OTTAWA — CACTUS (the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations) announced late Monday it has been chosen by the Department of Canadian Heritage to administer funding for community TV under phases two and three of the Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.

Licensed community television stations as well as unlicensed not-for-profit community-managed corporations which support community members in producing and distributing community television programming are eligible for funding, says the CACTUS blog post.

Applicants for the Covid-19 relief funding being administered by CACTUS must demonstrate they:

The deadline to apply is midnight on October 15, 2020, although applications will be accepted after this date on a rolling basis if funds remain, says the CACTUS blog post.

CACTUS did not announce today how much funding is being made available to producers and distributors of community TV programming. However, in July, when it released the final details of its phase two Covid-19 funding, Heritage announced it would provide $1 million in funding for independent groups that provide community television access programming.

For more information, please visit CACTUS’ website at www.cactusmedia.ca.

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