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Funding
Michigan proposes ending film tax credit
The Canadian production sector received good news Thursday with word that Michigan is proposing ending its film tax credits.
Centennial College to dole out $500,000 for kids media projects
Centennial College’s Centre for Creative Communications is looking for the next big thing in children’s media, and it has ten $50,000 federal development grants to help you out.
OMDC and the Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund back 19 projects
On the heels of announcing the recipients of its Interactive Digital Media Fund, the OMDC and the Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund has revealed 19 projects that have been awarded a total of $10.5 million investment.
Games land $2 million from OMDC
The latest round of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund recipients from the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) proves that games are top of mind, as the body hands out $2 million among 19 projects.
Quebecor Fund announces Event and Film Production funding
The Quebecor Fund has announced just under a million dollars for the first round of funding under the new Event and Film Production Assistance Program.
CMF over-subscribed on increased digital media applications
Canadian TV producers continue to go overboard in pursuing production subsidies from the Canada Media Fund after the industry fund completed its first year in a familiar position: over-subscribed.
Interactive Ontario and Ryerson intro game entrepreneur program
EDGE: Education for Digital and Games Entrepreneurs is aimed at honing business skills in this growing space, providing knowledge and training in leadership and administration.
Profile report pegs film and TV production at $4.9 billion
David is losing to Goliath: Canadian production volume rose 1% last year to $2.29 billion, but Canadian television production fell by 3.3% in 2010, dipping below $2 billion for the first time in four years.
HG Fund names recipients in script development program
Another raft of prodcos have been accepted in the latest round of the script development program from the Harold Greenberg Fund’s English-Language Program.
Shaw Media-Hot Docs fund hands out coin
Shaw Media has has handed out $203,000 in grants and non-interest loans to eight promising indie documentary projects, including the latest work by Michael McNamara and Francine Pelletier.
Telefilm appoints interim features exec Karynn Austin
Taking over for Stephanie Azam on her maternity leave, Karynn Austin is stepping in as interim national feature film executive for the English Language Market at Telefilm Canada.
CMF unveils factor weightings for broadcast envelopes, digital media changes
The Canada Media Fund is to reward English Canadian broadcasters more for ratings over historical performance, according to new fund access criteria unveiled Monday.
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