Category: FACTOR News

Welcome to the new FACTOR website!
Our new site is easier to navigate, with all the information you need to know at every stage of your project at your fingertips. We’ve enabled google-based searches. We’ve made it mobile-friendly. We’ve made it accessible. We’ve also been hard at work updating our internal documents to make things clearer for everyone.

Changes to FACTOR’s Board of Directors
FACTOR’s would like to announce the following changes to our Board of Directors:
Lenore Gibson (Bell Media) is appointed as Chair of the Board, formerly serving as Vice Chair. Meg Symsyk (SRO | Anthem) will now serve as Vice-Chair.
With the resignation of Jeffrey Remedios (Universal Music Canada) and the retirement of Rick Arnish (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group), FACTOR is pleased to welcome new directors Tim Pototic (Sonic Unyon) and John Lewis (SiriusXM Canada).

Updated Business Policies & Program Guidelines
We have made some changes to FACTOR’s Program Guidelines and Business Policies, effective October 15, 2015.
See significant rule and policy changes below.

FACTOR Releases 2014-2015 Annual Report
FACTOR has published its annual report for 2014-2015. We had an outstanding year, offering $17,096,525.63 in funding across all our programs. Our funding supported the production of 580 new sound recordings.