Versioning Program

The Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) Versioning Program is designed to expand the accessibility of CMF-funded projects to other audiences by adding voice-overs and/or subtitles to projects, in languages other than the original. Versioning increases revenue potential in other markets when Canadian projects gain further national and international sales. Projects receive funding on a first-come, first-served basis.

In 2013-2014, the CMF’s Versioning Program provided $1.1M in funding, supporting 21 projects. Demand for the fund has declined by one-third compared to last year. Twelve of the projects (49.9%) were initially produced in the English-language and there were 7 projects in each of the Children’s & Youth, Documentary, and Drama genres. Three projects were originally produced in Mandarin and three were  Aboriginal-language projects. Nine one-offs, ten series, and two movies of the week (MOW) received versioning support. Two drama projects originally in Mandarin were versioned into Cantonese and three Aboriginal-language projects were versioned into other Aboriginal languages.

Funding by Genre

	2010-2011				2011-2012
	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours
Children's & Youth	1,132	78.1	9	86	927	61.8	12	96
Documentary	235	16.2	4	13	363	24.3	5	32
Drama	78	5.4	1	11	200	13.3	7	25
Variety & Performing Arts	4	0.3	1	1	9	0.6	1	2
Total	1,449	100.0	15	111	1,499	100.0	25	155

 

	2012-2013				2013-2014
	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours
Children's & Youth	503	31.0	11	38	373	34.9	7	39
Documentary	261	16.1	13	33	47	4.4	7	14
Drama	858	52.9	7	73	650	60.7	7	57
Variety & Performing Arts	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Total	1,622	100.0	31	144	1,070	100.0	21	110

 

Funding by Original Linguistic Market

	2010-2011				2011-2012
	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours
English	1,347	93.0	11	98	1,325	88.4	19	132
French	102	7.0	4	13	174	11.6	6	23
Aboriginal and Diverse	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Total	1,449	100.0	15	111	1,499	100.0	25	155

 

	2012-2013				2013-2014
	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours	Funding ($K)	Share of funding (%)	Number of projects	Hours
English	1,286	79.3	20	115	534	49.9	12	75
French	189	11.6	7	22	19	1.8	3	10
Aboriginal and Diverse	147	9.1	4	7	517	48.3	6	25
Total	1,622	100.0	31	144	1,070	100.0	21	110

 

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