IPF backs 16 digital drama series

TORONTO - The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is investing close to $2 million in 16 new English and French-language scripted drama series designed and produced for exploitation on web platforms and channels.Five of the approved projects are renewals for new episodes of successful web series previously funded by the IPF, and 11 are new series to be produced in 2016. The full list of projects is available here.The selected projects represent a range of genres including comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, thriller, drama, animation, and musical for different target demographics and distribution platforms, and have been created by new digital production companies as...