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On the heels of an announcement that Netflix expects its worst first quarter in a decade, investors dumped stock overnight. Looks like they are finally and grudgingly accepting that they are losing some ground to streamers owned by other members of the MPA cartel like Disney & NBC-Uni. Before the pa...
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New York has authorized alcohol to be served in ALL theatre auditoriums in the state. Is this what it will take to get people back into cinemas? Does this say more about the entertainment habits of the public, or the qualities of feature films available in cinemas?
https://deadline.com/2022/01/new-y...
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Recently, our film Hero of the Underworld started earning some respectable money on Tubi. https://tubitv.com/movies/382994/hero_of_the_underworld Perhaps we get more viewers on Prime, but they pay pennies. Tubi is ad-supported, and we get a good bit of that. I’m pleasantly surprised. Anyone else hav...
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Hey Mike, Tubi's been blowing up over the past year. Has your experience stayed positive?
Tubi is definitely cool. :)
Mike Boas As this thread is over 3 years old, I would love to hear your experience with Tubi, espcially since the recent purchase by Fox(Disney). I have noticed much fewer indie titles being highlight...
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Ben Rood To my knowledge, Tubi's rep is that they pay reasonable in comparison to other streamers, especially Amazon. But then their business model is AVOD and Amazon, like Netflix, has a subscriber b...
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Anybody had dealings w or heard of short film distrib Gonella Productions based in France?
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TV Pilot, where do I go from here? I shot a proof of concept of my show Divorce Diaries and I've been looking for a production company to partner with to shoot more episodes and partner with a distributor to get it to a streaming platform as I build my work as a comedian, writer , and actor.
I resear...
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Thanks Kay for your response! I have a 26 min pilot and a trailer. I have submitted to film festivals. We have gotten into some and awaiting more news. won a few indie short for best TV pilot (Delta I...
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Sure! You can email me at K.Ross@stage32.com
It will be good to prepare a deck to outline how the rest of the season will play out and to let executives know more about your show.
Yes for sure! I have one . =D Looking forward to sharing it with interested executives, fingers crossed.
Michele Traina Congrats on your success. Producing the pilot is a major accomplishment. Based on your target audience, you might consider identifying companies that distribute/produce similar content....
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I saw this in the trades and realized - as much as I have learned about European distribution, I know next to nothing about Australian distribution. Are they still heavily broadcast, or are they tipped towards streaming like the US is?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/saban-fi...
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Umbrella is a pretty big one in Australia. https://umbrellaent.com.au/
Hi All! I'm excited to announce that after completing our indie golf comedy BIRDIES, and fielding several offers by distributors (some good, some bad), we have decided to do what we know is best for this film and self distribute it using an OTT platform directly to audiences. We will be supporting t...
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Don't forget Google Play and Youtube are popular for transactional VOD. Thing is, you will have to drive your own marketing campaign to get people to those pages where you have the film embedded. That...
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Join us on Saturday, January 22 at 5pm EST (or 2pm PDT) for an opportunity to talk to Independent Film Distribution Consultant and Producer, Mr. Jerome Courshon. Ask your questions and get his expert opinion on the subject.
About Jerome Courshon
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Wow, this is an incredible resource, thank you so much for sharing!
Karen "Kay" Ross please join us, hope we have a good crowd to ask him questions :)
Hi there ! We are looking for a lawyer to redline our distribution deals. If you know of one please dm me.
Hi Bron, I'm an entertainment lawyer licensed in CA at DeepFocus Law. I would be happy to talk with you.
I'm curious to know if anyone here has had any success with FilmHub? Are these aggregator/distribution sites really worth the effort for indies?
I have had very negative experience with FilmHub and cannot recommend them.
They are good for low-budget indie films, especially if your goal is just to get your film out onto platforms you normally can't go straight to without a distributor. With them my indie (super low budget) feature is on 10 platforms and has been seen in 7 countries, which is pretty cool!
I have asked for a survey on FilmHub, and anyone willing to discuss filmhub with me directly (or any other distributor) for the purposes of research and ratings via the Independent Producers Guild (in...
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Julia Beney It's nice to be on platforms and theoretically seen - the question on everyone's mind is are they making you any money? I would love for you to contact me and discuss this....
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Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq Fair, Film Hub works with a more self-distribute model so you really need to put money aside for marketing your project if you want to make a decent profit. It all depends on y...
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I am new to distribution and wondered if from your experience you can help. I signed with a sales agent in July 2022 for a low budget thriller. They sent it out and showed me a list with answers from people. Then they decided on one person for US and UK to distribute it, if I was also agreeable. Sig...
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Historically, and currently, "traditional" distribution pipelines are very, very slow. At the IIPG we want to change timing to paying you as near to each actual retail sale as possible.
What is IIPG?
Hi! We have some great resources here at Stage 32. You can check out a few of those videos too since you are new: https://www.stage32.com/education?search=distribution
They are super helpful. Also plea...
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@Jane Sanger - see independentproducersguild.org and consider joining. Also, I would love to speak with you directly about your distribution experience(s) as the Guild is assessing the environment at this time, for the benefit of independent producers.
Dane's sounds like the most reasonable explanation. Sometimes the sales agent also can't collect the full amount from distributors until technical acceptance of delivery materials or notice of deliver...
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Hi All,
Another COVID wave is going around, causing again cancelations of film & TV markets and festivals.
The latest cancelations include Sundance, the European Film Market in Berlin (see article), NATPE in Miami and Kidscreen.
How will this affect production and distribution? What has the industr...
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Aye, so sad - I heard about Sundance. I'll share with my contacts who were scheduled to go!
Silly really, as omicron and new variants are... literally... less than common colds. Amid this, the UK has announced the END of vax and mask mandates and any hint of vax passports, and in the US the...
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Interesting to see the backlash unfold. I wonder if there will be any backlash within the industry.
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To compete with the major studios and networks was always going to be an uphill battle. If they can hold onto some those blockbuster titles, they might have a chance. Maybe... *I've seen that they're...
Expand commentTo compete with the major studios and networks was always going to be an uphill battle. If they can hold onto some those blockbuster titles, they might have a chance. Maybe... *I've seen that they're already dipping their toes into online video games. They might be able to pivot and re-brand but (I think) it IS a matter of time before they follow Erol's Video and Blockbuster into pop culture history. I appreciate their willingness to make original content and pick up indie films but I think the big players are "hip" to that play as well. Nothing lasts forever...
Landis Stokes Good points. Netflix was admitted into the MPA in 2019, in anticipation of which they cut off North American independent film aggregators entirely (leading to the bankruptcy of TAG, Dist...
Expand commentLandis Stokes Good points. Netflix was admitted into the MPA in 2019, in anticipation of which they cut off North American independent film aggregators entirely (leading to the bankruptcy of TAG, Distribber, et al) as part of an understanding with the 5 senior MPA members (actually 4 - since Fox is owned by Disney). Now it doesn't take a Ph.D. in economics to work out that subscription based services are unsustainable. So Netflix has to either (a) switch it's business model at some point, or (b) go the way of the dodo. I think that major investor in Netflix AT&T is hopeful that it will control Netflix's library should it go down, but that's just speculation. I couldn't understand otherwise why they put $2B+ into Netflix just before covid hit and just after they had posted record losses.