What makes ResearchTV unique is that most of our content is peer-reviewed and shot through an academic lens. This is important for academic filmmakers who need to “publish” their work, but it is also important for non-academic filmmakers because the process provides them with academic endorsement for their work. Our submissions are reviewed by both scholars and filmmakers who understand the rigors of scholarship and the challenges of publishing research in a film format. ResearchTV holds filmmakers to a high production standard so that viewers can count on both the quality of the research and of the overall production. ResearchTV is a broadcaster and distributor of films suitable for the post-secondary educational market. 

ResearchTV does not suggest revisions or provide comment for the films we review. A film is either accepted or rejected.  Selected films will be peer-reviewed in a manner identical to that of print journals. ResearchTV follows the guidelines and best practices for peer-review established by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

Films are featured on the ResearchTV website where additional information about the film and its content can be found. This is where filmmakers can suggest further reading, provide contact details, links to their own websites and other information.

ResearchTV is also aware that people watch films on a variety of different devices with different coding requirements. We take care of the transcoding process, resulting in the proper formats in order to have a film stream properly on different devices. As a result, films on our platform are available in four different formats that permit the best viewing on devices ranging from Smartphones to Smart TVs.

Once a filmmaker decides to put a film on ResearchTV it will be marketed to academics, post-secondary institutions and the public. The launch of a film on ResearchTV will be timed to coincide with the publication of our ResearchTV Guide which is sent directly to academics at many universities and posted elsewhere on the internet. We also provide marketing to filmmakers and the general public.

Filmmakers retain the rights to their films and can ask to have them taken off of ResearchTV at any time. ResearchTV also reserves the right to remove a film at any time.