The Bell Fund (formerly the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund) is an independent private Canadian fund that finances interactive digital content associated with Canadian television programs owned by Bell. These digital extensions can include things such as: web games, mobile apps, mobile games, websites, iTV apps, eBooks and webisodes. Established in 1997, the fund has supported over 1,400 projects with the total amount granted exceeding $150,000,000 as of December 2014. The fund was established in 1997 by Bell Canada and receives annual contributions from Bell Satellite TV and Bell Aliant. It was certified by the CRTC as an independent private fund. The fund was mandated by Bell Canada "To encourage the production of world-class Canadian content for the new media and broadcasting marketplace and to stimulate partnerships between new media and broadcast producers." More specifically, the Fund's mandate has been to help support Canadian companies that create web content that complements Canadian television programs The original funding program provided a grant of up to $250,000 for the digital media project and up to $75,000 for the television component of each project. In 1998 17 projects received funding and a total of $3,288,181 was given out. By 2013 that number had grown significantly with the fund supporting 188 individual projects with grants over $16,500,000. Originally the fund just had one funding program, it now has nine. More information...
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