The Quebecor Fund is disbursing more than $2 million to Canadian prodcos and scripted series through its Television Production Assistance Program.

The fund is providing $500,000 to two Quebec-based production companies through its Support for the Creation of Intellectual Property component in the latest round.

Another eight scripted projects have been selected to receive a total of $2.18 million via the Support for the Production of Intellectual Property for International Markets component, launched in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF). The Quebecor Fund has contributed more than $1.5 million, with $626,667 coming from the CMF.

The Support for the Creation of Intellectual Property component will fund two projects from Montreal’s Untamed Productions and Matane, Que.’s PVP Media. The component provides repayable grants to support the development of Canadian-owned projects that have already received financial backing from a recognized French-language broadcaster. The broadcasters in this round are Radio-Canada and TVA Group.

Season two of Nuit Blanche (Pixcom; pictured) is among the eight scripted projects supported under the Support for the Production of Intellectual Property for International Markets component. The second season was greenlit by Corus Entertainment’s Séries Plus in partnership with Prime Video.

The project is one of seven series financed by both the Quebecor Fund and the CMF. They also include Mont-Rouge (Productions Casablanca, Connections Productions) and season three of C’est comme ça que je t’aime (Productions Casablanca) with Radio-Canada attached as Canadian broadcaster on both projects.

TVA Group is the broadcaster for Société distincte (Blachfilms) and La Collecte (Groupe Fair-Play), while Bell Media is attached to Projet Innocence (ALSO Productions) and Animaux noirs (Passez Go).

The series receiving support solely from the Quebecor Fund is Sorcièrese (Amalga Créations Médias), with TVA Group as the Canadian broadcaster.

The Support for the Production of Intellectual Property for International Markets component provides repayable grants for productions with financial commitments from a French-language broadcaster.

The Quebecor Fund’s Television Production Assistance Program has provided nearly $101.4 million under all of its components since 1999, supporting a total of 370 projects involving 99 production companies, 49 Canadian broadcasters and 59 foreign broadcasters, according to a news release.

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