Distribution : Digital Download Platform Question by John Hidalgo

Take a look at Vimeo Pro.

Thanks, Dennis!

Hey John, that's an excellent question. Vimeo on Demand is too expensive in my view. Many VOD services also offer digital downloads. Here is a great overview of the top ten video-on-demand services for independent filmmakers, as indie film distribution: http://bit.ly/19NswKy And here is NYU research on traffic stats for V.O.D services: http://bit.ly/Hu8kmv

Genevieve has given us all homework to ...well done!!

Thanks, Genevieve!

John...while we at dark matter are solid vimeo customers i'm going to honor Genevieve's input and have the subject researched...if you can wait a bit i'll be more than happy to share the results with you....just so that i'm clear exactly what is it you are looking to do (that way i'll make sure it's covered in the research model).

Thanks, Dennis. Yes,please let me know your results.

John, keen question. I want in on the info you uncover. Thanks.

Hi John Hidalgo, Check out https://www.box.com Also www.sendlargefiles.com And there are sites that operate in the 'CLOUD' that will host your files and permit rapid downloading speeds for your clients. Do you know anyone with a "SERVER" and a high-speed Internet connection, and would permit downloading from it for a time? A lot of 'WebMasters' have their own Apache / Linux servers in their homes! Respectfully, Nicholas Chase - producer / director / writer etc

Hey John. Would love to have your film on First Rites (www.firstritesfilms.com). We launch in about a weeks time. If you send me your email address I can send you more details. happy to help if we can! Best Milt

Hi Milt Please send me details as well. I'm positioning myself for a big two years of digital downloads in Southeast Asia. Thanks, Leo

Could you send me your email address Leo and will send you details. Cheers Milt

Microsoft SkyDrive. You can get a free Outlook.com account dedicated to downloading your films. You get 7 GB free, so that's plenty of room for uploading large files. You can email a link to the film to anybody you want, so they can download it straight from your skydrive account.

You can do the same thing with Google Drive as with Microsoft Skydrive and both are free unless you need more space. Except Google Drive gives you 15 GB for free.

Armando, thanks.

And the beauty of Microsoft Skydrive and Google Drive is that they're great for backing up your files. Plus you can all the free accounts you want and you can access them from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection or you can download Skydrive and Google drive to your computers to synchronize your files with your online accounts. I have a lot of files backup on both of them using multiple accounts. All of it free unless you need to pay for more space, but 7 GB for Skydrive and 15 GB for Google drive should be enough for now. That's one account. Now get multiple accounts. You got yourself a lot of space.

Hey John. You can upload it to First Rites Films www.firstritesfilms.com We just launched. We are NON exclusive. Hope this can help you get it out there. Best luck for the project and Happy Holidays Milt

I used Vimeo Pro and love it - www.vimeo.com/ondemand/helenkellerhadapitbull

www.Dropbox.com - Starts at 2-Gigabytes, but you can get more by 'Sharing' the link with yourCcontacts, up to 18-GB if needed, by a third-party service. Also www.Box.com has been used for large files. Both free... :-)