CMF awards $4.7 million to 22 Canadian digital media projects

TORONTO — The Canada Media Fund will award more than $4.7 million in development and marketing support to innovative digital media companies in Canada as part of the CMF’s 2016-2017 Experimental Stream funding initiative.In a news release on Wednesday, the CMF announced it had awarded $3.3 million in development support to a total of 15 Canadian companies and $1.4 million in marketing support to seven interactive digital media projects.The development funds will support the 15 recipients as they conceptualize an eligible project, develop the creative and technical elements of an eligible project, and draft a product proposal for business development...