The Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund has made equity investments worth $4,812,613 across 16 television projects through its Rogers Cable Network Fund stream.
The scripted series that received financing through this round of funding include the second season of Rhombus Media’s Sensitive Skin (Movie Central, TMN), Prairie Dog Film + Television’s Blackstone (APTN), Smiley Guy Studios, Farmhouse Productions and Duopoly Canada’s SOS 2: Escape from Earth (Hollywood Suite) and Counterfeit Pictures and Buffalo Gal Pictures’ Sunnyside (FX Canada).
Other television projects receiving financing included Silence & Space Productions’ 1 in 100 (Super Channel), Proper Television’s 7 Days in Hell (History Channel), the second season of Paperny Entertainment’s Cold Water Cowboys (Discovery Canada), Escape or Die! (OLN), Matter of Fact Media’s Into the Inferno (Documentary Channel), the second season of Lark Productions’ Mom’s A Medium (CMT), Galafilm Productions’ National Park Secrets and Legends (Travel & Escape, Destination America), Polar Bear Alley (OLN), Burlesque Queen Productions’ Tempest Storm (Super Channel), Bridge Film Productions’ The Gordon Pinsent Documentary (Super Channel, Hollywood Suite) and 52 Media’s War Story: Afghanistan (History Television).
Roger’s The Cable Network Fund serves as an equity investor in Canadian programs that receive first window on the country’s cable channels.