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    Deadline: ‘The Eye Of The Storm’ To Roll Out Via Sycamore & Gravitas

    April 20th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Fred Schepisi’s ‘The Eye Of The Storm’ To Roll Out Via Sycamore-Gravitas Ventures By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 19, 2012 @ 10:45pm PDTTags: Charlotte Rampling, Fred Schepisi, Judy Davis, The Eye Of The Storm Sycamore Entertainment Group has partnered with Gravitas Ventures for the day and date theatrical and video on demand release of Fred Schepisi’sThe Eye Of The [...]

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    LA Business Journal: Film Company Lines Up Day-and-Date Launches

    April 16th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Los Angeles Business Journal Film Company Lines Up Day-and-Date Launches By Jonathan Polakoff

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    Variety: Gravitas ups Miller to acquisitions VP

    April 5th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas ups Miller to acquisitions VP Will oversee acquisitions team, day-and-date strategy at VOD distrib By VARIETY STAFF Gravitas Ventures has promoted Melanie Miller to the newly created position of vice president of acquisitions, the independent video-on-demand distributor announced. Miller oversee a five-person acquisition team charged with finding 500 films a year to release worldwide on [...]

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    IndieWire: Here’s the 6 Reasons Why You Don’t Know More About VOD Numbers

    April 4th, 2012 | Gravitas News, Industry News, News | jwilka

    Here’s the 6 Reasons Why You Don’t Know More About VOD Numbers FILMMAKER TOOLKIT APRIL 4, 2012 12:37 PM | BY ANTHONY KAUFMAN | 3 COMMENTS   Video on demand is the future. So why doesn’t anyone want to talk about it?  We all know when there’s a VOD blockbuster, like Roadside Attractions’ “Margin Call” or [...]

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  • Jon Reiss.com: 5 Do’s and Don’t’s on a Successful Video On Demand Release

    Jon Reiss.com: 5 Do’s and Don’t’s on a Successful Video On Demand Release

    March 22nd, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    5 Do’s and Don’t’s on a Successful Video On Demand Release Posted on March 22, 2012, by Jon Reiss I met with Nolan from Gravitas, who I feel is one of the companies that really gets VOD for independents, and he started saying – “filmmakers should watch out for this . . . , it [...]

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    IndieWire: You Want VOD Numbers? We Got VOD Numbers!

    March 13th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    You Want VOD Numbers? We’ve Got VOD Numbers. MARCH 12, 2012 | BY DANA HARRIS   All hail Gravitas Ventures, which has dared to do what no one else will: They’ve delivered real numbers around VOD releases. Nolan Gallagher, founder and CEO of Gravitas, will be discussing them this afternoon as part of a case study [...]

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    Deadline: Gravitas And Variance Team To Acquire 7-8 Films

    March 8th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas And Variance Team To Acquire 7-8 Films For Theatrical/VOD: SXSW By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 11:59am PSTTags: Gravitas Ventures, Variance Films Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films will jointly release seven to eight specialty titles per year theatrically in the U.S. and Canada as well as on VOD via cable, satellite, telco and online [...]

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    Multichannel News: Gravitas, Variance To Offer VOD Movies Day & Date

    March 8th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas, Variance Films To Offer VOD Movies Day And Date With Theatrical Release Companies To Distribute Seven To Eight Independent Films A Year by R. Thomas Umstead — Multichannel News, 3/8/2012 3:12:04 PM Video On Demand distributor Gravitas Ventures and film distributor Variance Films will team to acquire and co-release a number of independent films [...]

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    Variety: ‘Perfect Family’ set for spring release

    March 2nd, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    ‘Perfect Family’ set for spring release Variance Films’ family comedy stars Kathleen Turner By DAVE MCNARY Variance Films has set a spring theatrical release for Anne Renton’s dysfunctional family comedy “The Perfect Family.” Starring Kathleen Turner in her first lead onscreen role in nearly two decades, the film centers on a devout Catholic and suburban mom [...]

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    Variety: Internet VOD challenges pay TV

    February 17th, 2012 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Internet VOD challenges pay TV Number of iVOD users reached 7 million in 2011 By TODD KUSHIGEMACHI The video-on-demand market for paid rentals is currently ruled by pay TV services, but the Internet-on-demand market is growing in strength, according to the NPD Group. Pay TV VOD services hit $1.3 billion in revenue for 2011, according to [...]

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