Neowin.net - Sundance Strikes iTunes Film Deal

Sundance Strikes iTunes Film Deal

Posted by Emil Protalinski on 13 January 2007 - 16:59 · 4 comments & 3152 views

It turns out Apple is not only interested in movies and TV shows but film festivals as well; take the Sundance Film Festival as an example. Festival films, 33 of 71 to be exact, will be sold through the iTunes store for $1.99 (£1) beginning January 22. The festival, which takes place in Park City, Utah and debuts January 18, will also stream the films on their web site for three months, free of charge. Filmmakers will get the bulk of the download price, while Apple, the Sundance Institute and cable television's Sundance Channel will split the remainder. Mr Cooper said a few more films will be shown just on the website but full-length festival films will not be offered.

"Streaming on our site is not the same as owning, and there seems to be a world out there for both. What Sundance is really known for is as a platform for people to sell their films, and that's mainly the feature film. We didn't want to really interfere with that yet," said John Cooper of the Sundance Institute.

News source: BBC News

Hide additional information

About the Author
Full name: Unknown
Forum name: vet

Emil Protalinski
Contact: via forum PM
Submissions: Normal · Headline

Total votes: 0

Bookmark on del.icio.us

Advertisement

#1 Posted by TGD on 13 Jan 2007 - 17:51: That is a really cool idea. I'd never buy stuff easily available on iTunes, but stuff it'd be hard to get elsewhere is what the whole point of digital distribution should be.

#2 Posted by joeydoo on 13 Jan 2007 - 18:17: Great stuff. I might buy a few if. Mainly due to "filmmakers will get the bulk of the download price".

#3 Posted by Marduk on 14 Jan 2007 - 03:43: WTF! I didn't know Sundance used to stream for FREE! HOLY CRAP what have I been missing

#4 Posted by mrmckeb on 14 Jan 2007 - 10:20: If only iTunes wasn't locked into Apple-DRM...

[1]

Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!

Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.

Scroll to the Top