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Report from the UK: The PMD, Digital Rights and Booking Theatrical in the UK

I’m back now from my trip to the UK – workshop and consulting at the Edinburgh Film Festival as well as a workshop ...

Guest Post: Susan Youssef Crowdfunding Habibi on Kickstarter

In honor of the IFP Filmmaker Labs going on this week, today's guest post is from Susan Youssef who was in the ...

Guest post by Lila Yomtoob: The Added Value of Blogging

The Added Value of Blogging – by Lila Yomtoob Lila contacted me via the web - introducing herself and I asked if ...

Guest Post by Jon Fougner: Cinema Profitability Part 5

This is Part 5 of Jon Fougner's guest series on Cinema Profitablility - today he continues the discussion of ...

Cinema Profitability Part 4

This is Part 4 of Jon Fougner's guest series on Cinema Profitablility - today he focuses on the ...

Guest Post by Jon Fougner: Cinema Profitability Part 3

This is Part 3 of Jon Fougner's guest series on Cinema Profitability - today he focuses on the ...

Guest Post by Jon Fougner: Cinema Profitability Part 2

This is Part 2 of Jon Fougner's guest series on Cinema Profitablility - today he focuses on the products that ...

Guest Post by Jon Fougner: Cinema Profitability

I had the fortune of meeting Jon Fougner, who is the Principal, Product Marketing Monetization at Facebook at ...

How to Self-distribute Online: Using E-junkie to Create an Automated Business Part 2

Creating and selling a Quicktime file is a lot easier than creating and selling a DVD, yet many filmmakers seem to be reluctant to make their movies available as a download. I believe this stems from an overblown fear of piracy. As far as the indie world is concerned, I believe you’re losing money by not offering your video as a download.

PDF and New Special Prices on Think Outside the Box Office

We removed the DRM protection from the Think Outside the Box Office PDF. This should allow it to play on Kindle devices and iPads, etc. since it will now be a simple PDF. To celebrate the liberation of TOTBO, I am having a special sale:

Jon Reiss giving Keynotes at IFP Prodcon 2011 and Idaho Cineposium

I will be the keynote speaker at both the IFP Media Arts' Producers Conference (PRODCON 2011) in Minneapolis on ...

Bomb It iPhone App Launched

Very excited to announce the Bomb It iPhone app is now out and up on  iTunes stores around the world.   This is ...

PMD and the Oscar’s

We are so excited to announce the Oscar success of "God of Love" (in the category of live action short film), ...
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