Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund disburses $2.7 million in latest round

The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund has awarded just over $2.3 million in production grants to 10 recipients in its latest round.

Epitome Pictures’ Degrassi season 12 received funding for production and creation of a digital dashboard that connects all Degrassi (pictured) digital properties, including social media.

Also receiving production funding is Perfect Storms, produced by Perfect Storms Television Productions Inc. for Shaw, and its new media element Perfect Storms Interactive, created by Secret Location.

And kids’ properties Splatalot, season two (and interactive Splatalot.com), produced by marblemedia, and Sinking Ship Productions’ Dino Dan, season three (and Dino Dan online extension) also received funding in this round.

Additionally, a total of $364,000 was disbursed to seven projects for low-budget production grants in this round, which covers both the Feb. 1 and March 1 deadlines, and $40,500 was disbursed to seven projects for professional development.