VideoFACT

VideoFACT is a Canadian fund that provides grants to new and emerging Canadian recording artists to help them produce music videos. FACT stands for Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent. VideoFACT is funded entirely by television cable channels MuchMusic, MusiquePlus and MuchMoreMusic who commit a percentage of their gross annual revenues to the fund.

History

VideoFACT was created in 1984 with the launch of MuchMusic as a condition of its licence applied by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Two years later with the launch of MusiquePlus, it also became a sponsor, as did MuchMoreMusic when it launched in 1998.

Along with the launch of MuchMoreMusic in 1998, a new fund in conjunction with VideoFACT was created called PromoFACT, to help assist in the creation of Electronic Press Kits (EPK) and website productions for Canadian artists, independent record labels and artist management companies.

Many of Canada's most influential recording artists received VideoFACT funding for their early recordings, including Sam Roberts, K-os, Céline Dion, k.d. lang, Matthew Good, Bran Van 3000, Lara Fabian, Blue Rodeo, Rascalz, Sloan, Jean Leloup, Great Big Sea, Sarah McLachlan, Death From Above 1979, Dubmatique and Ashley MacIsaac among others.

The VideoFACT Award is awarded annually as part of the MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVAs).

External links

* [http://www.videofact.ca Official VideoFACT website]
* [http://www.muchmusic.com/music/videofact/ MuchMusic.com|VideoFACT]

ee also

* [http://kapitalmag.ca/k/?p=17 "Just the FACTS" - kapiTal magazine, December 2006]