June 17, 2025 – (Toronto/Montréal) – The IPF announces funding decisions for the Cogeco TV Production Program deadline on April 16, 2025.

The Independent Production Fund (IPF) has approved production financing in the amount of over $2.5M for the following 14 companies and television series (8 English language projects and 6 French language projects). The Cogeco TV Production Program is supported by Cogeco and provides Canadian independent producers with financing for the production of dramatic television series and mini-series.

Here are the recipients of the 2025 Cogeco TV Production Program:

Title Company Broadcaster
Allegiance – Season 3 Lark Productions CBC
Coup de feu! Duo Productions Bell Media (Crave)
Détective Surprenant – Season 2 V10 Média Groupe TVA
Le gouffre lumineux Productions J SRC (ICI Télé)
Le retour d’Anna Brodeur – Season 2 Sphère Média Bell Media (Crave, Noovo)
Murdoch Mysteries – Season 19 Shaftesbury CBC
Nish Kassiwi Média APTN/SRC (ICI Télé)
Saint-Pierre – Season 2 Hawco Productions CBC
Screech Owls Shaftesbury Development CBC, SRC, TFO
Stevie and the Sacred Animals Eagle Vision & Sinking Ship Productions CBC, SRC, Knowledge
Stonechild Sphere Media Toronto & Katawak Productions CBC
Theodore Tugboat Boulevard Productions & Blue Ant Studios CBC
Truffe Happy Camper Media Télé-Québec
Wild Cards – Season 3 Vancon S3 ON (obo Blink49 Studios) CBC

In 2018, Cogeco redirected its annual BDU contributions to the IPF and established the Cogeco TV Production Program under the IPF umbrella to continue its support for television drama series. Since then, 97 projects have received over $17M in production funding.

Since its inception, the IPF has invested $95,309,342 in 1,261 projects: 143 Short Form Series Development projects, 190 Short Form Series Productions, 348 TV Productions, and over 580 Industry Development projects.

The IPF is incorporated as a charitable foundation with an endowment valued at approximately $40M. It uses the interest generated by the endowment and return on its project investments for its annual operations and project funding. The IPF Board of Directors is composed of representatives from the industry and makes all final funding decisions.

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