New framework fosters international cooperation in digital media

TORONTO - Five major Canadian digital media funding organizations have hammered out a new framework designed to help international digital media co-productions access their respective funding programs. The framework, developed by the Canada Media Fund, the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, the Independent Production Fund, the Quebecor Fund, and the Shaw Rocket Fund, addresses the need to facilitate international co-productions in digital media between Canada and other countries in order to access new opportunities and partnerships. Furthermore, existing audiovisual co-production treaties do not address digital media production, the announcement continues. The framework is being implemented on a trial basis and...