Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Author: Kendall Whitehouse
As announced on the Dr. Horrible Twitter Feed, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon's three-part musical webisode, is now available in its entirety for free on Hulu (and, as well, on MySpaceTV). Created during the Writers Guild of America strike by Whedon, his brothers Jed and Zack, and Maurissa Tancharoen, Dr. Horrible stars Neil Patrick … Continue reading Attack of the Multiple Monetization Schemes: Dr. Horrible Returns
Sony CEO Howard Stringer this past Thursday announced the company's plans to make video download services available through all of its major products over the next three years, including Sony televisions, computers, video game consoles, and music players. (See coverage in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.) Just one day after Knowledge@Wharton … Continue reading Digital Convergence: Will Sony Get it Right This Time?
Dave Nuttycombe posted notes from the panel session "Distribution Now: Strategic Thinking for the Feature Doc" at the recent Silverdocs documentary film festival and conference (via Scott Kirsner). Nuttycombe reports: The other painful insight came from [Emerging Pictures president and CEO Ira] DuBowski, who noted that "the era of just attending a movie is over." … Continue reading Building an “Analog Community” for Independent Films
"Indie Filmmakers Hit Their Target" in BusinessWeek Online notes that just as some musicians have decided to walk away from the support (and the overhead) of record labels in order to market directly to their fans, independent filmmakers "are foregoing the conventional path of shopping their films to a distributor...and using the Internet to get … Continue reading BusinessWeek on Generating Buzz and Profits for Independent Films
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