Canada Media Fund#Encore+

The creation of the Canada Media Fund was announced by Minister of Heritage, James Moore in a speech given on March 9, 2009. It was created as a merger between the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) and the Canada New Media Fund. The fund's origins are rooted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's formation of the Cable Production Fund in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmf-fmc.ca/en-ca/about-us/our-history|title=Canada Media Fund - Our History|website=www.cmf-fmc.ca|access-date=April 15, 2020}} From this initiation, the fund was transitioned into the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund (1996), the Canadian Television Fund (1998), the Canada New Media Fund (2001), and the Digital Media Pilot Program (2008), where the following year the Canada Media Fund was born. The fund was created as a way to "[modernize] government investments to support Canadian content in the new era of consumer choice, emerging technology, and investing in Canada's future."{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-announces-canada-media-fund-1.377654|title=Ottawa announces Canada Media Fund {{!}} CTV News Toronto|website=toronto.ctvnews.ca|date=March 9, 2009 |access-date=March 8, 2019}}

As required by the CRTC, Canadian BDUs are required to contribute 5% of their revenues to the Canada Media Fund.{{cite book | last = Lorimer | first = Rowland | title = Mass communication in Canada | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Don Mills, Ontario | year = 2016 | isbn = 9780199013159 | page=220 }} While policy, research and communications rest with the CMF, the day-to-day administration of applications rests with a separate entity, that of the CMF Program Administrator, which is part of Telefilm Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/03/39.asp |title=Business Policies on the Telefilm Canada Website |access-date=April 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509211903/http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/03/39.asp |archive-date=May 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

A funded projects database exists on the companies' website.{{Cite web|title=Funded Projects|url=https://cmf-fmc.ca/funded-projects/|access-date=August 29, 2021|website=Canada Media Fund|language=en-US}}

Programs produced in association with CMF/FMC include:

• Animism: The Gods' Lake (2013)
• Baroness von Sketch Show (2011–2018)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2015)
• Kim's Convenience (2013–2018)
• Letterkenny (2012)
• Murdoch Mysteries (2010–2018)
• Orphan Black (2011)
• Schitt's Creek (2014–2020)
• Slasher (season 2, 2011)
• Still Standing (season 3, 2011)
• Stories of Our Elders (2014 web series televised in 2018)
• Total Drama (formerly financed by the CTF) (2012–2014)
• Vikings (2013–2018)

Video games produced in association with CMF/FMC include:

• Consortium{{cite web |url=http://dev.interdimensionalgames.com/CONSORTIUM_POSTMORTEM.pdf |title=Consortium Production Post-Mortem |last1=MacMartin |first1=Gregory |date= |website=Interdimensional Games |access-date=May 7, 2016 |quote= |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603071512/http://dev.interdimensionalgames.com/CONSORTIUM_POSTMORTEM.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• My Singing Monsters
• Outlast
• Dead by Daylight
• The Long Dark{{cite news|last1=Sapieha|first1=Chad|title=Hinterland founder Raphael van Lierop talks about The Long Dark|url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/post-arcade/hinterland-founder-raphael-van-lierop-talks-about-the-long-dark?__lsa=f500-fdaa|website=Financial Post|date=September 13, 2013 |accessdate=January 4, 2017}}
• The Low Road{{cite news|last1=Sapieha|first1=Chad|title=How Edmonton's XGen Studios overcame the tragic loss of its founder en route to this week's launch of The Low Road|url=https://business.financialpost.com/technology/gaming/how-edmontons-xgen-studios-overcame-the-tragic-lost-of-its-founder-en-route-to-this-weeks-launch-of-the-low-road|website=Financial Post|date=July 25, 2017 |accessdate=July 25, 2017}}
• We Happy Few{{cite web|title=We Happy Few |url=https://compulsiongames.com/en/10/we-happy-few |website=Compulsion Games |accessdate=March 3, 2018}}
• Chariot{{cite web|title=Chariot |url=http://chariotgame.com/ |website=Chariot Game |accessdate=June 3, 2018}}
• Jotun{{Cite web|url=http://jotungame.com/|title=Jotun|website=jotungame.com|access-date=July 7, 2018}}
• The Messenger{{cite web|title=The Messenger |url=http://www.sabotagestudio.com/ |website=Sabotage Studio |accessdate=June 3, 2018}}
• Outward{{cite web|title=Nine Dot Studio and Kitfox Games receive CMF investments|date=July 13, 2015 |url=http://www.executionlabs.com/nine-dots-studio-kitfox-games-receive-cmf-investments/ |accessdate=July 14, 2021}}
• Deceive Inc.{{Cite web |title=" DECEIVE INC. Opens for Business; Blend In and Break Out in This Spy vs. Spy Extraction Shooter, Available Today on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X{{!}}S" - Games Press |url=https://www.gamespress.com/DECEIVE-INC-Opens-for-Business-Blend-In-and-Break-Out-in-This-Spy-vs-S |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=www.gamespress.com}}

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| name = Encore+

| pseudonym = Encore Plus

| years_active = 2017–2022

}}

The Canada Media Fund previously operated a YouTube channel called Encore+{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/encoreplusmedia | title=Encore+ (Inactive) - YouTube | website=YouTube }} in collaboration with Telefilm Canada, Deluxe Toronto, BroadbandTV, Bell Media, and Google Canada. This channel was uniquely dedicated to licensing and making freely available outstanding legacy Canadian content, particularly series and films without an existing streaming service presence or physical home media releases.{{cite press release | url = https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/back-for-more-canadian-tv-and-films-655986383.html | title = Back for more Canadian TV and films | work = Cision | author = Canada Media Fund | date = November 7, 2017 | access-date = January 21, 2017 }}{{cite news | url = https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/youtube-channel-encore-resurrects-canadian-tv-shows-films | title = YouTube channel encore+ resurrects Canadian TV shows, films | first = Bill | last = Brioux | work = National Post | date = November 9, 2017 | access-date = November 27, 2017}}{{cite web | url = http://www.canada.com/entertainment/encore+youtube+channel+retro+cancon/15607977/story.html | title = Encore+ a new YouTube channel for retro CanCon | first = Melissa | last = Hank | website = Canada.com | date = November 9, 2017 | access-date = November 27, 2017 | quote = The Canada Media Fund collaborated with producers, distributors and unions for the project, as well as Google Canada, Bell Media, BroadbandTV (BBTV), Deluxe Toronto and Telefilm Canada.}}{{cite web | url = https://www.thegate.ca/television/031101/encore-brings-classic-canadian-television-to-youtube/ | title = Encore+ brings classic Canadian television to YouTube | date = November 22, 2017 | first = W. Andrew | last = Powell | work = The Gate | access-date = November 27, 2017}}{{cite web | url = https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/television/512497/la-tele-canadienne-d-avant-gratuite-sur-youtube | title = La télé canadienne d'avant, gratuite aujourd'hui sur YouTube | trans-title = The old Canadian TV, free today on YouTube | language = French | date = November 9, 2017 | first = Philippe | last = Papineau | work = Le Devoir | access-date = November 27, 2017}}{{cite web | url = http://journalmetro.com/culture/1229362/lappel-des-classiques-avec-la-nouvelle-chaine-youtube-encore/ | title = L'appel des classiques avec la nouvelle chaîne YouTube Encore+ | trans-title = The call of classics with the new Encore+ YouTube channel | first = Natalia | last = Wysocka | date = November 11, 2017 | language = French | access-date = November 27, 2017}}{{cite web | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/click-click-click-three-hot-canadian-web-series-that-require-your-attention/article36974234/ | title = Click, click, click: Three hot Canadian web series that require your attention | work = The Globe and Mail | first = John | last = Doyle | date = November 14, 2017 | access-date = November 27, 2017}}{{cite web | url = https://www.actusmedias.com/encore-une-chaine-youtube-pour-lindustrie-audiovisuelle-canadienne/ | title = Encore+ : Une chaîne YouTube pour l'industrie audiovisuelle canadienne | trans-title = Encore+: A YouTube channel for the Canadian audiovisual industry | work = ActusMédias | language = French | date = November 8, 2017 | access-date = November 27, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180122001210/https://www.actusmedias.com/encore-une-chaine-youtube-pour-lindustrie-audiovisuelle-canadienne/ | archive-date = January 22, 2018 | url-status = dead }}

The service was launched on November 7, 2017, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Canada.{{cite web | url=https://cmf-fmc.ca/news/back-for-more-canadian-tv-and-films/ | title=Back for more Canadian TV and films | date=November 7, 2017 }} Over its lifetime, all Canadian content acquisitions and curation were led by programming and operations lead Paulina Abarca-Cantin.

In early 2022, a separate sister YouTube channel called Encore Plus{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/encoreplusmediafr | title=Encore Plus (Inactif) - YouTube | website=YouTube }} was created with support from YouTube Canada, to offer a better user-experience for all current and future French-language content. By then Encore+ had also invested in creating Encore+ Originals, tie-in content original to the service and innovated by Abarca-Cantin, heightening discoverability and expanding upon the works on its channels, with Canadian talent providing commentary and exclusive insights for contemporary audiences years after the original production.{{cite web | url=https://cmf-fmc.ca/now-next/articles/our-stories-our-treasures/ | title=Our Stories. Our Treasures }}

Over five years, Encore+ also commissioned the restoration of iconic Canadian feature films including Johnny Mnemonic, The Snow Walker, New Waterford Girl, Eclipse, Monica la mitraille, L'Arrache-cœur, When Night is Falling, Remembrance, La Cueca Sola, A Silent Love and Timothy Findley's The Wars {{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/entertainment-news-movie-version-of-timothy-findley-s-the-wars-will-be-seen-onscreen-for/article_7b9018c5-b15f-5b88-ae8d-0e01c81fb058.html | title=Entertainment news: Movie version of Timothy Findley's 'The Wars' will be seen onscreen for the first time in 35 years | website=Toronto Star | date=November 12, 2020 }}

On November 17 and 18, 2022, official platforms announced that after more than five years of availability, the service (now considered a pilot project) was to shut down on November 30.{{cite web | url=https://cmf-fmc.ca/news/encore-to-explore-new-avenues/ | title=Encore+ to explore new avenues | date=November 17, 2022 }}{{Cite web|last=Encore+|url=https://twitter.com/encoreplusmedia/status/1593680474312179712|title=A message from Encore+. Watch your favourite classics before November 30, 2022|date=November 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119211711/https://twitter.com/encoreplusmedia/status/1593680474312179712 |archive-date=November 19, 2022|via=Twitter }}{{Cite web|last=Encore+|url=https://twitter.com/encoreplusmedia/status/1593680464774320128|title=Un message d'Encore Plus. Regardez vos classiques préférés d'ici le 30 novembre 2022|date=November 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119222452/https://twitter.com/encoreplusmedia/status/1593680464774320128 |archive-date=November 19, 2022|via=Twitter }} All media was wiped from both YouTube channels on that date, and the Twitter account[https://www.twitter.com/encoreplusmedia @encoreplusmedia] Twitter and Facebook page{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/EncorePlusMedia|title=Facebook|website=www.facebook.com}} with lists of content and discussion were made unavailable.

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• {{official website|http://www.cmf-fmc.ca}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111102014648/http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/ Department of Canadian Heritage]

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