This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Need an editor? now international distribution.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Need an editor? now international distribution.

The Newsroom has aired and been available online in more countries than
just the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Newsroom_%28U.S._TV_series%29#International

There's more to YouTube than just cats. (Whether or not they make up most
of the content.)
http://www.youtube.com/channels/paid_channels

iTunes: TV show downloads in 6 countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itunes_store

NetFlix: TV show streaming (via computer, smart TVs, tablets, consoles) in
about a dozen countries + South America (26 million worldwide subscribers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix

LoveFilm: (owned by Amazon) TV show streaming (via computer, smart TVs,
tablets, consoles) in five European / Scandanavian countries (2 million+
subscribers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovefilm

And I'm sure there are others, large and small, around the world. iTunes
may or may not own the market for download rental right now, but Apple are
by no means the only international player. With YouTube and Play (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_play#Play_Movies_.26_TV), Google
certainly seems to be looking to claim their piece of the action, and only
a fool would write them off.

But yes, it does seem crazy to me that international licensing and
distribution for video on demand is so fragmented, considering how well
connected much of the world is getting. The broadcast TV distrubution model
is broken, and until that gets fixed, there will continue to be rampant
piracy via the internet - much of it, I suspect, by people who just can't
get it any other way.

D.

On 25 June 2013 10:02, COLOUR CLOUD TV <ian@colourcloud.tv> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Yes Utube can be considered, but product is limited (unless you like
> cats), Netflix, in 1 or 2 countries, Amazon I am not aware of their
> availability, iTunes just works. There are some programs, you just can't
> get, an example of this is "Newsroom", I do not know anyway to get this
> program outside of the US (other than a spoof account). The real
> frustration is when something is announced in the US with no statement
> regarding its limited distribution.
>
> Sent from my iPad
> IAN WILSON
> 0418 327 082
> ian@colourcloud.tv
>
> On 25/06/2013, at 9:41, David Ross <speckydave@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > YouTube (Google), Amazon (LoveFilm) and NetFlix are three companies with
> > international distribution that immediately spring to mind. iTunes only
> > distribute TV shows in a tiny percentage of the countries that they
> operate
> > in, so LoveFilm and NetFlix are comparable in that field. NetFlix is even
> > producing its own content (House of Cards.).
> > Movies are a different matter at the moment, as far as I can tell, and
> > iTunes appear to have a pretty big head start, but I wouldn't bet on that
> > playing field not changing pretty drastically over the next few years.
> >
> > D.
> >
> > On 24 June 2013 23:53, COLOUR CLOUD TV <ian@colourcloud.tv> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > The company that nails this has to offer international distribution,
> Apple
> > > is the only company that comes close, all the rest are restricted to
> the
> > > US.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > > IAN WILSON
> > > 0418 327 082
> > > ian@colourcloud.tv
> > >
> > >
> > > On 25/06/2013, at 4:31, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > As the studios lose the lock on distribution (thanks to the
> internet),
> > > it does open the doors to more quality material. The problem becomes
> > > separating the wheat from the chaff. The Studio system (and networks)
> acted
> > > as editors in the same way as publishers of books. In other words, they
> > > selected what would get made, and while not always correct, think how
> much
> > > cap they kept us from having to slog through. (Cue YouTube)
> > > >
> > > > The future belongs to whoever nails the algorithm for determining
> what
> > > you would like to se and delivering it to you. Sort of like Pandora is
> to
> > > music. My bet has been on Google to be the guys who nail it.
> > > >
> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, James Culbertson <albion@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > << And I'll pose another question to Terry: Were most of the greatest
> > > films embraced by Hollywood? I mean Hollywood was't the greatest judge
> of
> > > what was a bad product or not. How would Truffaut, Fellini, Greenaway,
> > > Tarkovsky, etc., have fared in the Hollywood distribution model?
> Admittedly
> > > there is the occasional Malick and Aronofsky, but as viewers at least,
> > > aren't we better off today then we were when the moat was wider. I
> guess
> > > today the moat is thinner but the walls are the length of the earth.>>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>

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