Hat Tip Ted Hope! How Would You Use All 27 New Platforms Available For Direct (aka DIY/DIWO) Distribution? #infdist

> 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 FREECrackle, 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, RokuRoxioNow, 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

Awesome list!

thank you Ted Hope! - indie filmmakers everywhere thank you!