MiShorts Newsletter

E-NEWSLETTER EXTRA

This is an extra text-only newsletter to tell you about some important developments at MiShorts.

1. Additional distribution/revenue opportunities

We are always on the look-out for new ways of promoting our filmmaker’s work and maximising their earnings, so we are pleased to tell you that we have recently signed distribution agreements with Dailymotion and a major Indian mobile network operator. In both cases the revenue earned will be split 50-50 with film owners/licensees.

The Dailymotion agreement gives us a high-profile ‘partner’ channel on their site and our agreement with the mobile operator means we’ll be the exclusive content provider for a new India-wide short film portal they’re launching. As Dailymotion currently has 90 million visitors per month and the mobile operator has 130 million subscribers, these agreements will significantly increase the reach of our filmmaker’s work and the sales commission we pay them.

2. Change to our Terms & Conditions

In order for us to exploit these new distribution opportunities and others still in the pipeline, we have changed clause 7.7.1 of our Terms & Conditions to the following:

“In full consideration of the rights granted to MiShorts in section three, we undertake to pay Users whose work has been added to our library, a sum not less than 50% of the advertised download price of their film(s), including VAT, each and every time the film is downloaded from our website on a paid-for basis, and/or streamed or downloaded from third-party Video-on-Demand services, IPTV networks and mobile portals with whom we have entered into a formal distribution agreement.”

There has never been a better time for indie filmmakers to have their work with MiShorts, and things will get even better as we work towards launching our service into Singapore for the Asian and Chinese markets, and Australia for the Pacific Rim markets, including Japan. Brazil is also in our sites.

3. Raindance

We now have an informal arrangement with our friends at Raindance to cross-promote newsletters and information about our services and here is the first item from them: 9 Routes to Breaking in as a Film Director. If you've ever wondered how to get your first paid job as a director, then look no further as Raindance founder, Elliot Grove outlines not 1, but 9 different ways to get started!

Read more here: http://www.raindance.org/site/index.php?id=476,5308,0,0,1,0&utm_source=mishorts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9routes

4. WebTV

Today we premiere the first episode of Live In 5, a hit US webTV series. New episodes will be aired on MiShorts, YouTube, Facebook every Wednesday at 8pm US Eastern Standard Time from February 9th, but they can only be downloaded for keeps from our website. We also have the cult 60s crime spoof series, The Ex-Convicts Guide To House Arrest, written by and starring Hollywood actor, Barry Levy, (The X-Files, Flight 93) and co-starring Patrick Gallagher, (Glee, Night at the Museum). Highly recommended.

Our mobile partners are very keen to distribute webTV series, especially comedies and animation, so if you have one to submit, we’d be more than happy to consider it.