Studio Beyond launches online distribution channel

New online media and entertainment platform Studio Beyond, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last month, has launched an alternative to traditional theatrical distribution by offering its subscribers the opportunity to distribute movies online.

The online channel not only enables filmmakers to maximise distribution opportunities and generate new revenue streams but also gives aspiring creative talent the opportunity to showcase their latest movies. Producers are being invited to send in a preview copy of their movie, which will be reviewed within 15 days.

Selected content will be available to view, preceded by ads, via Studio Beyond’s online movie theatre with producers receiving 50% of the advertising revenue.

Studio Beyond has been specifically designed to meet the needs of film producers, sales agents, distributors, talent and casting agents, directors, writers, actors, editors, composers and press members among others. Members are able to pitch their projects, synopsis, books, scripts and music scores to Industry Executives who in turn are able to search, view and select from a database of projects and talent.

Talent and Casting Agencies can discover new talent while Distributors and Sales Agents are able to view movie trailers of films available for distribution. Studio Beyond can build global awareness for movies ahead of their theatrical release and hold private online screenings for the industry and press.

Studio Beyond has partnered with Hollywood-based Movie Portfolio Fund (MPF) to co-finance commercially viable projects. The Movie Portfolio Fund is a unique funding structure available to private investors, for the co-financing and production funding of selected Studio Beyond projects.

The MPF is an exclusive partner of major Hollywood production group Pacific Media & Entertainment (PME), founded by some of the most successful executives in the movie business. The MPF co-finances PME’s ongoing slate of movies, produced and released under a first-look deal with major Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox. The MPF has access to distribution resources for movies it brings to the PME partnership.

The world of movies is changing. Studio Beyond is the future!

With Studio Beyond, industry executives can:

• Discover the pool of talent and projects from the membership database of actors, writers, composers, editors, directors, producers

• Give their products outstanding visibility at any stage to instantly generate advance awareness among our ready-made online audience

• Make movies available for online distribution and generate revenue immediately

• Survey members’ responsiveness and ensure their success

• Examine the popularity of key elements of a movie in foreign territories

• Host a private screening for press members and maximise press coverage for a movie

And much more….!