Majority treaty co-pros best for Canadian TV industry: report

TORONTO - Majority treaty co-production and Canadian production generate more than double the number of Canadian jobs than minority co-production, according to a report commissioned by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) and the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC). The Nordicity study, called The Employment Intensity of Film and Television Production in Canada, found that Canadian TV production volume in 2009 - 2010 was worth just under $2 billion to the Canadian economy, and the sector generated 47,300 full-time-equivalent jobs, including 18,600 directly in the production of Canadian TV shows.ACTRA and WGC said that despite the Canadian...