Low Budget Interactive Digital Media Production Program

To encourage the production of high quality, modestly budgeted interactive digital media projects that are associated with a television program licensed by a Canadian broadcaster. To determine the long-term feasibility and operations of a low budget production program. The Bell Fund is allocating $500,000 for the purposes of the Program. Approved projects will receive a grant of up to 75% of the cost of production of the new media component to a maximum of $75,000

Note that there is no grant for the associated television component but it must conform to the eligibility criteria of the Bell Fund.

Please refer to the Guidelines at http://www.ipf.ca/Bell/English/guidelines_production.html for all Eligibility and Financial criteria.  

Approximately $11 million is contributed annually by Bell TV.  Eligible projects must have both a broadcast component with a guaranteed broadcast licence from a Canadian broadcaster as well as a new media component. There must be an association between the two components.

 Funding for the new media component is available in the form of grants which may be awarded as follows:

• A grant of up to 75% of the cost of production of the new media component, to a maximum of $250,000 per project; in addition to
• A bonus grant matching any broadcaster(s) cash contribution to the financing of the new media component, to a maximum of $100,000. In the case of projects financed through the CMF's Digital Media funding, the matching bonus will be applicable only to those incremental amounts that exceed the required 10%

 Funding for the television component is available in the form of grants which may be awarded as follows:

• A grant of up to 75% of the total Canadian broadcast licence fees (paid directly by the broadcaster) for the program, to a maximum of $75,000 per project (including television series).

 Approximately two-thirds of the funds will be designated to support English language projects and one-third for French language projects.

Deadlines for application are: February 1, May 1,  and October 1