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by SoftwareMaven 5257 days ago
I think you are undervaluing the impact the distribution channel could have. There are no indie production companies with a worldwide distribution mechanism.

You also mention how looking at data is impossible for artistic endeavors like film making, then turn around and talk about mining data from your releases. I actually tend to think your original comment, that you can't mine data, is accurate. Any model to kill Hollywood is going to have to deal with the fact that some films will go viral (what the Internet calls a blockbuster) and others will tank.

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I think you are undervaluing the impact the distribution channel could have. There are no indie production companies with a worldwide distribution mechanism.

Every indie studio has a worldwide distribution mechanism. It's the web. Stream to laptops, Roku boxes, apple tv, Google tv boxee tv etc. build audience on there and if you're popular you can get into traditional distribution channels.