August 2010
As of August 25, Boxee has added a movie library. By downloading the latest version of the Boxee software, your Movie menu option is refreshed with content from MUBI (formerly known as The Auteurs), EZTakes, Indie Movies Online and Openfilm, all very independent film friendly sites. This is pretty exciting because prior to this it...
This is a touchy subject. Well, I guess the whole idea of watching a film on anything but a large screen inside a dark theater is touchy for some. I know there are those (usually filmmakers) who believe that is an abomination to watch a film on such a tiny screen. Depending on the film...
After reading this Engadget article I wondered if an independent filmmaker using would have pay MPEG-LA if they chose to stream their film in H.264 format from their own website for a fee. H.264 is the format used by Blu-ray players , YouTube and iTunes, web software such as the Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Silverlight....
Things like this make me smile. It shows that traditional windows are not just being shortened but completely rearranged and they should be. Just like there is no successful one size fits all marketing plan for a film, so too there is no one size all distribution plan. For the people behind Freakonomics at Magnolia...
In March 2011 at South by Southwest, one of the coolest film (and music and tech fests) in the U.S. I'd like to share in 60 minutes the essential points of the book I am authoring. I have submitted a panel - Beyond the Box Office: Distributing Your Film Online (I know, creative huh?)
What I...
