Canadian Film, Digital Media, Publishing, And Music Industries

Television and Film production industries

These industries include companies that are involved in pre-production and post-production, visual effects and animation where they produce various kind of T.V show, different types of movie genres, documentaries, and so on. After production, these industries either sell it or license it to the distributors or broadcasters or both. These industries also conduct various events such as film festival, award show, comic con, broadcast etc. Retrieved from (https://www.ontario.ca/document/environmental-scan-culture-sector-ontario-culture-strategy-background-document/sector-profile-cultural-industries#foot-159)“Ontario continues to be the leading jurisdiction for film and television production in Canada, contributing $2.3 billion in production expenditures in Ontario (accounting for 40% of the national total) and supporting 44,410 direct and indirect jobs in 2013-2014.” (Canadian Media Production Association et al. (2014). 11-12Fun fact : The movie “Breakaway” is an Indian Canadian movie that is short in Toronto(Canada) retrieved from (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1715275/?ref_=tt_cl_t8)

Interactive digital media industry

This industry have a grip on video games, e-learning, mobile apps, etc and has a strong demand. They bring in creative and technology built a content, productivity and service that creates a recognition globally.

Music industries

“Without music, Life would be a mistake” – Friedrich Nietzsche. Music binds the world. It helps us to change the state of mind and also helps us to have a quality of life. Most of the teenagers in Canada spend nearly 31 hours either listening to music only or listening to music and doing some activity every week. The music industries of Ontario is the largest music industry in Canada. Referred from (https://www.ontario.ca/document/environmental-scan-culture-sector-ontario-culture-strategy-background-document/sector-profile-cultural-industries#foot-159). “It is responsible for 78% of the country’s recorded music sector revenues and 39% of music industry establishments are located in Ontario” ((2015). “Sound recording and music publishing, summary statistics”. Referred from https://www.ontario.ca/document/environmental-scan-culture-sector-ontario-culture-strategy-background-document/sector-profile-cultural-industries#foot-220).

Books and magazine publishing Industries

Knowledge is power. Books may help us to increase our knowledge, quality of life, creative thinking and enhance the economy of the country. Canadian spend quarter of their leisure time in reading. Canadian publisher are small and they are specialized in a particular genre whereas most of the foreign publisher are big and have a multinational company. Ebook is the fast growing trend in Canada. Majority of the magazine are published in Ontario. These magazine include business magazine, cultural magazine, consumer magazine etc which are written in English, French and other language. Retrieved from (https://www.ontario.ca/document/environmental-scan-culture-sector-ontario-culture-strategy-background-document/sector-profile-cultural-industries#foot-159)