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The Economics of Indie Distribution
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The Economics of Indie Distribution

Andrew Ortenberg of Briarcliff Entertainment on acquiring and distributing homeless indie films.
When other distributors balked at the idea of distributing ‘The Apprentice’ after threats from Donald Trump, Briarcliff stepped up. What did they learn? (MovieStillsDB)

On this week’s episode, I talked to Andrew Ortenberg of Briarcliff Entertainment about distributing tricky movies like The Apprentice and Magazine Dreams. How have the economics of cinematic distribution improved for distributors with the infrastructure in place to handle it? How have the various video-on-demand tiers shifted over the last few years? What should folks keep in mind before they declare a movie a hit or a flop? And why are family movies an under-utilized resource for the indie set? All that and more on this week’s episode. If you enjoyed it, please share it with a friend!

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Jake's avatar

I was a little behind on my podcast listening and caught up with this today. A great conversation!

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Joan Peters's avatar

So fascinating. FYI.. I am 76 years old and take my horror recs from my 16 yo grandson. Doubt I ever would have seen Smile 1 or 2 or any of the Terrifier Movies without him.

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Sonny Bunch's avatar

He’s leading you right!

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Tai's avatar

Absolutely love the financial and business discussions. This and the proposed spinoff of NBC from Comcast are definitely my top episodes.

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Jeff Biss's avatar

Thanks for the interesting industry details!

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