Content Requirements:

• Must be targeted at a children's, youth or family audience. Shaw Rocket Fund investment is intended to support programs that are primarily targeted for children.

• Fiction and non-fiction, including series, pilots, one-offs, documentaries, variety, animation and made-for television movies and feature films are eligible. Programming in the categories of News, Reporting and Actualities or Sports are not eligible.

• Must have a binding commitment with an appropriate license fee from an eligible Canadian broadcaster(s) that confirms the production will be broadcast within two years of completion. Two or more broadcasters may license a program, and their combined licenses may be considered a single appropriate fee.

• Must qualify as a Canadian program in accordance with the CRTC or CAVCO guidelines and meet a minimum of eight out of ten Canadian content certification points.

• The production must, at a minimum, conform to the guidelines set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children and Code on Sex-Role Portrayal for Television Programming. In addition, projects must demonstrate compliance with CRTC Public Notice 1997-80, Classification System for Violence in Television Programming and any other regulations and policies regarding programming set out by the CRTC.

• Official Treaty co-productions are eligible.

• Commencement of principal photography or voice recording cannot occur before the application deadline date.

• Applicant must be a Canadian independent producer that derives its primary source of income from production and has an arm's length relationship to the broadcaster.

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