WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.371 >> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR INDIANA PACERS. THE KNOX COUNTY COUNCIL IS 2 00:00:04.371 --> 00:00:09.242 CONSIDERING MAJOR TAX ABATEMENT FOR TERRE HAUTE-BASED SUNRISE COAL COMPANY. THE VINCENNES SUN-COMMERCIAL 3 00:00:09.242 --> 00:00:16.049 REPORTS THE COMPANY PLANS TO INVEST $60 MILLION TO EXPAND ITS OAKTOWN OPERATIONS AND ADD UP TO 60 JOBS. 4 00:00:16.049 --> 00:00:21.688 MEANWHILE, WHITE STALLION ENERGY IN EVANSVILLE SAYS IT PLANS TO CLOSE ITS WARRICK COUNTY COAL MINING OPERATION AFFECTING MORE 5 00:00:21.688 --> 00:00:27.794 THAN 80 EMPLOYEES. MINNESOTA-BASED KGP TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. HAS DETAILED PLANS FOR A MAJOR 6 00:00:27.794 --> 00:00:32.766 WORKFORCE REDUCTION AT ITS FACILITIES IN WARSAW. IN A NOTICE TO THE STATE, THE COMPANY SAYS A "SUDDEN DECREASE 7 00:00:32.766 --> 00:00:41.374 IN BUSINESS" RESULTED IN THE DECISION TO LAY OFF ABOUT 300 EMPLOYEES. THE NEW APPROPRIATIONS BILL 8 00:00:41.374 --> 00:00:44.310 SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP INCLUDES A MAJOR DESIGNATION FOR INDIANA'S TOP TOURIST DESTINATIONS. 9 00:00:44.310 --> 00:00:52.051 THE BILL INCLUDES A PROVISION THAT OFFICIALLY TURNS THE INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE INTO THE STATE'S FIRST NATIONAL 10 00:00:52.051 --> 00:00:54.687 PARK. AND THE INDIANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS RELEASED ITS LIST OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN 11 00:00:54.687 --> 00:01:00.593 INDIANA. THIS YEAR'S LIST FEATURES 125 COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 40 THAT WERE 12 00:01:00.593 --> 00:01:09.002 NOT ON THE LIST LAST YEAR. A BILL IS IN THE WORKS THAT WOULD BRING MORE MOVIE, TV AND VIDEO PRODUCTION TO INDIANA. 13 00:01:09.002 --> 00:01:16.176 PROPONENTS OF THE FILM AND MEDIA PRODUCTION REBATE LEGISLATION STRESS IT IS A JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BILL, SAYING THEY 14 00:01:16.176 --> 00:01:20.847 ARE TIRED OF LOSING OUT TO SURROUNDING STATES. GET THIS: SUPPORTERS BELIEVE INDIANA HAS 15 00:01:20.847 --> 00:01:32.725 LOST OUT ON AT LEAST $80 MILLION IN FILM AND MEDIA BUSINESS SINCE 2016. MOST RECENTLY, THE NETFLIX 16 00:01:32.725 --> 00:01:38.231 $50 MILLION MADAME WALKER TV SERIES. FOR MORE LET'S TALK WITH INDIANAPOLIS FILM COMMISSIONER 17 00:01:38.231 --> 00:01:41.234 TERESA SABATINE AND AMERICAN SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR ANGELO PIZZO. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. 18 00:01:41.234 --> 00:01:46.239 >> HI. >> I'LL START WITH YOU FIRST, THERESA. IN TERMS OF THIS BILL, IT'S A 19 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:50.643 REBATE, IT'S A DIFFERENT PATH, A DIFFERENT ASK OF THE LEGISLATURE. GIVE US IN A NUTSHELL WHAT 20 00:01:50.643 --> 00:01:54.948 YOU'RE ASKING IN TERMS OF THE INCENTIVE. >> YES. SO A REBATE VERSUS A TAX CREDIT 21 00:01:54.948 --> 00:02:02.288 MEANS THAT THE PRODUCTION HAS TO SPEND THE MONEY BEFORE THEY RECEIVE THE PERCENTAGE BACK, AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A 22 00:02:02.288 --> 00:02:13.967 20% RELATE BATHE ON RERD IN THE STATE AND 40 -- >> THE BILL HAS RECEIVED A 23 00:02:13.967 --> 00:02:20.273 HEARING NOT A VOTE YET BUT WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION FROM LEGISLATORS >> WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ACTUALLY 24 00:02:20.273 --> 00:02:24.577 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE FEELING OVER THERE. WE'VE HAD SOME EXCEPTIONALLY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE 25 00:02:24.577 --> 00:02:30.517 GETTING REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EDUCATE OVER THE TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE AND 26 00:02:30.517 --> 00:02:39.025 THE SENATE FISCAL LEADERS ARE KIND OF NEXT ON OUR LIST, WE'LL BE VISITING THEM SOON. >> ANGLO-, YOU'RE WELL-KNOWN IN 27 00:02:39.025 --> 00:02:44.197 THE MOVIE BUSINESS, HOOSIERS AND "RUDY." WE WERE TALKING IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA LOUNGE, YOU SAID TODAY IF 28 00:02:44.197 --> 00:02:50.703 YOU HAD TO DO "RUDY" AND HOOSIERS, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT. >> NO, WE WOULD BE FISCALLY 29 00:02:50.703 --> 00:03:00.847 IRRESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IN STATES LIKE ILLINOIS, WITH 25% TAX CREDIT, KEN IT TU KEY KET 30 00:03:00.847 --> 00:03:10.657 AND OHIO WITH 30, WE WOULD BE GIVING AWAY 30 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR IF WE SHOT "RUDY" OR "THANK YOU SHERS" HERE IN THE 31 00:03:10.657 --> 00:03:15.995 STATE. IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IF WE HAD A MOVIE CALLED HOOSIERS IN OHIO. 32 00:03:15.995 --> 00:03:23.336 >> THE FACT THAT INDIANA STORIES, I MENTIONED MADAME WALKER AMONG OTHERS, ARE NOT BEING TOLD HERE. 33 00:03:23.336 --> 00:03:29.409 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN TOLD ANECDOTALLY HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WE'RE TALKING 34 00:03:29.409 --> 00:03:38.685 ABOUT GOVERNORS WHO TELL ME THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS BRING UP THE MOVIES HOOSIERS AND RUDY AND BREAKING AWAY, AND THEY'RE PART 35 00:03:38.685 --> 00:03:46.593 OF THE ICONOGRAPHY, CULTURE AND PERCEPTION OF WHO PEOPLE ARE IN THIS STATE. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TELL THOSE 36 00:03:46.593 --> 00:03:51.931 STORIES ANYMORE AND IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I THINK WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THOSE MOVIES. 37 00:03:51.931 --> 00:03:58.638 >> WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT? I MEAN, JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, ESPECIALLY AS I LOOK AT IT IN 38 00:03:58.638 --> 00:04:05.011 SOME RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE AS WELL, MANY OF THEM THAT NEED HELP, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT, I ASSUME. 39 00:04:05.011 --> 00:04:11.351 >> YEAH, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUSINESS THAT WE COULD RECRUIT FROM ILLINOIS RIGHT OVER THE BORDER, SO NORTHERN INDIANA 40 00:04:11.351 --> 00:04:18.257 WOULD BE -- SOUTHERN INDIANA IS BEAUTIFUL ON ITS OWN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FRENCH LICK, WE ALREADY GET REQUESTS FOR FILMING 41 00:04:18.257 --> 00:04:24.130 THERE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMICS OF IT, TENNESSEE A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE A REBATE PROGRAM, THAT'S 42 00:04:24.130 --> 00:04:29.302 91 MILLION INTO THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES OVER A FEW YEARS OF JUST HAVING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. 43 00:04:29.302 --> 00:04:35.141 NASHVILLE, THEY SAW $480 MILLION IN TOURISM SPENDING ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR BILL AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH PROGRAMMING, SO 44 00:04:35.141 --> 00:04:42.715 THESE AREN'T SMALL NUMBERS, AND WE JUST -- WE REALLY WANT THE INDIANA STORIES OUT THERE. >> ANGLO, WE SHOULD POINT OUT 45 00:04:42.715 --> 00:04:50.556 TOO, WE THINK OF MOVIES AND FILM, BUT DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT IS SO MUCH LARGER THAN IT WAS OBVIOUSLY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. 46 00:04:50.556 --> 00:04:57.697 >> THE RIGHT. THERE ARE OH OVER 500 TELEVISN SERIES ON THE AIR, STREAMING OR 47 00:04:57.697 --> 00:05:07.140 DIRECT. NETFLIX AND AMAZON SPEND TWICE AS MUCH AS THE STUDIOS COMBINED. THERE ARE $300 BILLION WORTH OF 48 00:05:07.140 --> 00:05:14.213 CONTENT SPEND IN THIS COUNTRY ALONE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY. AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT THERE 49 00:05:14.213 --> 00:05:21.888 ARE STATES LIKE GEORGIA, WHICH STARTED OFF WITH A 20% TAX CREDIT, AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS SO GREAT, THEY KEPT ON 50 00:05:21.888 --> 00:05:28.161 RAISING IT, AND NOW THEY'RE UP TO 30, AND THERE ARE MORE MOVIES SHOT IN GEORGIA THAN THERE ARE IN CALIFORNIA. 51 00:05:28.161 --> 00:05:34.867 >> SO AS WE WRAP UP, 10 SECONDS, DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING OBVIOUSLY BUT DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE RECEPTION THAT THIS 52 00:05:34.867 --> 00:05:41.474 BILL IS GETTING? >> YEAH, WE FEEL VERY POSITIVE. WE THINK IT ALIGNS VERY WELL WITH ERIC HOLCOMB'S NEXT LEVEL 53 00:05:41.474 --> 00:05:46.746 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIANA. THIS IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, WHERE EVERYTHING IS KIND OF GOING AND HOW WE CAN 54 00:05:46.746 --> 00:05:50.249 CREATE INNOVATIVE JOBS IN THE STATE.