Youtube Features on Sundace Film Festival by Milota Sidorova

Sundance Film Festival is generally known as the independent opposite of Academy Awards simply called Oscars. Like every year, the last days of January this festival takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah. The program is traditionally focused on independent American and international cinema and documentaries. This year, however, there will be a small update.Movie businesses, just like any other entertaining businesses overcomes a crisis caused by illegal distribution and declining interest of real-time visitors. The marketing strategy is trying to reach everywhere to make the movies profitable. It's true you don't have even pay for movie, if you don't want to. But if you reall! y enjoy a movie, you would be able to support the filmmaker. This year Youtube, internet searching engine is cooperating with Sundance Festival, offering the U.S. customers a possibility to see the movies via its channel. Simply, it's a streaming, not the purchasing. It is a difference compared to Apple iTunes store or other online sellers. Youtube also announced it was ready to protect author's rights by not taking them. While iTunes Store, Netflix, Hulu require to hold the rights to be the major distributor, Youtube is free of this.It's motto is “Pick your prize”, so filmmakers and studio can decide the prize that customer will pay for streaming and will be free to use any other distribution company.Whether it will be a successful model is a question of time and the promotion. For now, Sundance Film Festival fans will be able to watch 48 hours of nominated movies for $4...

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by Milota Sidorova for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

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