This is a Gamechanger: Sundance Offer New Video Streaming for Films #infdist

Excerpt from NYTimes article. This is the gold:

"Thanks to a recent arrangement between the Sundance Institute, which operates the festival, and the Manhattan distributor New Video, six Web homes — Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, iTunes, YouTube and SundanceNOW — are making Mr. Noonan’s movie, and any other eligible Sundance film, available for streaming online. The option is open to every film ever shown at the festival, or brought to a Sundance lab, or given a Sundance grant. Filmmakers don’t surrender their rights. They (17 so far, with thousands of potential participants) can opt to go with any or all of the half-dozen sites. They have, in essence, a guaranteed means of distribution...."

Sheri Candler's Top 10 Posts of 2011 - Excellent Reading if You Missed Any

10) The importance of a good trailer-This is part one of my interview with trailer editor Bill Woolery on...

9)Crowdsourcing as exploitation-This one got a few responses from other sites such as DocumentaryTech and The Chutry Experiment....

8) The ugly truth about social media- A post about feeling overwhelmed with all of the startups devoted to “social media” ...

7)Readying a crowdfunding campaign-This year saw the donation numbers for independent film projects on crowdfunding site really soar....

6)The internet expanded consumption but destroyed the industry- A Seth Godin inspired post (of course!)....

5)Marketing a documentary with a limited budget-The title pretty much says it all really...

Read the full list and descriptions on Sheri's site:

http://www.shericandler.com/2011/12/31/top-10-posts-of-2011/

Popcorn Framework Usage Surprises Even Its Creators

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Highrise, Shakespeare and this....excerpt from Chris Atkinson's post. Read his full post for more details:

"Another use surprised even the people who created Popcorn. In the accompanying video for Firefox 9's Add-Ons, they were surprised that the framework was being used to show synchronized interactive content. When the video talks about a particular add-on, the add-on shows up in a column next to the video, which can then be clicked for information and download. When discussing wallpaper content, Personas, through my Firefox browser, the top and bottom of the page changed to that wallpaper to give a mini-preview of what it would look like...."

Source: Popcorn Framework Usage Surprises Even Its Creators http://www.reelseo.com/popcorn-framework-surprises-creators/#ixzz1iaZi1qbV
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