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The Current State Of Indie Film Online Distribution And Marketing

Marc Schiller has posted a Must Read on where Indie Film is right now.  It works as a “Recommended Best Practices” document when it comes to TVOD (transactional video on demand). It would be great if there was the data attached to back up the claims, but from an instinctual perspective, I think he gets it right.

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What is The Future of Web Series?

By Paula Hoffmann, Director of Development, Vancouver Web Fest

When I first started working with the Vancouver Web Fest, I kept hearing the phrase “web series are the future”, but nobody seemed to know what that actually meant. What does that future look like? Everyone can agree that the entertainment industry is facing tremendous change brought on by technology, but the public’s desire for good stories hasn’t changed. What has changed is the way entertainment is distributed, how it is marketed, and how it is monetized. Once upon a time there were 3 networks, and then came cable and that changed everything. Now we have the internet and everything is changing again. I also keep hearing about the “death of television”, but it’s not dying, it’s evolving.

Web Series are becoming more sophisticated as audiences for this genre continue to grow.
Web Series are becoming more sophisticated as audiences for this genre continue to grow.