Me and a partner have been working on a Trump satire called M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) for seven years. It started as a podcast, moved to a YouTube series (https://www.youtube.com/@politicobros) and now we're trying to get onto streaming networks. We partnered with Filmhub, but they have started their own platform and won't do any promotion because their sole interest is plugging their own subscription-only flailing broadcast effort. We tried Bitmax who ignored us and have reached out to some European companies who haven't even responded to our initial email. Can anyone recommend a way for us to actually get some traction with this project.
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David Tenenbaum Seven years of development is real commitment respect for sticking with it.
If traction is the main issue, I’d consider reframing the strategy from “platform first” to “audience first.” Political satire lives or dies on engagement and shareability. Before chasing streamers, it might help to:
• Cut a tight, high-impact trailer (under 90 seconds) optimized for social
• Identify a very specific target demo (not just “political viewers”)
• Build short-form clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts to test response
• Track engagement data to prove audience demand
Streamers respond much faster when there’s measurable traction or a niche community already activated.
Another angle could be niche distributors that specialize in political or topical satire rather than broad aggregators. Sometimes alignment matters more than scale.
The key question might be: what makes M.A.D. feel urgent right now, and how can that urgency be demonstrated through audience response?
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David Tenenbaum Kickstarter, indiegogo, other crowdfunding platforms. Filmhub NEVER promotes a movie, in fact they require platforms to pay to see their catalog, which effectively ensures you're NOT seen by most platforms... Nor do any other streamers. That's not how distribution works in the 2020's. You have to do it yourself.