Some new money was announced on Friday for the film and television industry in the North Bay-Nipissing area.

Local PC MPP Vic Fedeli announced $5.6 million in provincial funding for five new productions to be shot in the area.  

Included in that amount is $3.6 million to shoot another season of the TV series Carter with Jerry O'Connell.

There's also almost a million dollars included in there for a TV series called The Colin Mochrie Show.