Get your kids excited for the #Olympics with Run Jump Play, an inspiring tv series about kids on the #autism spectrum finding courage, friendship and fun playing sports! Check out the episodes on YouTube or at runjumpplay.tv. #rocketfunded
Shaw Rocket Fund
Entertainment Providers
Calgary, Alberta 954 followers
Fuelling creativity in Canadian content for kids
About us
The Shaw Rocket Fund is the largest private investor dedicated to Canadian children’s media. We are a permanent, independently governed, not-for-profit corporation that provides equity financing for the production of high-quality Canadian children’s, youth and family programming and industry initiatives. The Shaw Rocket Fund fosters strong business partnerships to help ensure the continued creation of rich Canadian media experiences for children and their families, while promoting a safe digital environment. We act as a voice for the children’s media sector, with governments, through regulatory proceedings, and in our various industry initiatives to ensure kids have access to great, relevant Canadian programming. Our Vision: Children and youth throughout Canada and around the world have access to and benefit from engaging Canadian-made programming. Our Mission: The Shaw Rocket Fund will invest in and champion quality Canadian children’s content by working with strategic partners and creators. The Fund will be the investor that fuels innovation and creativity within the Canadian media sector.
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https://rocketfund.ca
External link for Shaw Rocket Fund
- Industry
- Entertainment Providers
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Calgary, Alberta
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1998
- Specialties
- Children's Television & Digital Content, Entertainment Industry, Canadian Television & Digital Content, Investment, Television Funding, Kids TV, Online games, Preschool TV, Family TV, Media, Children's Media, Children's Programming, and Digital Content
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PO Box 88017 Walden PO
Calgary, Alberta T2X 4V6, CA
Employees at Shaw Rocket Fund
Updates
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In Basket, 13-year-old best friends Jemima and Jacob are united by their skin colour and their passion for basketball. They are, however, divided by their vision of the world, their family values and their polar opposite personalities. Check out this French-language series on Unis TV! #rocketfunded
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For those eagerly anticipating the equestrian events at the Paris 2024 #Olympics, this one is for you! Beyond Black Beauty is a series following young equestrian Jolie Dumont whose Olympic dreams are dashed when her mother moves them from Europe to an urban ranch in Baltimore. An angry Jolie wants to escape until she bonds with a spirited horse named Black Beauty. Jolie will learn to embrace her heritage while continuing toward her Olympic-hopeful future and discover the value of family and home. Watch it on Family Channel! #rocketfunded Sinking Ship Entertainment
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Joy Eternal is a mystery and adventure comedy that transports the audience between visions of the earth and the afterlife they’ve never seen before. It launched recently in Canada (after previously launching in the co-producing country of Finland!). You can find it on Binge TV! #rocketfunded CarpeDiem Film & TV inc.
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Shaw Rocket Fund proudly supports the upcoming ScreenMiner 30s Webinar: Let’s Talk TikTok! How to Use Ads to Drive Audiences. Struggling to reach your target audiences? TikTok Ads unlock a world of potential viewers for your film or TV project! Join the upcoming FREE webinar and learn how to: • Craft captivating TikTok Ads for screen media • Organize and track paid media campaigns • Measure your project’s success Save the Date! 📆 July 10th at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/gXgXxj8k #Filmmaking #TVProducers #WebSeriesLife #TVLife #ContentMarketing #ContentCreators #GrowYourAudience #TikTokAds #FilmMarketingTips
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With the #Olympics approaching in a few weeks, we've got sports on the brain! If you haven't seen Indian Horse yet, cue up Netflix, where you can watch the story of an indigenous student who is stripped of his heritage at a residential school and finds refuge on the rink when he discovers a passion for hockey. Screen Siren Pictures Inc. #rocketfunded
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Hello, July! This season calls for a viewing of #SummerMemories on Family Channel. Follow the adventures of best friends Jason and Ronnie as Jason looks back on the most pivotal summer of his life (which was just a few weeks ago)! This is Jason’s summer of change…and he fears change. Lucky for him, he has his adventurous BFF Ronnie right by his side. Aircraft Pictures #rocketfunded
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The Fabulous Show with Fay & Fluffy is a storytime cabaret variety show for preschoolers, filled with new books, puppet friends, animated characters, musical guests and lots of love. Hosted by dynamic, entertaining drag artist duo, Fay & Fluffy, and featuring an interactive audience of young children, each episode is bursting with silliness, songs and community. The show shares the message of inclusivity, cheering on all the kids who watch to be proud of who they are, love themselves, and be kind to one another. Watch Season 1 on Family Jr. as we await Season 2! #rocketfunded #pridemonth
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Warrior Up! follows Indigenous teens across Turtle Island who are inspiring change through community projects. Whether it be by making music, decolonizing fashion or planting trees, these young people are finding creative ways to transform their communities. Watch it on APTN Lumi! #rocketfunded #indigenoushistorymonth #indigenousmonth
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How to Fail as a Popstar follows Vivek, a queer brown boy from Edmonton, as he tries (and fails) to achieve pop stardom, from the perspective of the now 40-something trans femme artist that boy became. The series recently won Canadian Screen Awards for Best Web Series and Best Writing Award (Web Program/Series)! Watch it on CBC Gem. #rocketfunded #pridemonth
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