Radio / Television News

CBC cautious about new CMF


OTTAWA – The CBC is taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to the new Canada Media Fund.In a statement released shortly after the CMF’s guidelines were unveiled on Friday, the network called the rules “a source of considerable concern for CBC/Radio-Canada”. While initially optimistic when the new funding agency was announced last year, particularly its aim to inject money in the production of original prime-time programming, the public broadcaster said that it now “appears that less money will be invested in television production this year and that many independent producers will not have access to funding for their projects”.“For the second time in...