A Case Study in Digital Media and Second Screen Engagement
Three easy steps: Watch on TV Download the App Play Along at Home Canada’s Smartest Person represents a new wave in reality television: integrating Digital Media for a truly interactive experience. Described by Konrad Group, the developers of the Canada’s Smartest Person app, the show is “a groundbreaking format and interactive television experience redefining what […]
Interactive Gaming in Ontario Gets Schooled
Ryerson University’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education offered an interesting post-grad series of courses for gaming aficionados: the EDGE: Education for Digital and Games Entrepreneurs program which ran workshops in January 2012. “Ontario is rapidly becoming viewed as a leader in digital media and gaming,” says Dr. Gervan Fearon, Dean of The Chang […]
2012- Canada’s Digital Future in Focus
ComScore, the go-to internet marketing research company, recently released an annual report on Canada’s digital trends, highlighting the influence of digital media in Canada’s marketplace. “Technological innovations in digital device hardware and software have enabled a rapid increase in consumers’ digital consumption habits, marking an exciting time for the digital media industry and depicting an […]
A Major Player: Canada’s Video Game Sector
We’ve got our own tech hubs in Canada. Last year, Canada’s video game industry employed almost 16,000 people contributing $1.7 billion to economic activity, with an expected growth of 17% over the next two years according to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC). In fact, our gaming industry is about five times that of […]
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
OIDMTC is a refundable digital media tax credit that can be filed in addition to SRED. Managed by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), the OIDMTC allows up to 35% of eligible expenditures can be refunded to qualifying digital game corporations that incur a minimum of $1 million of Ontario labour costs over a 3-year […]