Amazon had their educational initiative that was short lived, pre VOD, whose
name I can't remember. As a distributor, I am not really eager to hand over my
catalog to Amazon or Hulu or Vudu or Netflix due to the economics of the
business model and loss of direct contact with our educational customers. When
Kino Lorber moves forward with a streaming platform, it will enable us grow our
direct business, supply supplemental material and support easy student and
faculty access rather than disenfranchise our business and by extension, our
filmmakers.
My perspective from the world of independent film distribution.
Best,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Sheldon
Vice President
Kino Lorber, Inc.
333 W. 39th St., Suite 503
New York, NY 10018
(212) 629-6880
www.kinolorberedu.com
On Oct 25, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Bob Norris wrote:
I'd be willing to bet a buck that one of the major suppliers like Farhad
mentioned has an educational initiative by the 2014 NMM. Obviously it would not
have every program ever produced but there would be a critical mass of worthy
content. Any takers please reply off line.
On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:31 AM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote:
> From: Jessica Rosner
> Date: October 25, 2013 10:19:36 AM CDT
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video question
> Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
>
>
> Not bloody likely. It would literally be impossible for them to clear rights
> to do this, and the technology would be daunting too. Now it would be
> interesting if a school were to say subsidize membership for students in
> classes where films on these sites were going to be studied.
>
> Jessica
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Moshiri, Farhad wrote:
> A TGIF question!
>
> Do Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, etc. have an educational institutions platform in
> which the video librarians can select and purchase videos and then their
> students and faculty can access those videos through log-in based on the
> institutions’ IP addresses? This would be great if it exists or if it is
> possible at all to replace purchasing DVDs.
>
> Farhad Moshiri, MLS
>
> Audiovisual & Music Librarian
>
> University of the Incarnate Word
>
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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
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