OTTAWA – At a soiree designed to mark its 15th anniversary, the Quebecor Fund also introduced its new Export Assistance Program (EXAP) and the first round of recipients.
"The Export Assistance Program will help to promote film, TV and audiovisual industries in Quebec and Canada," said Franklin Delaney, chairman of the board of directors for the Quebecor Fund, in a statement. "Our goal is to help raise the status of these industries at the national and international levels."
The EXAP will be provided alongside the Fund's two other main programs: the Main Television Production Assistance Program and the Event and Film Production Assistance Program. To date, these programs and the Quebecor Fund have contributed over $62 million to projects that include television production, multimedia production, the creation of feature films and television events.
The first four recipients of the Export Assistance Program are Attraction Distribution International Inc., Cineflix Media Inc., Productions Pixcom Inc. and Contenu QMI.
"Over the past 15 years, we have pursued three main objectives: to develop new technologies and new broadcasting models, to promote new distribution models, and to increase the exportation of our audiovisual industry beyond Quebec," added Serge Thibaudeau, CEO and executive director of the Quebecor Fund. "The Export Assistance Program is the culmination of these objectives and a great success for the Quebecor Fund, Quebec and Canada."
Founded in 1999, the Quebecor Fund contributes to the development of Canadian content production and simultaneously promotes the use of new broadcasting models through Videotron's annual financial average contributions of over $8 million.
