Nishimura-Seese moves from studio side to retail

OCT. 29 | Lisa Nishimura-Seese has joined Netflix as VP of independent content acquisition, a newly created post in which she’s charged with broadening the selection of independent and small studio films offered on the DVD rental site.

https://www.videobusinesss.com/article/CA6495488.html?

Daily Star, Bangladesh: 10th Int'l Short and Independent Film Festival-Dhaka begins

The 10th International Short and Independent Film Festival-Dhaka began on February 14 with much enthusiasm. Bangladesh Short Film Forum (BSFF) has been arranging the festival biennially since 1988 and it is the largest festival highlighting works by independent filmmakers in Bangladesh.

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?

IFC National Film Tour Finds Sponsorship

“Each of these brands offers an exciting new element to the tour and helps us to achieve our mission of bringing great, uncut, independent films out of the theater and under the stars for film fans of all ages,” he added.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6462197.html?industryid=44112

Microsoft to Sponsor the Indie MMO Game Developers Conference 2.0 - Gamers Hell

Last Straw Productions sent over a press release announcing that Microsoft has joined the growing list of sponsors for the Indie MMO Game Developers Conference 2.0 set for March 29th and 30th, 2008.

http://www.gamershell.com/news/45959.html

ATI taps Romanovich for top job

Romanovich oversees all distribution, sales and marketing for the company as well as production of key projects. He's spent the past two years heading TV sales at Allumination Filmworks, the indie distrib headed by former Paramount Television Group chief Kerry McCluggage.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970682

Justin Timberlake Heading South In Indie Drama

Keep in mind that JT is also the sexiest man alive and writes songs that make even my grandmother want to hit the dance floor. Why aren't we resenting him again?

http://www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=7769

Absolut Branding: Vodka to Sponsor The Independent Film Channel

The vodka company will get to brand a new Saturday-night film series, Absolut Indies, as well as a digital "short-film" festival online and on-air, and it will have a "strong presence" at IFC-sponsored film festivals.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6540286.html

CNBC: Sundance: Freezing Cold Temps, But Indie Market Is Hot

I'm here in Park City at the Wasach Brew pub at the top of Main Street, where CNBC has set up a mini studio of sorts. All the d-girls and boys (that's Hollywood-speak for "development executives") are running around in their furry boots and jeans looking to find the next big director among the four

http://www.cnbc.com/id/22731848

Amazon, Microsoft push HD DVD to indies

For its part, Amazon will use its CustomFlix disc manufacturing on-demand service to lower the barrier to entry for independent filmmakers to produce and distribute movies in the HD DVD format. The project will provide free authoring and setup services for up to 1,000 selected indie titles.

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6456831.html?industryid=45180

‘CMR Gateway’ Places National Ads in Indie YPs

National advertising dollars remain mostly elusive for independent Yellow Pages publishers. They get just five percent of total revenues from national, as opposed to 14 percent for incumbent publishers.

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