Government invests in Manitoba’s digital media sector

Collaboration for Development

We are thrilled to share our long-anticipated news about a collaboration with Western Economic Diversification, Entrepreneurship Training & Trade, and Innovation Energy and Mines, that will see $433,000 go toward a much needed Interactive Digital Media Strategy in Manitoba.

This 3-year project will also include promotional activities like company profiles, trade missions, and industry development events that will help new media companies flex their competitive strengths.

Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification and Kevin Hnatiuk, Executive Director of New Media Manitoba, sign the new Interactive Digital Media Strategy

The Interactive Digital Media (or New Media) Strategy will encompass three phases:

1. A comprehensive accounting of all the new media companies and individuals working in the sector and their respective strengths and skills gaps
2. An analysis that will build a clearly articulated Interactive Digital Media Strategy including Education, Government, Business and Industry Partners
3. Implementation of the Interactive Digital Media Strategy

Murray McNeil does a great job summarizing yesterday's announcement in his Winnipeg Free Press article which I encourage you to check out.

We'll Need Your Help

Please know that you will be called upon to help contribute to the data in this New Media Study and subsequent strategy that we are about to undertake. It does not matter whether you are student, part-time, full-time, or some-time new media person. This will be a comprehensive undertaking and we need you on board. We've never had the resources like we do now to create our own new media destiny and we are counting on your participation.

Thanks to everyone that showed up in person and to all the wonderful people that have emailed and shared Tweets with their social networks.

It's a wonderful time to be working in the New Media sector in Manitoba!

Kevin Hnatiuk