Dallas Buyer’s Club have launched an innovative new digital business model in Australia that promises to turn around decreasing income for movies caused by declining cinema audiences and low VOD licensing fees. Rather than release their Oscar winning movie at the same time as in the United States the studio decided to wait a few [...]
OK, I admit it, I downloaded a feature film on Bittorrent this week and watched it! Don't worry, I wasn't doing anything illegal. The Tunnel is a new Australian horror feature which was released via Bittorrent on the Vodo portal on May 19. The film has hit the news because of its low budget, the [...]
I've been involved in an advisory team set up by the NSW Government last year to develop the Digital Sydney Initiative. It's been a great experience for me to meet other people who work in the same city but in different parts of the digital industry such as research and development, education, business and digital [...]
I spoke today on a panel at the Australia Council for the Arts looking broadly at the futures of online engagement by arts organisations. The opening presentation of the day was given by Stephanie Hutchinson who set up the ‘Discover’ education programs at the National Theatre in the UK. I was really inspired to hear [...]
Remember that amazing pair of documentaries 'McLibel' (1997, 2005) which told the inside story of the UK McDonald's libel trial? McLibel director Franny Armstrong has moved on from McDonalds to take aim at inaction on climate change in her new project 'Age of Stupid'. It's part film and part internet-fueled activist campaign and will culminate in [...]
There's certainly a groundswell of interest in emerging media from TV and radio broadcasters, telcos, converged media companies, digital agencies and even the funding agencies. A lot has changed in three years and there is now much more openness to considering content propositions which aren't limited to a single media platform or format. But I [...]