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SnagFilms Raises $ 10 Million in Venture Capital
From NEA and from Comcast Interactive Capital.
I am proud. I am happy to help the company now expand into indie films and to grow outside of the United States as well.
Here is a story from All Things D on the fundraising and our expansion plans. Thank you for caring about this company and our films and services.
Watch us grow. Click here to learn more.
Same Old Same Old
Documentaries continue to struggle at the box office and in getting theatrical distribution. So sayeth the NY Times right here.
I am hopeful that a digital distribution platform will help. Filmmakers. Charities. Advertisers. Viewers.
In 2011, we will really make major additional investments into SnagFilms to not only help documentary filmmakers but also independent filmmakers as well.
Stay tuned for news around the Sundance Film Festival from SnagFilms. I am here to serve.
Searching Siberia
Here is an interesting film about Russian culture, beautiful girls competing to be models and life in the newly liberated Mother Russia.
It is eye opening and worth your time to watch.
Proud of indieWIRE
I thought indieWIRE.com provided some of the best if not the best insider info and coverage regarding the Academy Awards. Click here to check out all that we created for the industry and for people that love the movies.
IndieWIRE.com provides authentic and pitch perfect coverage of the industry. The site is growing quite fast and is now profitable. We have outperformed main stream media in this category and we are dedicated to serve this industry with passion and with a highly talented crew of folks.
If you love the movies and if you are in the industry, tune into indieWIRE daily. We are here to serve and love. Shameless plug note- Snagfilms.com owns indieWIRE and I am founder and majority owner of Snagfilms. I am proud.
You Got The Bad News From YouTube
Click here to read about it.
Now get the good news from Snagfilms.
Put your film on Snagfilms. We will curate it, love it, market it, sell ads against it and help you up sell DVD’s. Help you support a charity with your film. Your film will be seen by a large audience. You will get a check from us. Everyone will win. Our actions will be transparent. You can trust us.
Snagfilms.com and IndieWIRE.com. The best friends you will ever have in the documentary and any film making business.
There Will Be Blood
Gulp.
This article in Time.com is quite sobering although I saw this coming and it is why we started SnagFilms. These films need a new distribution model and the filmmakers and investors need a way to generate revenues other than ticket sales.
Independent films are a species deserving of being kept alive and thriving. Support your indie filmmaker today. Read this article and let us figure out what we can do to help.
A Good Read
Here is a great industry overview story on free streaming of movies – click here - and the future of indie films. Will paid content be the future or free streaming or a mixture of both? Time will tell. It is a great feeling to see SnagFilms positioned so well though in these conversations.
Happy Birthday indieWIRE
IndieWIRE turns 13 years old this week. I remember them when they were a newsletter delivered via AOL mail. Yes, I am THAT old.
Now they are the number one source of all things that celebrate indie film and documentaries. Here is a great article by Eugene Hernandez about indieWIRE and its past, present and future. Check it out by clicking here. Eugene is the most beloved editor in this field and the hardest working man in show biz!
Documentary Magazine on New Distribution Methods
Here is a very in-depth piece on new distribution strategies for documentary filmmakers. The article is very complimentary to SnagFilms. Thank you very much.