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October 12, 2012
The Board of Directors of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund has announced its decisions for the September 1, 2012 round of applications.
The following projects received Production Grants under the Bell Fund’s Low Budget Production Program:
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NEW MEDIA
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Million Dollar Neighbourhood
MDN Media 2 Inc.
Producer: Dana Johl
Executive Producers: Rob Bromley, John Ritchie, Gillian Lowrey
OWN, 10 x 44 mins
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Million Dollar Neighborhood/Future You
MDN Media 2 Inc.
Producer: Dana Johl
DM Service Company: Tactica Interactive
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Million Dollar Neighbourhood is a real-life series about one debt-ridden neighbourhood uniting to increase their net worth by $1,000,000 in just ten short weeks.
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A Facebook app that helps users to boost their own net worth and uses their community to keep them on track.
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Turbo Town
Turbo Town Productions Inc.
Producer: Phil McCordic
Executive Producers: Ira Levy, Peter Williamson
TVO, TFO, Knowledge 13 x 30 mins
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Turbo Town Interactive
Breakthrough New Media
Producer: Dorothy Vreeker
DM Service Company: Emerging Playgrounds
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Turbo Town is a science-based live-action series about radio-controlled cars. The series follows the adventures of Rod the pickup truck and his friends Cali, Dug and Axle as they explore their world.
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Preschoolers will be able to experience the science concepts seen in the series, through a variety of simple online games and educational e-books (for iOS and Android platforms).
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The following French-language projects received Production Grants under the Bell Fund’s Low Budget Production Program:
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Meilleur avant le 31, bon pareil le 1er
Productions Images III inc.
Producer: Marie-Élaine Nadeau
Vrak.tv, 1 x 60 mins
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Meilleur avant le 31, bon pareil le 1er
Productions Images III inc.
Producers: Josée Vallée, Marie-Élaine Nadeau, Marie-Claude Wolfe
DM Service Company: TOXA inc.
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A year-end TV special of sketches, parodies and reviews from 2012 for tweens and teens informed by the companion digital media project.
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This 3 phase interactive digital media project empowers tweens and teens to help define their view of the most important events in culture and society in 2012 culminating in a 4 hour webcast and 1 hour broadcast TV special.
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The following projects received Development funding:
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Face the Music Interactive
May Street Productions
iM Website
Square Pixel Inc.
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The following organization received Professional Development funding:
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Cartoon Connection Canada 2012 (CCC)
Rencontres cinématographiques de Québec
X-Summit 2012
Interactive Ontario
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The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce television content complemented and enhanced by excellent digital content designed for various platforms. These new media projects reflect state-of-the-art technology and are helping traditional television producers and broadcasters to discover the value added benefits of digital extensions. Since 1997, the Bell Fund has invested over $100M in over 1,000 Canadian new media projects, television programs, development grants and support for research and professional development.
The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $13 M from Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Development Program is supported by the interest generated by a $10M endowment resulting from BCE-CTV benefits, and contributions from Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and new media industry. The Fund is administered by the Independent Production Fund.
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For further information:
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416-977-8154
www.bellfund.ca
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514-845-4418
www.fondsbell.ca
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