June 13, 2022 – (Toronto/Montréal) – The Independent Production Fund announces funding decisions for the Cogeco TV Production Program deadline on April 1, 2022.

The Independent Production Fund has approved production financing in the amount of over $1.5M for the following 9 companies and television series (5 English language projects and 4 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.

Cogeco TV Production Program 2022

Title Company Broadcaster
Alertes (Season 3) Productions Pixcom TVA
Comme des têtes pas de poule (Season 2) Téléfiction Productions Télé-Québec
Désobéir- Le choix de Chantal Daigle Productions ALSO Bell (Crave)
Diggstown (Season 4) Blue Circle Films Inc. CBC
La candidate Encore Télévision SRC
Little Bird Rezolution Pictures APTN, Bell (Crave)
Murdoch Mysteries (Season 16) Shaftesbury CBC
Sullivan’s Crossing Reel World Management Bell (CTV Drama)
The Porter (Season 2) Sienna Films 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 64 projects received $11.1M in production funding.

Since its inception, the IPF has invested $83,135,419 in 1,008 projects: 40 Short Form Series Development projects, 161 Short Form Series Productions, 307 TV Productions, and over 500 Professional Development projects.

The IPF is incorporated as a charitable foundation with an endowment valued at over $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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