The Canadian Television Fund (CTF, ) supported the production and broadcast of Canadian television programs. A non-profit corporation operating as a public-private partnership, the CTF was financed by contributions from the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian cable and direct-to-home satellite industries. The CTF developed and implemented policies to offer financial contributions to Canadian producers through specific program funding streams. File administration of these programs was contracted to the Television Business Unit at Telefilm Canada. On 1 April 2010, the Canadian Television Fund became the Canada Media Fund after merging with the "Canada New Media Fund". Responsibilities The Department of Canadian Heritage sets out objectives for the CTF within a Contribution Agreement. The main goal of the CTF is to support the creation and broadcast in peak viewing hours of high-quality Canadian television programs in both official languages in the genres of Drama, Children's and Youth, Documentary, and Variety and Performing Arts, and to build audiences for these programs. The CTF must also: allocate one-third of its resources to French-language programming and two-thirds to English-language programming; support the production of Aboriginal-language programming; encourage production by majority and minority official-language sectors; provide incentives for regionally based productions; set aside an envelope to support French-language productions from producers outside of Quebec; implement a mechanism that enhances access to the CTF by programs supported by educational broadcasters; provide developmental support, including script and pilot development; allocate an envelope for programs licensed by CBC/Radio-Canada; ensure appropriate levels of market access for broadcaster-affiliated production companies and independent production companies, with no competitive advantage in French or English broadcast markets; support language versioning and subtitling. The CTF provides financing for the development, production and broadcast of Canadian-made programming in French, English and Aboriginal languages in the following genres: Drama, Children's and Youth, Documentary, and Variety and Performing Arts. The CTF provides four types of contributions to projects: repayable advances (development); grants (versioning); licence fee top-ups (production); and equity investments (production). The CTF makes financial contributions through five funding streams: Broadcaster Performance Envelopes, Development, French-language Projects Outside Quebec, Aboriginal-language Projects, and Versioning Assistance. Eligible projects must meet the following four Essential Requirements (4ER) before they can be submitted for consideration to any stream of funding (with the exception of 2ER documentaries): The project speaks to Canadians about and reflects Canadian themes and subject matter. The project will be certified by the