CMF to give out $350M for Cancon; launches April 1

TORONTO – With its official launch less than a week away, the new Canadian Media Fund will pay out over $350 million in funding support to Canadian content through two distinct streams.An ‘Experimental Stream’ will invest in content and software applications for eventual integration into mainstream Canadian media platforms, while a ‘Convergent Stream’ will fund the creation of convergent television and digital media content.Flanked by CMF board chair Louis Roquet, and president and CEO Valerie Creighton, Heritage Minister James Moore said that the CMF's mandate is to champion the creation of successful, innovative, Canadian content and software applications for current and emerging...