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Telefilm Canada and the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund team up to offer a revised new media budget template
Montreal and Toronto, November 02, 2005 - Telefilm Canada and the Bell
Broadcast and New Media Fund are pleased to announce that a joint review of the
new media budget template has resulted in a co-branded template that can be used
for industry applicants seeking financial assistance to either or both organizations
for the Production/Product Development stage.
Producers may use this revised template to complete budget submissions to either,
or both, agencies - starting with Telefilm Canada's December 2005 deadline for
Full Applications and the Bell Fund's February 2006 deadline for Production
Applications. The template ensures that there will be no need to complete separate
versions of budgets for each funding agency.
Industry consultations have resulted in this fine-tuning process in which some
category names and eligible expenditures have been harmonized. This is the first
step in efforts by the two funding agencies to provide the industry with a more
efficient funding process.
In the next few months the two organizations will align the budget notes and
parameters that are designed to help producers complete their budgets. A consultation
process with the industry has been undertaken and will continue in order to
examine any proposed changes or industry issues.
The revised budget template may be found on the Canada
New Media Fund page and on the Bell Fund website at www.bellfund.ca
- Guidelines and Application Forms - Budget Template.
Telefilm Canada, a cultural investor in film, television and new media
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and
promotion of the Canadian film, television and new media industries. With the
objective of building larger audiences for Canadian cultural products, the Corporation
acts as a partner to the private sector through investments in diverse productions
with wide appeal.
The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund provides grants to Canadian independent
producers who develop and produce outstanding television content complemented
and enhanced by excellent interactive content designed for digital delivery.
It is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization that receives annual contributions
from Bell ExpressVu.
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