OTTAWA — Curb your enthusiasm about the web: TV and movies still pay the bills for Ontario’s computer animation and VFX industry. So says a study released at the Ottawa International Animation Festival Thursday night.

The study, commissioned by the Computer Animation Studios of Ontario Association and compiled by Nordicity Group, found that TV series and commercials accounted for 62% of the computer animation industry’s 2007 revenues, with feature films bringing in another 16%. Meanwhile, VFX studios got 29% of their 2007 income from TV series/commercials, with another 44% coming from feature films.

The web, together with music videos, mobile, games and other categories, make up just over 11%.

Nordicity estimates Ontario’s annual computer animation and VFX industry revenues to be worth $170 million to $200 million.

Other noteworthy numbers: Ontario’s computer animation and VFX industry employed a total of 1,600 to 1,900 people in 2007.

Of work done last year, 83% was on a fee-for-service basis for producers of film, television and interactive media. This means that the creators do not hold copyright on these creations.

Most computer animation and VFX studios in Ontario are Canadian-owned, privately held corporations in business for more than seven years.

Eighty-one percent of respondents reported fiscal 2007 revenues of under $5 million; 14% reported $15 million, representing 53% of the total survey-sample revenue. In short, the biggest few still get the largest share of the pie.