Speaker Linda Stregger

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Linda Stregger

President

Up Front Entertainment

Linda is the Chief Operating Officer of Reel One Entertainment.

Linda has more than 25 years’ experience in the television industry that includes consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their media tax division; Producing for Domestic Broadcasters in live sports, animation productions and live action series; consulting with Cable channels during their start up years; and managing a successful production company. Linda was the co-owner of Up Front Entertainment Inc. where she combined her accounting training with a keen eye for story to lead teams that delivered the highest quality programs. Up Front produced more than 600 hours of programming including 27 documentaries and 20 series for domestic and international broadcasters.

Linda is a multiple Canadian Screen Award nominee, recipient of several International Festival awards and the proud winner of a Gemini for Best Doc Series.

Linda is guest instructor at Humber College’s TV Arts & Media program in Toronto and Executive Mentor at York University’s Schulich School of Business Arts, Media and Entertainment MBA Program.

Linda also serves as Chair of the Board for Women in Film & Television Toronto and on the Finance Committee for a not-for-profit organization: Horizons for Youth Shelter.

Speaking on: BANFF Spark: Business Financials Workshop

At the Banff Media Festival, we met with Netflix and took a ride up Sulphur Mountain on the gondola. That’s where we made the pitch.
- Naveen Prasad, EVP and GM, Elevation Pictures

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