Ontario Creates Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund provides funding to content creators working on projects related to original interactive digital media
The Concept Definition program provides support to early-stage activities which are moving towards the production of market-ready content. This program consists of an Interactive Content (Non-Linear stream), and a Video Content (Linear) stream.
The Production program provides support for the creation of market-ready content that will be released.
Recipients receive a non-repayable contribution of up to $300,000 to a maximum of 50% of the project budget. Applicants may receive $25,000-$300,000 for production costs, and $10,000-$50,000 for concept definition costs. The fund also provides support for up to 50% of marketing costs, with up to $15,000 for international marketing costs and up to $50,000 for general marketing expenditures.
Eligible expenditures include:
To be eligible a company must:
Eligible products must be:
Ontario IDM Fund is a permanent fund which has annual intake for the various programs it offers.
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