CBC and Canada Arts Council support digital content creators during Covid-19

OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts announced Tuesday a new, time-limited funding initiative called Digital Originals to help artists, groups and arts organizations showcase their original digital content to online audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Canada Council for the Arts will provide a total of $1 million in funding to successful applicants to develop, create and share original or adapted digital works with Canadian audiences online, says the news release. CBC/Radio-Canada will showcase and amplify the discoverability of select projects on one or more of its platforms. “Digital Originals will help to keep Canadian artists...