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CMF celebrates its first six months; names Briceno industry, market trends director

OTTAWA – The Canada Media Fund celebrated its six month birthday with an event in Ottawa that saw stars of Canada's television industry rub shoulders with senior government officials."Six months into the Canada Media Fund, we have come an incredibly long way and it's gone incredibly well," Heritage Minister James Moore told the crowd, which also included representatives from the creative, broadcasting, and distribution industries.  "We want to make sure there's a broad diversity of Canadian content and Canadian culture available on the platforms that Canadians choose to consume it on."Created by Canada's cable and satellite distributors and the federal government, the CMF champions the...