June 18, 2012 - The IPF Board of Directors approved funding for 15 scripted drama series (10 English / 5 French) designed and produced for exploitation on the web and is making equity investments of $1.5 M in these projects. This unique funding program, which was created in 2010 is encouraging [...]

For immediate release Montreal, June 10, 2012 – What do the hit shows Les rescapés, 19-2, Toute la vérité, Murdoch Mysteries and Flashpoint have in common? All these small-screen successes of recent years received financing from the COGECO Fund, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this July. The COGECO Program Development [...]

April 4, 2012 - Space Janitors debuted their pilot episode to rave reviews on The Escapist. The first episode introduces fans to Darby Richards and Mike Chet; two janitors who work on the Evil Empire’s space station. As they say, “for every Dark Lord, there are ten thousand minions who [...]

March 29, 2012 - Whew, what a month here at the IPF offices. For our March 1 Phase 1 deadline we received 153 applications for our web series production program. It was a blast to read all the amazing ideas folks have. We got a variety of submissions ranging from [...]

For immediate release March 27, 2012 - The Chair of the Board of Directors of the Independent Production Fund (IPF), Charles Ohayon, is pleased to welcome Jeremy Butteriss, Director, Strategic Partnerships Google Canada to the Board. Jeremy’s extensive experience in the world of online video and YouTube will provide invaluable perspectives [...]

For immediate release March 27, 2012 - The Chair of the Board of Directors of the Independent Production Fund (IPF), Charles Ohayon, is pleased to welcome Jeremy Butteriss, Director, Strategic Partnerships Google Canada to the Board. Jeremy’s extensive experience in the world of online video and YouTube will provide invaluable perspectives [...]

March 25, 2012 - Industry professionals, consultants and advanced media students undertook the challenging evaluation of 153 English and French applications for the IPF’s Web Drama Series Program. The following 31 projects were selected by the Pre-Selection committee and are invited to submit complete Production Applications by May 1, 2012. [...]

February 14, 2012 - Sandy Rai (Supinder Wraich), an exchange student from India studying journalism in Canada, stumbles upon an unsolved murder while working on assignment with fellow student Trevor Shale (Dan Fox). She learns that the murdered man, a scientist named Harold Glenndenning (David Fox), may have a connection [...]

December 14, 2011 - The web series funding program that has been undertaken on an experimental basis for the past two years, will now become the focus of IPF funding support for the next three years. In 2010, the IPF launched a pilot program to support linear drama series created [...]