Archive for November, 2009

Picture element … In other words … a Pixel

… in other words, the upcoming event being organised in Paris at the Forum des Images by Arte, the French Media Desk in collaboration with the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée and coordinated by Media Consulting Group. As a follow-up to the excellent Power to the Pixel, this one day event will [...]

Avatar new interactive trailer… more of a program, application or teaser

by Patrick Attallah (as published on mediazbiz.com) Avatar, the next December 18th worldwide release has already had a tremendous amount of buzz on and offline. ‘Avatar’ is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an [...]

TV: the ‘lean back’ medium is now more ‘lean-in’ than ever…

by Patrick Attallah (as published on mediazbiz.com) According to a report published early this year, over one-fourth of users ages 18-24 are interested in having more social media features integrated into their TV. The study found that there’s a desire to use social networking as a platform to actually enhance the TV-watching experience through interactive [...]

Midnight in the (online) garden of Good and Evil…

by Pierre-Alexandre Labelle, In a ever-changing context well known to most of you visiting this blog; it seems that a fundamental (almost ethical) question remains concerning the woes and virtues of the disruptions caused by the Internet… I will not venture into bluntly asking the question: Is the Internet good or bad for filmmakers … [...]

Movie & Television Social Media Marketing

by Patrick Attallah co-founder (as published on mediazbiz.com) Paramount’s micro-budgeted ($15,000) horror phenomenon “Paranormal Activity” reached another notable benchmark yesterday, clearing $100 million at the US box office. The unusual roll-out of this movie is one model that studios and filmmakers are going to need to look at closely as distribution options for smaller to [...]

Third Europa Distribution Annual Conference – Estoril Film Festival November 12-14 2009

Some news from our cool friends Europa Distribution.  With the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Europa Distribution will hold its 3rd annual Conference in Estoril (Portugal) during the Estoril Film Festival 2009, from Thursday 12 November to Saturday 14 November 2009. 53 Distributors from 19 European countries and 26 international speakers [...]

Thoughts on how European Professionals can benefit from VoD distribution in the US …

With over 300 million people, the United States are home to some of the most important multi-cultural cities in the world (New York, Los Angels, Chicago, etc.).  Today, according to wikipedia, more than 31 ancestry groups in the US boast more than one million members from such diverse backgrounds as Germany, Ireland, India, China to [...]

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