Monthly Archives: May 2009

Sharing and using Online Video

We always knew it: online video distribution is the future! And once again this trend has been confirmed in the past few days:
According an article on eMarketer the latest numbers from Trendstream and Lightspeed Research say that

“72% of U.S. Internet users watched video clips monthly-making video bigger than blogging or social networking.”

Well, that’s not news [...]

What I suspected: What does Palm d’Or means for the Austrian film industry? Pt. 2

As reported about an hour ago, the Austrian radio station FM4 had a short feature on the effects that the Palm d’Or might have on the local film industry. Here are my summarising notes, and it was pretty much what I’d suspected:
This is the first Palm d’Or in Austrian film history to go to an [...]

What does the Palm d’Or mean for the Austrian film industry?

As you probably know, this year’s Palm d’Or went to Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke’s film The White Ribbon yesterday. How does this affect the Austrian film industry though? Will the euphoria result in a funding boost for the Austrian film industry? I am not sure… but if you speak German, you may wanna tune into [...]

Online TV on the rise

In recent days there has been quite a bit of movement in the online TV market:
Hulu, according to ComScore the third largest online video platform at the moment, extends its reach to countries outside the US. The main reason for this step is the growing demand for online video in countries like Great Britain, France, [...]

Online film marketing: there is no “too early”

As you may have gathered from our blog and our Twittering, we had an interesting panel on online film marketing and distribution yesterday. Wolfgang is going to post a summary with some clips in the coming days, but I just wanted to share a statement that was repeated again and again yesterday towards the end [...]

Live-Tweeting

If you are on Twitter you can follow our Twitter stream right now. Wolfgang is tweeting like a maniac from Museumsquartier from our event that we are doing in collaboration with the Film Fonds Wien.
I talked before, Cay Wesnigk is talking about online distribution right now, and the audience seems captivated! After a short break [...]

FilmTiki events in May 2009

As you know, FilmTiki is also doing offline lectures and workshos, mainly in Austria and the UK. The next couple of weeks will be pretty busy in Vienna.
In co-operation with The Vienna Film Fund, FilmTiki invites you to a panel discussion on Online Film Marketing and Distribution – How to reach, involve and mobilise your [...]