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.
