You would be forgiven if you missed it. But a single line in a just released CRTC decision could make it a lot harder to get music videos made in Canada.
Scroll down, way down, to section 55 in this Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission decision and you’ll see that Bell Media is no longer required to contribute to MuchFact, a small but mighty music program which shells out about $2 million for Canadian music videos every year.
The program was started in 1984 (then known as VideoFact) and has handed out more than $100 million for around 9,000 projects by Canadian musicians, who apply for funding.
Bell Media confirms it asked for the requirement to be axed. The CRTC also ruled the telecom was no longer required to contribute to BravoFact, which funds short-form scripted projects.
Haydn Watters – CBC News – May 18, 2017.
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