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Coastal Front is a Vancouver-based media company providing in-depth reporting and opinion, with a strong focus on government accountability at all levels in Canada. As part of our work, the Coastal Front podcast, hosted by Andrew Johns, features conversations on business, politics, and community, exploring the stories shaping our city, province, and country.
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
CEO of CreativeBC on Future of Vancouver's Creative Sectors
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Prem Gill is the CEO of CreativeBC, the organization responsible for bolstering Vancouver’s creative sectors, comprised of Motion Picture, Interactive & Digital Media, Music, Book & Magazine Publishing. Prem has been named one of Canada's 100 most powerful women, Vancouver Magazine’s “Power 50” and received the Community Catalyst award from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. Prior to CreativeBC, Prem spent eight years working with TELUS as the Director of Production and Original Programming.
For an organization that largely operates in the shadow of these 4 industries, CreativeBC makes an incredibly large impact on BC's economy. In fact, throughout the 2018/2019 fiscal year, the four industries served by CreativeBC contributed over $6.2 Billion to BC’s economy, with a workforce of over 108,000 workers.
Podcast Episode Summary
Tax incentives and credits to attract and support talent in Vancouver
The monetary benefit of filming movies in Vancouver
Tax loopholes for entertainment tech giants (Netflix, Amazon, Apple)
BC’s largest film and tv productions
Amplify BC and Music’s impact to BC’s economy
Should we look at creative investments the same way we do businesses?
CreativeBC Impact Report
“With the creative industries, it is a long game...someone who’s working on a TV show... it may take three or four years along with travel grants to go to market, to pitch your program, or to develop your show so that it’s ready to be sold … It may not show in the year that the investment is made...That’s what we’re working on tracking now.”
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