Diane Haithman is a Deadline contributor: Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television annual Steed Symposium included past and present media heavy-hitters on a panel at Creative Artists Agency’s Ray Kurtzman Theater. The subject was ‘The New Disruptors’ about today’s showbiz gamechangers. The panel included past Big Media disruptors like Michael Fuchs, chairman/CEO of HBO (1984-1995) and former chairman of the Warner Music Group as well as Warren Lieberfarb, the former president of Warner Home Video; and today’s disruptors like Ross Levinsohn, Evp of Yahoo!’s Americas region, and Sara Pollack, YouTube’s senior marketing manager. Film producer and former United Artists chief Paula Wagner moderated. First up with a comment was Fuchs, honored earlier in the day on the Lmu campus for pioneering original content on HBO. (He joked that he’s an ‘old disruptor’.) Fuchs was sharply critical of traditional Hollywood companies.
- 3/26/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Now online check out select stories from our Spring issue, which will hit stands next week. Alex Gibney talks about this latest doc, Casino Jack and the United States of Money; Laura Poitras follows up her Oscar nominated My Country, My Country with the powerful The Oath; and Bahman Ghobadi explains the challenges behind making No One Knows About Persian Cats. Plus, YouTube’s Sara Pollack discusses the site’s distribution model, production designer Jack Fisk recounts his 30-plus year career, Anthony Kaufman wonders where’s the under-30 indie film audience in Industry Beat, and in two passionate pieces that highlight opposite ends of the indie spectrum, Lance Weiler describes the importance of building an audience...
- 4/19/2010
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
YouTube is launching its first pay-per-view videos.
Five full-length independent movies drawn from the 2010 and 2009 Sundance Film Festivals will be available to rent for a limited time beginning Friday, marking the Google-owned site's first effort to glean revenues that aren't derived from advertising.
"The Cove," which was awarded in the documentary category at Sundance last year, will be available along with another festival selection from 2009, "Children of Invention." This year's selections involved in the YouTube offering are "Bass Ackwards," "Homewrecker" and "One Too Many Mornings."
All five films will be available to be streamed for $3.99. While "Cove" is a one-day rental, the other four are available for 48 hours.
To rent one of the films, a user must utilize Google Checkout to make payment. There is no option to download or own the film, the business model made popular by Apple's iTunes.
While this beta offering ends Jan. 31, YouTube execs will...
Five full-length independent movies drawn from the 2010 and 2009 Sundance Film Festivals will be available to rent for a limited time beginning Friday, marking the Google-owned site's first effort to glean revenues that aren't derived from advertising.
"The Cove," which was awarded in the documentary category at Sundance last year, will be available along with another festival selection from 2009, "Children of Invention." This year's selections involved in the YouTube offering are "Bass Ackwards," "Homewrecker" and "One Too Many Mornings."
All five films will be available to be streamed for $3.99. While "Cove" is a one-day rental, the other four are available for 48 hours.
To rent one of the films, a user must utilize Google Checkout to make payment. There is no option to download or own the film, the business model made popular by Apple's iTunes.
While this beta offering ends Jan. 31, YouTube execs will...
- 1/20/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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