Canadian Video Game Industry Continues to Thrive
It may come as no surprise that Canada now ranks 3rd worldwide in the video game industry according to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada. With game studios like Ubisoft producing blockbuster titles such as Assassin’s Creed 3, and a booming mobile gaming app industry in Toronto, Canada is well on its way to rise […]
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC) FAQ
The OIDMTC is one of the biggest tax credit incentives in Canada – here are some frequently asked questions about the program. What is Interactive Digital Media? For the purposes of the OIDMTC, an Interactive Digital Media product has the primary purpose to educate, inform, or entertain, and achieves its primary purpose by presenting information […]
Digital Media Funding – A Case Study
Kibooco is a Vancouver digital media start-up developing an interactive platform for children to design and create their own books. As a start-up, the team behind the Kibooco vision had to develop a strategy to finance their project, and looked to a number of government incentive programs. After being rejected for the BC Film and […]
Canada Media Fund initiates automated reporting with comScore
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has announced the development of an automated digital media measurement tool to measure performance and efficacy of CMF-funded digital media projects, collaborating with digital analytics company comScore. The CMF first announced plans to establish a Digital Media Performance Measurement Framework in May. The solution will deploy comScore’s Digital Analytix, a […]
Tax Credits a Huge Draw for Game Studios to [Some Parts of] Canada
UK company Frontier Developments Ltd announced August 7 its plan to open a new game development studio in Halifax. The announcement rewards Nova Scotia’s “Your Studio Belongs Here” campaign, an initiative to entice game studios into relocating or expanding into the area. The campaign boasts lower living costs which deliver better bang for buck, “better […]
OIDMTC: $38 Million Reasons to Invest in Digital Media
This morning, NorthBridge held a free informational webinar on the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC) titled “$38 Million Reasons to Invest in Digital Media.” The webinar, followed by an interactive Q&A session, met with great success, and we look forward to hosting more interactive sessions and exploring new venues for sharing our government […]
Interactive Digital Media Funding – CMF Case Studies
On Monday, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced a $14 million round of funding to 25 interactive digital media (IDM) projects as part of their Experimental Stream. CMF’s track record in its three years of doling out digital media funding spans 112 projects and $58 million in funding for production support. Production support (as opposed […]
Video Games Growing – And Branching Out, Canada
A report from NPD Group published earlier in June indicated a continued rise for Canada’s video game industry. From September 2011 to February 2012, game acquisition grew by 46%, with a 4% increase in revenue in the half-year period. Free and downloadable games are dominating growth, increasing 79% in the same period, while the purchase […]
CMF at the Banff World Media Festival
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) was in full-force attendance at the Banff World Media Festival which ran this week from June 10 to 13 in Banff, Alberta. CMF used the festival to launch Canada on Screen – a website meant to showcase Canada’s screen-based presence from television to media, including games, web content, and apps […]
Canada Media Fund releases Digital Media Performance Measurement Framework
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced the launch of a Digital Media Performance Measurement Framework on Monday, May 14. The framework was developed through consultation with industry stakeholders during workshop sessions in Toronto, and is designed to effectively measure the performance of digital media projects against the CMF criteria for their Convergent and Experimental Streams […]