OMDC. We ve got it going

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1 OMDC We ve got it going

2 MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO Name the creative industry book and magazine publishing, film and television, music and interactive digital media and you'll see We ve got it going ON! in Ontario. Ours is the third largest entertainment and creative sector in North America, after California and New York. Ontario's cultural media industries bring depth to our quality of life and identity in this province and are recognized internationally. The added dimensions of these vital sectors from an economic standpoint are job creation and their significant contribution to Ontario's economy. Benefits of every kind spin off from the creative industries into other provincial sectors. Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) plays a leading role not only in funding creative media industries at home, but in attracting foreign production to Ontario and showcasing our industries on international stages. We keep an ear to the ground and help nurture an ongoing dialogue with stakeholders as they fit together the many pieces of the creative puzzle and solution. The market for digital content is expanding rapidly, with digital spending expected to account for 33% of global entertainment and media spending by Ontario s cultural media industries are poised to take a leadership role on the world stage, and the time to invest in these industries is now. Convergent changes and growth opportunities are happening across all creative industries. OMDC actively promotes crosssector synergies that are opening the doors of our digital future. Ontario is well placed in the now-global sector of interactive digital media where constant change and innovation set the pace. These pages present the breadth and scope of our cultural media sectors and I encourage you to read on not only in celebration of their achievements but to be part of it! Sincerely, Karen Thorne-Stone President and CEO Ontario Media Development Corporation "Ontario s cultural media industries are poised to take a leadership role on the world stage, and the time to invest in these industries is now." Karen Thorne-Stone President and CEO OMDC

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK PUBLISHING 4 MAGAZINE PUBLISHING 5 FILM 6 TELEVISION 7 MUSIC 8 INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA 9 Cross-sector partnerships 10 Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) 175 Bloor Street East, South Tower, Suite 501, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3R8 Disponible en français

4 BOOK PUBLISHING As the largest publishing centre in Canada with revenues in 2009 totalling $1.36B Ontario book publishers bring the unique voices of Ontario authors to readers of all ages everywhere. Book publishing in the province is an industry of small and medium-sized companies with foreign sales of their titles figuring prominently. << OMDC President and CEO, Karen Thorne- Stone with Trillium Book Award-winning authors(l-r): Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English-language: Jeff Latosik, Tiny, Frantic, Stronger; Trillium Book Award in Englishlanguage: Rabindranath Maharaj, The Amazing Absorbing Boy; Trillium Book Award in Frenchlanguage: Estelle Beauchamp, Un souffle venu de loin; Trillium Book Award for Children s Literature in French-language: Daniel Marchildon, La première guerre de Toronto. (Covers right >>) A text messaging campaign launched with the support of the OMDC Book Fund. >> Karen Solie's, Pigeon, was the English-language winner for the 2010 Trillium Book Award for Poetry. >> OMDC Book Fund supports key marketing initiatives aimed at strengthening the overall growth and digital capability of Ontario book publishers. OMDC Export Fund Book supports export development plans that help grow Ontario book publishers businesses and produce real results in sales and publishing deals. The Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium Established in 1987, the esteemed roster of Trillium winners and their publishers represents the very best in Canadian writing and publishing. One of the richest prizes in literature, the Trillium Book Award annually celebrates literary excellence by Ontario authors in both official languages across all genres including English and French-language poetry and French-language titles for children in alternate years. The Trillium Book Award celebrates both emerging and established authors continually renewing a high-profile cultural sector where Margaret Atwood, Wayson Choy, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Maurice Henri and Michèle Matteau are among names revered across Canada and around the world. Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit (OBPTC) a 30% refundable tax credit on eligible expenditures to publish and market books by Canadian authors is available to Ontario-based Canadian corporations. 4

5 MAGAZINE PUBLISHING Ontario magazines set the Canadian standard for periodical publishing, often winning the lion's share of national awards and recognition. From consumer magazines, business-to-business publications, trade and professional magazines, publications focusing on cultural production such as the visual arts right through to academic and scientific periodicals, almost half of all Canadian magazines are published in the province. This impressive number continues to grow. With OMDC support, Magazines Canada has created a Digital Newsstand, offering more than 150 titles online. Canadian magazines, large and small, can easily reach new readers all over the world. >> At the 34th annual National Magazine Awards, The Walrus led all magazines with 6 Gold awards and 10 total. >> << Toronto Life celebrated its 43rd year in print with a redesign its first since << Canadian Art Magazine Ontario accounts for almost half of the periodicals published annually in Canada. The operating revenues of Ontario magazines $1.23B in 2009 account for more than half of the combined total in Canada. The Ontario sector is also diverse: some companies publish more than 20 titles each in all categories and smaller ones publish only one or two niche titles. Ontario magazine publishers recognize the advantages of the web and are doubling their efforts to creatively engage magazine readers online. OMDC Magazine Fund supports projects that help Ontario magazine publishers grow their businesses through both strategic and digital initiatives designed to improve their bottom line. OMDC also works closely with Magazines Canada to support the Ontario magazine industry. Through the Industry Development Program we have funded a range of initiatives that create business opportunities for Ontario magazines. Examples include: the Ontario Newsstand Marketing project that utilizes newsstand presence at major and independent newsstands to increase consumer purchase of single magazine copies; a Digital and Print Subscription Campaign that includes a Buy 2, Get 1 Free subscription offer, promoting increased readers and subscribers for Ontario magazines; the Ontario Industry Growth Program that educates and informs advertising media agencies about the powerful magazine medium and stimulates advertising revenue opportunities; and support for MagNet, Canada s magazine conference which draws 1,300 delegates and is the largest magazine event in North America. 5

6 FILM Ontario is a world-class film and television production centre. Domestic and foreign producers and filmmakers know Ontario delivers many reasons to shoot here including: the best technical and creative crews in the business, a dynamic talent pool, state-of-the-art studios and post-production facilities, award-winning animation and special effects companies and competitive tax credits that make production dollars go further. Ontario offers varied geography and architecture and is also one of the most ethnically-diverse jurisdictions in the world. The province can play a starring role in films that are set not just in North America, but Europe, Asia, Middle-Eastern locales and even the Antarctic. << Resident Evil: Afterlife is the highest grossing domestic feature of all time with box office receipts of over $300 million in << Producer Gale Anne Hurd's and star Ed Norton s green filmmaking practices on set in Ontario s The Incredible Hulk inspired the OMDC funded Green-Screen initiative to help cut carbon emissions and waste created during filming. *Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, won both the International Award Of Excellence at the Canadian Environmental Media Awards and the 2010 Cadillac People s Choice Award at TIFF. >> *Edwin Boyd won The Skyy Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2011 TIFF. >> Ontario s film and television production sector is one of the largest in Canada. In 2010, film and television production contributed $964.3 M to the Ontario economy. OMDC's Film Unit operates the Ontario Film Commission, offering location scouting and facilitation services at no charge to producers considering shooting here. OMDC s film consultants can help take a script to screen through tailored location packages using one of the most comprehensive digital photo libraries with over 9,000 digital location files featuring more than 200,000 images available online 24/7 from anywhere in the world. OMDC provides a seamless location experience to both domestic and foreign producers. With a Toronto/Ontario Film Office in Los Angeles and direct links to all regional film contacts in the province, OMDC can meet all filmmakers needs. << *Take This Waltz is a bittersweet romantic comedy from Oscar -nominated Sarah Polley (*Away From Her). OMDC Film Fund supports Ontario s dramatic and documentary feature film production industry by providing final stage development and production financing to increase domestic production and the jobs and investment that accompany that production. *OMDC Film Fund Supported Features 6

7 TELEVISION Small to medium-sized production companies comprise Ontario's television production sector, the largest of its kind in Canada. Ontario-based companies combine their own award-winning proprietary productions with foreign-service productions for international producers. Ontario is also home to ground-breaking studios in animation and visual effects that set trends in global markets and compete at the highest international level and is also a leader in 3D film and television production. << Degrassi: The Next Generation is filmed at Epitome Pictures four soundstages and backlot located at the company s 100,000-square-foot production studios in Toronto. "Something I can always trust to provide an hour of entertainment. Douglas MacLean, Home Theater Info << on Flashpoint Toronto-produced Rookie Blue, which aired on ABC in the US, was the network's best summer series opener in six years. >> The Borgias Ontario s world-class facilities and competitive tax credits also attracted a number of productions shot outside the Province to do their postproduction and visual effects here. >> OMDC Export Fund Film and Television supports Ontario film and television producers with their international business strategies to pursue financing for a slate of projects. Joint marketing efforts with Telefilm Canada and other provinces ensure that Ontario producers have a key presence at high-profile international events such as the Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival and other major television markets including MIPCOM and MIP-TV in France. Film & Television Tax Credits Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit (OFTTC) is a 35% refundable tax credit on Ontario labour expenditures for film and television productions produced by Ontario-based Canadian corporations. Ontario Production Services Tax Credit (OPSTC) is a 25% refundable tax credit on Ontario production expenditures (both labour and non-labour costs and including all post-production) for film and television productions by Canadian or foreign controlled corporations. 7 Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects tax credit (OCASE) is a 20% refundable tax credit on Ontario labour expenditures for digital animation and visual effects created in Ontario for film and television productions. Ontario s Tax Credits for Film and Television are reliable and there are no caps and no limits on the number of productions that can apply.

8 MUSIC Ontario is Canada s music hub and boasts more English-speaking recording stars than any other Canadian province. We ve got heartthrobs, heroes and hit-makers Justin Bieber, K naan and Drake call Ontario home. Ontario spins with music festivals 365 days a year: Canadian Music Week (CMW) is a premier industry event and official meeting ground for artists and industry executives from around the world. In 2011, OMDC helped bring the 40th Anniversary of the JUNO Awards back to Toronto where it all began. Wes Maestro Williams emceed the OMDC JUNO Awards Nominees Luncheon. >> Metric an award-winning Ontario band s song Gimme Sympathy performed by Emily Haines was a key part of OMDC s awareness campaign promoting Ontario s creative products. >> << Drake hosts the 40th annual JUNO Awards in Toronto. << Broken Social Scene, founded by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, is made up of as many as nineteen rotating band members. OMDC programs and tax credits support Ontario s indie labels whose rosters of artists are recognized at home and abroad. A strong independent sector of Canadian-owned small-to-medium-sized record companies, publishers and managers in Ontario commercially release the vast majority of Canadian content in a sector dominated by large multinationals. It simply would not have been possible for our company to grow and prosper without the financial and organizational assistance the OMDC has been able to offer. Jeffrey Remedios, President, Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. Joint marketing initiatives with the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) and government agencies assist Ontario labels and their artists to attend international trade shows like MIDEM in Cannes and SXSW in Austin, thus broadening their access to international markets. OMDC Music Fund strengthens independent music companies by assisting business growth through the creation and implementation of new business and marketing initiatives both traditional and digital. OMDC Export Fund Music is available to record labels, publishers and artist management firms to assist in attending international markets to conduct business. Ontario Sound Recording Tax Credit (OSRTC) a 20% refundable tax credit on eligible expenditures to produce and market sound recordings by Canadian artists is available to Ontario-based Canadian corporations. 8

9 INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA Interactive digital media (IDM) includes content delivered through a variety of digital platforms and devices such as computers, game consoles and mobile devices. IDM companies in Ontario are divided into two streams: content creators and content enablers in such areas as software development, digital compression technologies, internet applications and interactive television, among others. Both streams regularly win prestigious national and international awards for their considerable accomplishments. The OMDC's IDM Fund was extremely helpful in assisting DrinkBox Studios in completing our first original game title: Tales from Space: About a Blob. The fund gave us a real competitive advantage and allowed us to employ the people needed to bring our concept all the way to market. Ryan McLean, CEO of DrinkBox Studios Inc. >> Ted Brunt and Johnny Kalangis of marblemedia participated at OMDC's IDM Showcase. >> << RollBots is a Canadian American animated television series produced by Ottawa based Amberwood Entertainment. The Rollbots website allows visitors to create and customize their very own Rollbot. << Sword and Sworcery "Adams distinct art style and Guthrie s moody music are unlike anything you ve ever seen or heard in a game before. Will Perkins, Dork Shelf Tastebuds won a Gemini Award in the category of Best Cross-Platform Production- Children s and Youth. >> Ontario's IDM sector generates revenue: nearly $1.5B in annual gross revenue and between $1.1B and $1.2B in interactive digital media revenue in With more than 82% of all Ontarians having been online in 2007, the IDM sector in Ontario also creates considerable opportunity for cross-sector collaboration that ripples across all creative industries. OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund provides Ontario s interactive digital media companies with access to final stage funding for moving proprietary projects into production. OMDC Export Fund IDM provides opportunities for eligible Ontario companies to participate in export development activities that support their growth. Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC) is a 40% refundable tax credit (35% for development under fee-for-service) on eligible expenditures to develop IDM products in Ontario that is available to Canadian and foreign-controlled corporations. 9

10 cross-sector partnerships CROSS-SECTOR PROMOTION Ontario's creative industries form a cluster of dynamic opportunity: the growing influence of digital technology over every sector points the way to new platforms and capabilities. OMDC conducts and supports research within and across sectors to support knowledge and innovation and advance cross-sector thinking. Creative collaborations effectively regenerate as they move across sectors to gather increased strength, vitality and capacity. OMDC's own Industry Profiles and funding to industry partners for research grants, projects and showcases help frame some of the dialogue. Creative SYNERGIES: OMDC IS AT AN ADVANTAGE WITH RELATIONSHIPS WITH SIX INDUSTRIES TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. OMDC's cross-sector initiatives drive economic development and help support the growth of a common pool of skills, technologies, finance, management and marketing techniques. Marketing, business innovation, capacity building and skills development are the themes of the Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund. Supporting strategic partnerships within the film, television, book, magazine, music, IDM and commercial theatre sectors, projects must demonstrate an ability to develop fresh approaches to the priorities and needs of the cluster. From Page to Screen is an annual OMDC initiative connecting book publishers in one-on-one meetings with film, television and interactive production companies to encourage the screen adaptation of Ontario-published books and vice versa. The initiative has produced a number of book and film options since its inception. International Financing Forum (IFF) is an event offered during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to support co-production international financing opportunities for Ontario and Canadian feature films. This annual event provides access to international producers and decision-makers interested in working with Ontario producers and filmmakers and allows them to pursue co-financing opportunities through a series of formal and informal meetings. Music Makes It is a half-day event presented in partnership with NXNE every second year. Showcases, one-on-one meetings and networking opportunities create an industry environment for music, interactive digital media, advertising, feature film, documentary and television industry executives to discuss ways of merging content to the creative and commercial benefit of each sector. Producers Lab Toronto is an event offered via partnership with TIFF and the European Film Promotion Agency during TIFF which connects 12 European producers with 12 Canadian producers through a series of meetings and workshops with the goal of creating future co-productions. research OMDC participates in research that supports the development and growth of the cultural media industries. As well as commissioning our own research, we provide research project funding to industry trade organizations and other stakeholders. OMDC also publishes profiles of each of the book publishing, film, interactive digital media, magazine publishing, music and television industries and maintains a fully-searchable Online Research Library. 10

11 cross-sector partnerships PARTNERING WITH THE INDUSTRY OMDC s Industry Development Program provides support to Ontario s cultural entrepreneurs by partnering with established trade and event organizations to offer initiatives, events and activities that stimulate the growth of the province s cultural media industries. The program has resulted in measurable results for Ontario companies in the book and magazine, film and television, music and interactive digital media industries. Between 2006 and 2010 OMDC supported 155 projects through the Industry Development Program. OMDC s contribution of $6 M supported total project budgets of $88 M. These activities generated almost 16,000 business leads and 785 actual and potential deals. Sales reported from activities that had direct commercial transaction opportunities were $80 M, representing an overall program ROI of $13 in sales for every dollar invested by OMDC. Organizations supported by the Industry Development Program include: Association of Canadian Publishers, Canadian Independent Music Association, Canadian Music Week (CMW), Computer Animation Studios of Ontario, Documentary Organization of Canada, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Interactive Ontario, Magazines Canada, Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Urban Music Festival, Women In Film and Television Toronto and Word On The Street Toronto. << Ontario artist Justin Nozuka at Music Makes It! Co-presented by OMDC and North By Northeast Music and Film Festival. << The Queen donned 3D glasses at Pinewood Toronto Studios. IFF 2011 How Attractive is Your Package? Panel moderator Screen International s Mike Goodrich with panelists Chris Hastings (1066 Productions). Mark Ankner (William Morris Endeavor) and Christine Vachon (Killer Films) >> From Page To Screen: Robyn Bigue and David Hyde of RNDfilms listen to Suzanne Wice of Literary Press Group pitch a book with LPG colleague Tanya Snyder. >> DOING BUSINESS BETTER OMDC is digitally transforming the way we do business and making it easier for you, our clients, to apply for tax credits and to our programs by going green in with a paperless, secure Online Application Portal (OAP). Clients are able to apply online (including uploading and storing corporate documents), track the status of their applications and communicate with OMDC regarding their applications through the OAP. 11

12 We help Ontario s creative industries produce film, television, music, books, magazines and interactive digital media that the whole world enjoys. And that contributes 300,000 jobs and $12.5 billion a year to the Ontario economy. Be part of it. OMDC.on.ca We ve got it going Ontario Media Development Corporation