Bell Fund celebrates 20 years with new program, direction

TORONTO and MONTREAL - The Bell Fund is marking its 20th anniversary with the launch of the first of four pilot programs that will provide grants to Canadian media content makers.The Bell Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $17 million from Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. Since 1997, the Fund has invested over $200 million in 2,000 Canadian digital media projects and television programs, plus offered training, research, professional development and promotion for the Canadian media production industry.Created in response to the CRTC's update of the Policy Framework for Certified Independent...