Film Distribution Secrets: Revelations from an Indie Distributor

Today, I'm talking to the CEO of Deep C Digital, John Kim.
over 150 clients and +700 titles and with direct deals with tubi, roku channel, peacock, etc
https://deepcdigital.com/

Few people in the home entertainment industry have as wide-ranging and hands-on experience as John Kim, Founder and CEO of Deep C Digital. With 25+ years of sales and marketing experience, John has sold over 3,000 independent and major studio movies and TV shows to all the major digital, cable, and retail platforms. As Vice President of Digital Distribution at Paramount, he managed the Digital Sales Team and digital account relationships. Prior to this experience, he spent 10 years at Paramount and Disney managing over $1 Billion dollars of DVD/Blu-ray catalog business. Before entering the home entertainment industry, he served as a Brand Manager at Nabisco and a Marketing Director at Mattel.

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https://www.deepcdigital.com/

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0:00 Who Dat
0:30 are you a sales agent
3:10 how long have you been selling movies
5:00 nothing like working for yourself
6:00 market shifting from physical sales to streaming
10:49 what do you do
12:55 filmmakers attitude towards AVOD
18:00 the business of AVOD
19:38 importance of name talent
25:18 what is CPM
34:37 windowing in indie film
38:57 John on Prime Video Direct Amazon
41:36 Getting onto Tubi Tv
42:46 IMDbTV
44:01 importance of IMDB in marketing
47:37 importance of a fresh title
49:40 how to pick a distributor
52:50 Amazon Pennies v MDbTv Dollars
Film Distribution Secrets: Revelations from an Indie Distributor
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