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In the news: The false dichotomy of the CRTC

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Alex Epstein of Complications Ensue comments on the current CRTC hearings, to decide if the Canadian Television Fund should be divided into separate funds for cultural programming and for commercial programming:

  • Culture=Entertainment
    “SLINGS AND ARROWS is successful cable TV. It is also successful highbrow culture (which satirizes highbrow culture). TRAILER PARK BOYS is successful TV. It is also successful lowbrow culture. If you don’t believe me, wait until “the boys” come round for a signing and see how many people are lining up in the cold. If people waiting in the cold to see actors isn’t a sign of vibrant culture, you tell me what is.” Read more.
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Canadian Television Fund Successfully Supports Industry’s Cultural and Commercial Goals

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From a media release:

The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) today presented an overview of the organization’s successes in funding popular, critically acclaimed television programming in its opening presentation at the CRTC’s public hearing on the future of the Fund.

“Canadians are watching CTF-funded programs,” said Valerie Creighton, President of the CTF. “Shows like The Rick Mercer Report and Little Mosque on the Prairie, regularly attain audiences of over one million. Les Boys, Annie et ses hommes, and Destinées all have drawn from one to one and a half million viewers. New shows, such as The Border, Sophie, Heartland, and The Guard are attracting 500,000 to 800,000 viewers. And a recently launched success story in the French market, Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire, averaged over two million viewers in its first two episodes.”

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New Website Showcases Successful Canadian Television Fund Productions

From a media release:

The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) launched its new website today, a dynamic resource celebrating the best in Canadian TV. Visitors to www.ctf-fct.ca can get updates on great dramas, documentaries, kids’ shows and variety and performing arts programs, along with detailed information on CTF funding activities and governance.

“The new website tells the CTF story by showcasing the many achievements of CTF-funded programming,” said Valerie Creighton, President of the CTF. “Along with providing materials to producers to access our funding and information to broadcasters on envelope allocations, the site also ensures that contributors, government, and the Canadian public have current updates on the CTF’s performance in meeting our evolving mandate.”

Success stories of CTF-funded shows are available on the website in the 2006-2007 Annual Report which offers detailed analysis of CTF funding streams and the projects they support. A feature on audience data delivers a revealing portrait of domestic viewing of Canadian and foreign programming, including CTF-supported genres.

The website also includes a Funding Results section which highlights newly financed productions and returning seasons of audience favourites that will air on Canadian television channels in the near future. A new Governance section contains the CTF Board Charter describing the Board’s mandate, accountability and composition, the CTF’s Policy on Independence of Directors and its Conflict of Interest Guidelines.

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