Our weekly online review for August 17-23 2009:
How To Kickstart A Community –an ongoing list
Christian recently posted some thoughts on community building (in German) referring to a post by Jeremiah Owyang from Web Strategist on how to kick start a community. You’ll get some good ideas there.
Weekend Box Office: ‘District 9′ Rides Buzz to $37 Million
‘Word-of-mouth appears to be strong’, says Eugene Novikov in a recent post about box-office wonder District 9 on Cinematical. Earlier this week, FilmTiki’s Iris Lamprecht also reflected on what has been huge success for online and word-of-mouth film marketing.
Are there too many film festivals?
In a recent blog post on SDNN.com, Andy Friedenberg talked about the rising amount of film festivals, going as far as saying ‘that there are more film festivals in the U.S. than Starbucks Coffee outlets!’
A Start-Up Label for Indie Films, Lost Souls
Movie bloggers Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis turned entrepreneurs have now founded Green Cine, a start-up label for indie films.
Indie Marketing Move of the Day: Movies on USB
Cinematical recently highlighted a new model for film distribution arises – movies on USB-Sticks.
Go Viral: How to Capitalize on Viral Marketing
Digital Media Buzz shares some ideas for content producers when it comes to viral video marketing.
Nobody wants to watch your film: realities of online film distribution:
The South by Southwest Film Festival has provided a good list on possible upcoming panels for the 2010 festival and you can now vote for your favourites as well as discuss the topics. Personally, I’m voting for this one: Nobody wants to watch your film: realities of online film distribution
Sundance launches VOD service:
According to Videobusiness, the Sundance Channel plans to release both selected documentaries and indie films on various VOD outlets with the aim of featuring one major title each month.
The Movie Studios Have A Great Idea To Ramp Up Piracy. And Blockbuster Wants To Help.
Movie studios are always trying to curtail piracy and according to Techcrunch, here is their newest ploy -
Netflix shouldn’t be able to ship many new movies to you until 30 days after they’re released on DVD,
Here’s hoping it won’t become a reality soon
What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later
Finally something that is always a good watch – Marta Kagan’s slideshow on social media.
That is all till next week, folks!
