New boys on the box

Debra Hill Cone at Idealog reports on Statistics New Zealand’s first survey of the local screen production industry for the 2004/5 financial year.

The industry earned $2.6 billion, almost as much as the forestry and horticulture industries

All but $365 million came from offshore

There are 2,058 New Zealand companies working in the screen industry

54 percent of those businesses work in television production, but 54 percent of revenue comes from movies and short films

30 companies earned over $10 million

The article goes on to feature a new wave of Kiwi TV entrepreneurs hitting screens worldwide.