation
1831 College Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3V7
Tel: (306) 798-3457
Fax: (306) 798-7768
Shaw Television Broadcast Fund
Provides equity financing for the production of children, youth and family
television programming. Fiction and non-fiction, including series, pilots,
specials, documentaries, variety, animation and TV movies are eligible.
Preference is given to productions in the English, French or Aboriginal
languages.
Contact:
Sharon Blank
Executive Director
Shaw Television Broadcast Fund
630 – 3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 530
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 4L4
Tel: (403) 716-6508
Fax: (403) 750-7482
Small Market Local Programming Fund
Assists the small market, independently owned television stations identified
by the Commission in Public Notice CRTC
2003-37 in meeting
their commitments to local programming.
Annual Reports: 2003-2004 |
2004-2005
Contact:
Susan Wheeler
Director
Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
306 - 350 Sparks Street
Ottawa , Ontario
K1R 7S8
Tel: (613) 233-4035
Fax: (613) 233-6961
Reference documents for certification of independent production funds: Public
Notices CRTC 1997-25,
1997-98,
1999-29,
2003-37 and
2003-38.
Date Modified: 2006-03-13 |
