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Spotlight: Will Netflix’s Red Envelope Entertainment be Sundance 2.0?

Authored by Scott Goldberg on January 25, 2007 - 1:12pm.
An Reasonable ManCurrently playing at Sundance and due in 22 cities by the beginning of March is a documentary about Ralph Nader’s life entitled An Unreasonable Man. Regardless of your opinion of Nader or the film, perhaps the most intriguing aspect is the involvement of Red Envelope Entertainment, the content acquisition and production division of Netflix. A company with a reputation for innovative business ideas, Netflix is hoping to become a tastemaker as well, leveraging its 6 million subscribers to acquire, create, and distribute original content. It’s a logical addition for the company, though puzzling on the surface. Why, many might ask, would a DVD rental company believe it could succeed in the fickle waters of the film industry?
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Indie Film Purveyor Sundance Launches Dedicated Channel on YouTube

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 18, 2007 - 1:54pm.

New York - Sundance Channel on Thursday announced that it has partnered with Google's YouTube to make excerpts of its content available on the video-sharing site in 2007. Content will include "Festival Dailies," produced at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and clips from the cable network's original series, films and documentaries. Also available exclusively on YouTube will be a video blog hosted by Crumley and Buice, independent filmmakers who recently screened their latest film within the virtual world "Second Life."

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