Comments on: MovieSet Raises $2M to Bring Fans Behind the Scenes

By: Marjorie Kase

Marjorie Kase — Fri, 21 May 2010 01:48:12 +0000

Hi Mel,
It’s actually a very smart idea. Think about it as one stop shopping for filmmakers. The site will act as a portal that takes care of online advertising, SEO, marketing, etc. so creatives and studios don’t have to deal and they’ll make money off ad rev share on top of it. (Think Strictly Sexual on Hulu. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123499181). Licensing fees will be minimal as the content was already supposed to be featured as DVD extras and/or included in the marketing budget. Added bonus – studios can cross promote other verticals.

I’m not sure it’s worth $2m, but when Hwood is involved, there’s always more money.

-Marjorie

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Amazon Helps Encoding.com Slash Video Costs « NewTeeVee — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:46:32 +0000

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June 11, 2008 | next media update — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:01:12 +0000

[...] Movieset Gets $2 Million for Behind-the-Scenes Footage Site NEWTEEVEE Movieset, a site that aggregates behind-the-scenes footage of various film productions, has raised $2 million in first round funding from Rho Capital, as part of a total $5 million commitment from the firm to be based on achievement mileposts. Vancouver, Canada-based Movieset lets producers post sneak peeks and other behind-the-scenes, on-set footage of films in production — content that would likely eventually be included in DVD extras. The company said it recently signed 75 movies slated for production to its service while at the Cannes Film Festival. Source> [...]

By: MovieSet Gets $2 Million For Behind The Scenes Movie Footage : Behind The Scenes TV

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:57:54 +0000

[...] producers to post behind-the-scenes footage, has raised $2 million from Rho Capital, according to NewTeeVee. The Vancouver, Canada-based site houses outtakes and the like?items that usually whet fans’ [...]

By: Pierre Col - UbicMedia

Pierre Col - UbicMedia — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:27 +0000

Goofd move, congrats to Colleen and all the MovieSet staff!

By: MovieSet Raises $2M to Bring Fans Behind the Scenes

MovieSet Raises $2M to Bring Fans Behind the Scenes — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:00:43 +0000

[...] NewTeeVee MovieSet has raised $2 million from Rho Capital for its movie production portal, which offers movie fans a peek onto the sets of upcoming films — while they’re being produced. Basically, it gets movie producers to post online what would later become DVD extras before a film is even released. The startup demoed its tools at the Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, Calif., today, after a busy two weeks of signing 75 movies at the Cannes Film Festival and closing its funding. However, it’s still just pulling itself off the ground. [...]

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:03:34 +0000

Can someone tell me what the difference between "Movie Set" or the alternative of setting up a $29/month blog, combined with general 2.0 accounts (flickr, ning, kickapps, veodia, youtube, etc) is?

Sounds like a very dated idea, pre-bubble. Unless they are charging $29/month, I can't imagine any 20-something digital web marketing guy/gal using this product when they can have much more flexibility in community development, etc on their own along with the Search kick provided through using 2.0 platforms.

But, hey, they pulled in a bunch of VC funds that shows that the US finance markets are having fun even in the midst of the worst housing and mortgage crisis since the Depression.