> via Hope for Film - Excerpt from Ted Hope's mega-list
"...I [Ted Hope] am having a bit of a hard time coming up with the proper discriptions for the tools and services. This is very much a Work In Progress. If you have a better definition, please let me know. Several services show up in different categories. There are definitely suppliers that I have forgotten or neglected to mention (my apologies, but this is a public service and not my job job).
1. Artist Direct Distribution / Platforms: Ooyala, Viddler,
2. Artist Direct Distribution / Players: Distrify, Dynamo Player (Review), EggUp (review), FansOfFIlm.tv (still in Beta) , Groupee, OpenFilm,
3. Artist Direct Distribution / Services: Sundance’s Artist Services,
4. Audience Aggregation, Analytics, & Commerce: FanBridge, TopspinMedia
5. Audience Participation: LiveFanChat, Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, Social Guide, SoKap, Watchitoo
6. CrowdFunding/Audience Participation: IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, RocketHub, SoKap, and 10 others listed here.
7. Digital Distribution Access Providers: Brainstorm, Distribber (analysis), Gravitas, Inception Digital Services, Might Entertainment, New Video, Premiere Digital,
8. Digital Download & Streaming Aggregators: Amazon, CinemaNow (aka BestBuy), iTunes, Vudu, XFinityTV (aka Comcast),YouTube
9. Digital Limited Run US Theatrical Exhibition: Cinedigm, FathomEvents, Screenvision
10. Digital Streaming Aggregators FREE: Crackle, Snag (Owners of IndieWIre, host of my blog), Vimeo, YouTube
11. Distribution/New Model: PreScreen
12. E-commerce: E-Junkie (shopping cart)
13. Educational Market: An Overview, Educational Market Streaming
14. Exhibition/New Model: Emerging’s Digital Repertory Program, Specticast
15. Free Peer to Peer: VoDo, BitTorrent
16. Fulfillment: Amazon Services, Amplifier, theConneXtion, CreateSpace, FilmBaby, IndieBlitz,Kufala Recordings, Paid, Transit Media, I got a lot more when I did a search but I don’t know one from the other.
17. Influencer / Social Media Analytics: Klout, PeerIndex, Trakkd, Twitalyzer,
18. Mobile Phone & Tablet Film App Builders: Mopix (see demo here) Stonehenge
19. Mobile Video Sharing: Thwapr,
20. Platforms: Playstation, Roku, RoxioNow, XBox
21. Search (for SEO): Ask, Bing, Google, Yahoo
22. Social Networks: Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, Weibo
23. Stream To View Transactional (Pay): Constellation, Prescreen (review)
24. Streaming Subscription: Amazon, Fandor, LoveFilms, Hulu, Netflix,
25. Video Conferencing / Multi-party (for Fan Engagement & Remote Appearances): Watchitoo
26. VOD Aggregation: itzon.tv,
27. VOD Channels: Multichannel Video Programmers (note: not all offer VOD), FilmBuff