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Will Indie Distributors Hit It Big With Paid YouTube Channels?

By JEN YAMATO | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 1:13pm PDTTags: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp, Docurama, Gravitas Ventures, Roger Corman, YouTube

Among the more interesting new paid YouTube channels of the 30 unveiled today are the ones belonging to indie film distributors leading the charge into untested digital and outside-the-box models. Cinedigm relaunched their Docurama brand in April with a library of 1,250 documentary features, also plotting a streaming app for launch this spring which would make more than 150 Docurama titles available for free on multiple devices. Their new curated Docurama YouTube channel could similarly boost digital niche moviewatching and carve a path for other distributors and filmmakers exploring alternative distribution online. For $2.99 a month, users will get access to Docurama’s playlist of docu features and bonus materials refreshed each week, with 25% of those feature offerings being new or recent releases. (All of YouTube’s new premium channels will first launch with a 14-day free trial.) The ambitious growth plan set in motion last year under Cinedigm CEO Chris McGurk so far has also included a plan to help outfit drive-in theaters with digital projectors and last month’s Arthur Newman BitTorrent experiment.

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Gravitas Ventures Acquires Thriller ‘Apartment 1303′ In Rare 3D Double Play

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 5:12pm PDTTags: Apartment 1303 3D, Gravitas Ventures, Mischa Barton

The deal with MonteCristo International for theatrical and digital rights to the pic written and directed by Michael Taverna will see Apartment 1303 3D debut on VOD on June 17, followed by a July 25 theatrical release in 20 … Read More »

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‘Jug Face’ Digital Rights Go To Gravitas

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday March 24, 2013 @ 10:38pm PDTTags: Gravitas Ventures, Jug Face, Slamdance

Gravitas Ventures has acquired digital rights to Slamdance favorite Jug Face, with a VOD release planned for July. The horror/thriller concerns a demonic power worshipped by an isolated rural community that offers health and protection in exchange for human sacrifices, … Read More »

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Sundance: Gravitas Ventures Nabs Trio Of Slamdance Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 3:01pm PSTTags: Gravitas Ventures, Slamdance, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up
Mike Fleming

Gravitas Ventures announced today the acquisitions of three raucous Slamdance films: Steven Feinartz’s documentary The Bitter Buddha, Michael Urie’s comedy He’s Way More Famous Than You and Peter Baxter’s documentary Wild In The Streets. As part of the arrangement, each film will be released in the next three months in over 100 million North American Video On Demand homes.

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Gravitas Ventures Teams With Red Bull Media House On Action Sports Docus

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday August 24, 2012 @ 9:57am PDTTags: Gravitas Ventures, Red Bull Media House
Mike Fleming

Los Angeles, August 21, 2012–Gravitas Ventures announced today a comprehensive multi-year licensing arrangement that will allow action sports documentary films from Red Bull Media House (RBMH) to be enjoyed by movie lovers across the US and Canada on Video

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Gravitas Ventures & Variance Films Pick Up ‘3, 2,1…Frankie Go Boom’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday June 20, 2012 @ 3:39pm PDTTags: Gravitas Ventures, SXSW, Variance Films

Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films have acquired domestic rights to 3,2,1…Frankie Go Boom. The comedy, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, stars Bridesmaids’ Chris O’Dowd, Sons of Anarchy’s Ron Perlman, Chris Noth, Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan and Whitney … Read More »

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