Value
Successful applicants receive funding in an amount appropriate to the needs of the project and subject to a Maximum Contribution of 75% of the project’s Eligible Costs or $400,000, whichever is less.Description
The CMF is a not-for-profit corporation that delivers $371.2 million in funding annually to support the Canadian television and digital media industries through two streams of funding: The Experimental Stream and the Convergent Stream. The CMF’s Experimental Stream now has 3 core Programs:
- The Commercial Projects Pilot Program (“C3P”)
- The Web Series Pilot Program
- The Innovation Program
The Innovation Program, designed to support Canadian interactive digital media content and software applications that are innovative and leading-edge.
Eligible Applicants
- A Canadian for-profit company
- Has its head office based in Canada
or
- A Canadian broadcaster, public or private, that is licensed to operate as such by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Eligible Expenses
- Research and preparation of content
- Salaries and benefits/wages/contracts for project teams (global project management, preparation, digitization, development of interpretive materials, editing and proofreading)
- Technology infrastructure (hardware and software)
- Expenses to put content online, including copyright clearance, documentation, design and development, translation costs
- Travel and accommodations
- Project audit fees
- Other technical and administrative expenses
- Marketing and promotion
Deadline Date
SeptemberContact
Contact Name: Canada Media Fund
Phone Number: 1-800-567-0890
E-mail Address: info@telefilm.ca
Website: https://www.cmf-fmc.ca/en-ca/programs-deadlines/programs/innovation-program
