Digital Media in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan has a rich and diverse interactive community with a history of international excellence.

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SaskInteractive's recent sector study revealed that Saskatchewan currently has over 680 people working in the interactive space and that the sector spent $46.6 Million dollars in the province in 2009
One of Canada’s first cross-platform television series, renegadepress.com, was created in Saskatchewan
Regina-based Talking Dog Studios developed the technology and created the Augmented Reality images for the launch of the marketing campaign for Legendary Pictures' Godzilla movie and the Mayo Clinic's "Healthy Living" kiosks located in the Mall of America.
Gabe Hordos, the Lead Animator for Dreamworks’ How to Train your Dragon, trained in Regina, and Paul Dutton, Animation Director for the Oscar nominated "The Illusionist" is from Yorkton
The Motion Capture Actor for the animated series of Barbie films, Cailin Stadnyk, is from Regina
Incredible Story Studio filmed in Regina in the late 1990’s was a ground-breaking example of audience interactivity with the viewer writing the stories that appeared on the program
The NFB's successful interactive documentary "Welcome to Pine Point" was co-created by former Regina boy Mike Simons
In 2009, the University of Saskatchewan became the first school in Canada to offer courses on developing iPhone applications
The Tim Horton's mobile application "Timmy Me" was created in Saskatoon by zu
Super Stickman Golf, an iphone game that spent much of December 2010 on the "Top 25 Paid Apps" list in iTunes stores in four countries, was created by programmer, Jordan Schidlowsky, and graphic artist, Ty Bader of Saskatoon's NoodleCake Studios
Carrie Gates, a media developer in Saskatoon, is one of the first in Canada to actively use Biotech as a creative interactive tool
Work on Microsoft’s upcoming “Adaptive Keyboard” device is being done in collaboration with programmers from the University of Regina
Hearst Corporation , one of North America’s largest diversified media companies uses Saskatoon software company, Vendasta to provide reputation management as part of its digital product offerings
iQmetrix Software Development Corp. founded in 1999 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, by Christopher Krywulak, is the leading provider of retail management solutions for the North American wireless industry.

More Saskatchewan interactive and technology firsts courtesy of SATA are available here.

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A list of Saskatchewan Interactive Personnel that are interested in cross-media partnerships is available here.