Canada media fund (cmf)

Launched in 2010, the canada media fund (cmf) is an arm’s-length public-private partnership, funded by the government of canada and canadian cable, satellite, and iptv distributors. the cmf is an independent corporation: while the government sets out the policy parameters for the cmf, the fund has its own board of directors, and the guidelines and administration of the funding program are its own responsibility. this governance model allows content review and creation to be separate from political involvement. the cmf regularly consults industry stakeholders in a regular, formal, inclusive and meaningful way.the cmf promotes, develops and finances the production of canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. the cmf delivers financial support to the canadian television and digital media industries through two streams of funding. the convergent stream supports the creation of innovative, convergent television and digital media content for consumption by canadians. the experimental stream encourages the creation of leading-edge, interactive digital media content and software applications. in 2014-15, the cmf contributed $365.6 million to canadian television and digital media projects, triggering $1.3 billion in production activity. through the convergent stream, 505 productions received $311.3 million in funding, which generated 2,800 hours of new content. through the experimental stream, 108 innovative projects were selected and received $38.6 million in funding. the cmf also provides funding to television and digital media coproductions between canadian and international producers (see measure entitled “canada media fund’s funding for international coproductions and the framework for international digital media coproduction”).