Quebec: Plan Culturel Numérique--$750,000 for Quebec Community Channels to Upgrade to Digital
In March, the Quebec government released its "Plan Cultural Numérique" (Digital Cultural Plan).
In it is a provision of $750,000 to be shared among Quebec's not-for-profit community television corporations to spend on technological upgrades so that equipment is digital and HD, and to enable digital archiving of content.
For more information, details about the plan (in French) can be found here:
Quebec Government Press Release Concerning Aid to Quebec Community TV Channels
Unfortunately, community-owned and -operated television channels outside Quebec receive no financial assistance from any government or industry body. Most still broadcast in SD and have limited resources for archiving their content.
Meanwhile, many cable community channels have jettisoned decades worth of analog audio-visual content documenting every aspect of life in their host communities, because it has no long-term commercial value to them.
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