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Canadian Heritage committee I'm not sure. On annex A, we have 10 years' worth of production volume in the film and television sector. You can see that it's generally trending up, but I think it's too early to tell the impacts of what you're talking about.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee Right. I'll say one thing, which is that we do see something that is happening across other cultural industries, where in the physical world, the kind of money involved is different than in the digital world. There hasn't been a full adjustment to that yet. The biggest example in
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee We haven't seen that yet, no.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee As Jean-François mentioned, in theory, yes, because in the past, if your film wasn't available in theatres, or even if it was, some Canadian films in theatres would last for a week or so. You had a very small opportunity to see the film, even if you'd heard about it. In theory,
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee This could be television, video-on-demand, pay television, and video sales and rentals.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee Television makes the difference.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee It's been about a billion dollars a year for the past five years. The total hasn't really changed that much.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee It's pretty flat.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee It depends on how far back you're looking. Another factor is that we've seen recently, in the past five or six years, the popularity of 3-D films, and those ticket prices are higher. That's made a difference in the total box office.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee They are French-language films shown anywhere in the country, but mainly in Quebec.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee Ten percent of the box office revenues. That means that Canadian films in French—
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee Yes, that's right.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee It would probably be about the same.
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee Are you talking about box office revenues in Quebec?
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White
Canadian Heritage committee I think one of the key factors is the technology change. We've seen lowering costs both in production and distribution. People are looking for content on mobile platforms and on their terms, so there has been a shift in terms of the dynamic between what you could call the gateke
February 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Scott White