CRTC - Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

The CRTC is an independent federal agency whose mandate is to supervise and regulate Canada’s broadcasting system with a view to implementing the broadcasting policy set out in the Broadcasting Act.

As part of its mandate, the Commission attaches conditions to the licences of conventional television, pay television and specialty television services that require them to broadcast certain amounts of “Canadian” programming. In this regard, the Commission has established a set of criteria that it uses to define what constitutes a Canadian program for the purpose of assessing compliance with these conditions of licence.

Domestic programs as well as international co-ventures and co-productions that fulfill the criteria will qualify as Canadian programs and will then be eligible for broadcast by a licensed television undertaking as a credit towards meeting its conditions of licence. The criteria are set out in Public Notice CRTC 2000-42, dated March 17,2000, which is available on the Commission’s Web site (www.crtc.gc.ca) under “Publications”, -“Reports”,- “Broadcasting: Canadian Program Certification.”

CRTC
Client Services
T 819 997-0313 or
Toll-free 1 877 249-2782
procedure@crtc.gc.ca
www.crtc.gc.ca





SODEC

SODEC’s mission is to promote and support the establishment and development of Québec cultural enterprises, including the media, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Communications. SODEC enhances the quality of cultural industry products and services making them more competitive in all markets. As a one-stop center, SODEC has different means of supporting cultural industries. Using these tools on a complementary basis, SODEC focuses on the applicants’ business plan in an effort to support the production, distribution and export of Québec cultural products.

The variety of tools at SODEC’s disposal enables the agency to adapt to different business situations. Thus as part of its financing activities, SODEC offers loan guarantees, loans, revolving credit or stock investments under conditions that it determines. Québec companies involved in film and television production, recording, variety shows, book and specialty publishing, the arts & crafts and multimedia can also receive financial support from SODEC in the form of grants, repayable funding or investments.

SODEC also administers Québec Government tax credits available to the cultural sectors. Québec production corporations may receive the Québec Film and Television Production Tax Credit of 35% of eligible labour expenditures, capped at 50% of total eligible production costs incurred for the production of a certified film or television program. Eligible film and television production services may receive the Québec Production Services Tax Credit of 20% for eligible Québec labour expenditures incurred by an eligible corporation for the shooting of a production in Québec; this tax credit may be harmonized with the supplementary 20% tax credit for labour expenditures directly related to digital animation, digital visual effect and shooting activities in front of a chromatic screen.

SODEC
215, rue St-Jacques, bur. 800
Montréal (Québec) H2Y 1M6
T 514 841-2200
Toll-free 1 800 363-0401
info@sodec.gouv.qc.ca
www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca





TELEFILM CANADA

Created in 1967, telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to the development and promotion of the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

The Corporation acts as one of the principal instruments for providing strategic leverage to the private sector, supplying the film, interactive media and television industries. its role is to foster the production of Canadian films, interactive media and television products that reflect Canadian society, with its linguistic duality and cultural diversity, and to encourage their dissemination at home and abroad.

The main funds administered by telefilm are: the Canada Feature Film Fund and the Canada new Media Fund. The Corporation also administers the funding programs of the Canadian television Fund and certifies official treaty
co-productions on behalf of the Minister of Canadian heritage.

Please consult telefilm’s Website (www.telefilm.gc.ca) for information and details concerning its regional offices, funds and programs, co-production activities, participation at festivals and markets, on-line catalogues, profes-
sional development initiatives as well as industry advisories.

TELEFILM CANADA
360 St-Jacques Street, Suite 700
Montréal, Québec H2Y 4A9
T 514 283-6363
www.telefilm.gc.ca