Last week, the
Canada Media Fund announced the recipients of its
first round of "Experimental Stream" funding for innovative media projects. A total of 27 projects across Canada will receive a combined $12.9 million in production financing. Projects from four Toronto companies will receive $1.92 million of that money:
*The CBC -- the national broadcaster headquartered in Toronto -- will get $434,400 for
Kids' CBC Augmented Reality, which will allow children to "explore augmented reality and ... interact with 3D images rendered on screen by their own movements through a webcam and digital marker."
*Toronto-based
My City Lives will receive $586,686 to produce a mobile application that will let users "learn about places to visit in the city through a growing library of geo-tagged videos contributed by the user community."
*
Smokebomb Entertainment Inc of Toronto will receive $639,044 for a mobile application called Big Break, which "consists of 13 original live-action 'appisodes' featuring entertainment, music, celebrity and performance themes where tweens can create their own content and share it with others within a fully moderated community."
*And
Peace Point Entertainment Group, also of Toronto, will get $260,138 for an application called Olson Anytime Anywhere Recipe Maker which will generate recipes for users based on ingredients available in their kitchens.
In addition, three Toronto companies received funding for projects in development or for support in marketing.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Betsy Chaly, Director, Marketing & Communications, Canada Media Fund