28 min
Film Incentives in Utah The County Seat's Podcast
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On this week’s episode, we discuss film incentives in Utah. Think it’s not big business here? Think again. But could it be bigger? A record six television series filmed in-state in fiscal year 2020, including the third season of the highly acclaimed television series Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner. This series spent more than $100 million in Utah over the past three years and created hundreds of jobs each year. In addition, $23.8 million was spent in rural Utah by productions that received state film incentives. And 54% of film incentives were issued to rural Utah counties. On tourism, 49% of visitors were aware of films or TV series made in Utah. Of those, 71% said it influenced their decision to visit. Special Guests this Week: - Cody Stewart, Government Relations for Paramount and ViacomCBS - Ron Winterton, Utah State Senate District 26 - Virginia Pearce, Director of the Utah Film Commission
On this week’s episode, we discuss film incentives in Utah. Think it’s not big business here? Think again. But could it be bigger? A record six television series filmed in-state in fiscal year 2020, including the third season of the highly acclaimed television series Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner. This series spent more than $100 million in Utah over the past three years and created hundreds of jobs each year. In addition, $23.8 million was spent in rural Utah by productions that received state film incentives. And 54% of film incentives were issued to rural Utah counties. On tourism, 49% of visitors were aware of films or TV series made in Utah. Of those, 71% said it influenced their decision to visit. Special Guests this Week: - Cody Stewart, Government Relations for Paramount and ViacomCBS - Ron Winterton, Utah State Senate District 26 - Virginia Pearce, Director of the Utah Film Commission
28 min