Demand for CMF funding pushes back deadline

TORONTO - The future of content and content delivery in Canada is being bolstered by home grown innovation, according to the Canada Media Fund (CMF).The organization said that funding submitted for the first deadline of its Experimental Stream “vastly exceeded” the $16.2 million available - over 250 applicants requested almost $90 million to support 120 production, 112 development, and 21 marketing projects. As a result of the high demand experienced in the first round, the second and final deadline for applications has been extended from October 4 to November 12, 2010."We are truly impressed by the vast quantity and diversity of...