CMF triggers $1.4B in production activity in 2017/18: annual report

Women filled over 40% of key leadership roles in TV productionsTORONTO - Every one dollar invested by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) to support Canada’s audiovisual industry generated $4.14 in production activity, the highest leverage ratio since the CMF was created in 2010, according to the CMF’s bilingual annual report for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.In the context of a declining program budget, the CMF’s funding programs contributed $342.3M to financing the development, production and promotion of 1,176 television and digital media projects in 2017-2018. This high level of production activity is a testament to the CMF’s contribution to the creation...