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Funding
CRTC gives OK to CJNT-TV sale to Rogers
The regulator cleared the way for Rogers to extend its Citytv network into the Montreal market for $10.6 million.
Six Island Productions wins $25,000 Dubai market pitch
Batata, a documentary in early development, focuses on Syrian farmers in the swirling social and economic cauldron of the Middle East.
Telefilm invests $11.2 million in eight features
The Right Kind of Wrong received a $6.7 million investment, while co-pros The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet and Shana – The Wolf’s Music also received funding.
Weekly roundup: Award noms, renewals and premieres
Lionsgate’s B.C.-shot Cabin in the Woods (pictured) received a best sci-fi/horror movie category nomination in the Critics’ Choice Awards, and word comes that Film Nova Scotia is being overhauled.
Doc festival turns to Indiegogo to finance youth screenings
The Montreal International Documentary Festival is looking for $10,000 to be raised via the crowd-funding campaign to back a second year of film screenings for young audiences.
Hot Docs issues $266,000 in grants via Shaw Media, Blue Ice
Hot Docs has awarded grants to 16 documentaries, with $125,000 issued via its Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund, and $141,000 granted via the Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds.
CMF launches $1 million regional pre-development program
The program will back English-language regional programming in pre-development without development funding from a broadcaster.
CMF changes French-language envelope factor weights
The CMF is eliminating the 5% Above-Threshold licences factor and shifting that factor to the Audience Success – Total Hours Tuned factor for 2013-2014.
Bell Fund expands low-budget funding with TV licence fee top-up
TV programs associated with low budget digital media productions will be eligible for a top-up of up to 75% of the broadcaster licence fee, to a maximum of $75,000.
15 projects get $10 million from the Canada Media Fund
Among the projects to get commitments from the fund’s experimental stream are a live online talent contest and a downloadable 3D animation suite.
CMF invests $8.9M in 31 projects
The Canada Media Fund invested $1.3 million in Aboriginal program projects, $2 million in the diverse languages program, and $5.6 million in 18 Francophone minority projects.
Telefilm’s annual meeting reveals industry growing pains
Michel Roy and Carolle Brabant aimed to reassure filmmakers that expressed fears they’re being left behind as the funding agency changes its evaluation criteria and makes a bigger push to the world market.
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