The Canada Media Fund (CMF, french: Fonds des médias du Canada - FMC) is a
public-private partnership founded on April 1, 2010 by the
Department of Canadian Heritage
The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage (french: Patrimoine canadien), is the department of the Government of Canada that has roles and responsibilities related to initiatives that promote and support "Canadian identity ...
and the Canadian cable industry. It is used to fund the creation of original Canadian content and support the Canadian media industry. The fund is composed of contributions made by Canadian broadcasting distribution undertakings (
BDUs)—as mandated by the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...
)—and the federal government. It funds roughly $750 million annually.
History
The creation of the Canada Media Fund was announced by Minister of Heritage,
James Moore in a speech given on March 9, 2009. It was created as a merger between the
Canadian Television Fund
The Canadian Television Fund (CTF, french: Fonds canadien de télévision - FCT) supported the production and broadcast of Canadian television programs. A non-profit corporation operating as a public-private partnership, the CTF was financed by c ...
(CTF) and the Canada New Media Fund. The fund's origins are rooted to the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's formation of the Cable Production Fund in 1995.
From this initiation, the fund was transitioned into the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund (1996), the
Canadian Television Fund
The Canadian Television Fund (CTF, french: Fonds canadien de télévision - FCT) supported the production and broadcast of Canadian television programs. A non-profit corporation operating as a public-private partnership, the CTF was financed by c ...
(1998), the Canada New Media Fund (2001), and the Digital Media Pilot Program (2008), where the following year the Canada Media Fund was born.
The fund was created as a way to "
odernizegovernment investments to support Canadian content in the new era of consumer choice, emerging technology, and investing in Canada's future."
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