Interactive Ontario’s Comments on the CMF 2020-2021 Guidelines
CMF launched their 2020-2021 guidelines and announced their budget on April 1st. Here's what's changed and where we're headed.
Advocating for the IDM Industry: Stimulus and Relief Measures
Interactive Ontario (IO) made preliminary recommendations on stimulus and relief measures (fiscal 2020-2021) for the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) industry to the provincial government, on March 23, 2020.
IO’s Submission to the CMF on Experimental Stream Programs
The Canada Media Fund has consulted the industry on strategies to improve its Experimental Stream programs. IO’s members and advocacy committee have advised on several matters.
A Forward-Looking Move by Ontario Government: OIDMTC Change
On Tuesday May 28th at Uken Games, Minister Todd Smith from the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) officially announced the reduction of the labour threshold from $1M to $500K for annual [...]
CRTC issues decision on 10% digital content cap for CIPFs
The CRTC has issued its decision regarding the Requests for relief in regard to the Commission’s policy framework for Certified Independent Production Funds (Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-253). Despite the efforts of IO, the Canadian Interactive [...]