CTF Recaps Funding Highlights

BANFF: In the 2008-09 fiscal year, the Canadian Television Fund contributed to the financing of 475 production and 325 development projects, with total budgets of more than C$943 million and C$18 million, respectively, resulting in the creation of 2,210 hours of new Canadian programming.

“Over the past year, the CTF funded a greater number of productions through the disbursement of 12-percent more funding compared to the average of the four prior years," said Valerie Creighton, the president and CEO of the CTF. "Our streams of funding were expanded to support the industry’s move towards new media." This includes the C$2 million Digital Media Pilot Program, supporting 20 English and 10 French productions. In the past year, the CTF also offered a C$5 million Production Incentive Pilot Program for English production in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.