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The Corus-CMF Page to Pitch program is a result of Corus Entertainment’s acquisition of Historia, Séries+ and TELETOON and is in accordance with the CRTC’s Tangible Benefits Policy. The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is responsible to administer the program over a seven-year mandate. The program aims to support two distinct stages during the development period of a television project’s lifecycle: story and script development (Page); and acquisition of pre-sale financing from foreign broadcasters and distributors (Pitch). Projects supported through the program must be in one of the CMF-supported genres and can be in animation or live-action.
Corus-CMF Page to Pitch Program 2018-2019
| $ K | Number of projects | |||
| Page | English | Animation | 144 | 3 |
| French | Animation | 55 | 2 | |
| Live Action | 433 | 9 | ||
| Total | 632 | 14 | ||
| Pitch | English | Animation | 62 | 1 |
| French | Animation | 31 | 1 | |
| Live Action | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 93 | 2 | ||
| Total Corus Program | 725 | 16 |
In the sixth year of the Corus-CMF Page to Pitch Program, the program budget for 2018-2019 was $1,011K. Total funding in 2018-2019 amounted to $725K.
In the Page sub-program, five animation development projects received a total of $199K (three children’s & youth and two dramas), while nine live-action projects received a total of $433K (five Documentaries, three Dramas, and one Children’s & Youth). For the Pitch sub-program, a total of $93K was awarded to two animation Development projects (one Children’s & Youth and one Drama).