Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.

Name

Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.

Legal name

Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.

Website

https://isuma.tv

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indigenous Media Production and Distribution

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121), Motion Picture and Video Distribution (512120), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822), Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Live-Action International/Co-Production & Service Production (MPADABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Creator Licensing & Rights Monetization (UGC Licensing, Music/Video Rights) (MPACAFAK)

Keywords

• Indigenous film production
• Inuktut media streaming
• Inuit language preservation
• Multimedia content platform
• Cultural media distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Igloolik

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Cultural Funding: IsumaTV receives support from government cultural programs including Telefilm Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canada Media Fund, and Government of Nunavut departments for preserving indigenous media and language.
2. Premium Platform Services: Live broadcasts, video on demand (VOD), and custom channel creation with technical and visual specifications are paid services. Large enterprise users uploading more than 50GB may pay hosting fees.
3. Free Platform Access: Basic platform access for uploading, sharing content, creating channels, and interacting is free. IsumaTV 2.0 launched as a free social networking platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. produces and distributes Inuit-language films, television programs, and media art from an Inuit point of view through its IsumaTV platform — an interactive indigenous multimedia network hosting 7,800+ videos in 70+ languages. The company also operates Uvagut TV, Canada's first 24/7 Inuktut television channel, and the IsumaTV Mediaplayer, a proprietary local caching server that bypasses bandwidth limitations in remote Arctic communities. Revenue is generated through government cultural grants, premium platform subscriptions (live broadcasts, VOD, custom channels), and enterprise hosting fees.

Product overview

Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. operates IsumaTV as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform is IsumaTV, an interactive indigenous multimedia network that hosts video, audio, images, and text content. Key sub-products include Isuma Video on Demand for film streaming, Uvagut TV (Canada's first 24/7 Inuktut channel), and the IsumaTV Mediaplayer with the Integrated Media System (IMS) for remote community distribution. The Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID) initiative supports Inuit consultation through new media. The company launched IsumaTV in January 2008 and released IsumaTV 2.0 in April 2009 as a free social networking platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Uvagut TV: Canada's first 24/7 Inuktut television channel broadcasting children's shows, movies, documentaries, cultural and current affairs programming.
• IsumaTV Mediaplayer
• Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID)

Products and services

• IsumaTV Interactive indigenous multimedia network and video platform that hosts individual video, audio, images and text files; serves as a social networking platform for indigenous communities to share media content, enabling upload, streaming, download, and community interaction. Hosts over 7,800 indigenous community videos in 70 languages.
• Isuma Video on Demand Video-on-demand service presenting a collection of Isuma and other indigenous-language films, including award-winning titles such as Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, and Before Tomorrow.
• Uvagut TV Canada's first 24/7 Inuktut television channel broadcasting children's shows, movies, documentaries, cultural and current affairs programming in Inuktut to communities across the north and throughout the country.
• IsumaTV Mediaplayer Local caching server device that synchronizes with the IsumaTV website, mirroring all video files to enable people in remote regions to view and upload films at high speed regardless of internet connection quality; bypasses slow internet speeds, data transfer limits and high costs of sharing media in remote regions.
• Integrated Media System (IMS) A set of media tools built around the Mediaplayer that provides all necessary tools to produce, edit, share and broadcast local media in remote communities.
• Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID) Initiative that uses audio and video interactive new media to enable oral spoken Inuktitut as the main language for informing and consulting Inuit communities, supporting indigenous participation in legal consultation and decision-making processes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Enables indigenous communities to participate in regulatory consultations in their own language
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Nunavut Independent TV Network (NITV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founder of IsumaTV alongside Igloolik Isuma Productions. NITV produces and distributes Inuit television programming and works on community-based media projects.
• Arnait Video ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInuit women's video collective from Igloolik producing documentaries and cultural content. Partner in IsumaTV collaborative projects.
• ArtcirqcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIgloolik-based Inuit circus and performance collective producing youth cultural programming.
• ImagineNATIVE Film+Media Arts FestivalmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorToronto-based festival showcasing indigenous film and media arts. Co-founded IsumaTV in 2008.
• VtapeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCanadian distribution organization for independent and indigenous media.
• Native Communications Society of the NWTminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndigenous media organization in Northwest Territories supporting northern community media.
• Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas (CLACPI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatin American indigenous film and communication network.
• Carleton University - School of Public Policy and AdministrationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic partner for research on Digital Indigenous Democracy and indigenous governance.
• University of British Columbia - School of Community and Regional PlanningminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic research partner for indigenous heritage and community planning studies.
• York University - Mobilizing Inuit Cultural HeritageminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic partnership for Inuit cultural heritage documentation and preservation.
• Mt. Allison University - Human Dimensions of Environmental ChangeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerResearch partner studying human dimensions of environmental change in Arctic regions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Peers

• Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN):

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/isumatv
• Xx.com/isumatv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/isuma-distribution-international

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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