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    IndieWire: Ted Hope’s A2E Labs End…

    May 24th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Exclusive: Ted Hope’s A2E Labs End With Vimeo, Gravitas, Tugg and More Offering Discounts, Consultations and Other Services to Participating Filmmakers  BY ALISON WILLMORE The inaugural edition of the San Francisco Film Society’s A2E: Artist to Entrepreneur labs took place during the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival and attempted to tackle head-on issues of economic sustainability [...]

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    Deadline: Will Indie Distributors Hit It Big With Paid YouTube Channels?

    May 9th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Will Indie Distributors Hit It Big With Paid YouTube Channels? By JEN YAMATO | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 1:13pm PDT Among the more interesting new paid YouTube channels of the 30 unveiled today are the ones belonging to indie film distributors leading the charge into untested digital and outside-the-box models. Cinedigm relaunched their Docurama brand in April with a [...]

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    IndieWire: Is Direct Distribution the Future for Indie Film?

    May 7th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Is Direct Distribution the Future for Indie Film? Notes From A2E at the 2013 San Francisco International Film Festival  BY ALISON WILLMORE The mood at the San Francisco International Film Festival’s inaugural A2E: Artist to Entrepreneur direct distribution labs this past weekend might have been described as buoyantly apocalyptic. The new four-day initiative kicked off on [...]

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    IndieWire: Gravitas Ventures Makes Indie Film History With 3D Acquisition of ‘Apartment 1303′

    April 18th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas Ventures Makes Indie Film History With 3D Acquisition of ‘Apartment 1303′ Michael Taverna’s film “Apartment 1303 3D” is making indie film news by becoming the first indie to play in 3D in theaters and on demand simultaneously. The thriller has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures which will first release the film via video on [...]

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    HDVideoPro: I Want My VOD

    March 29th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    I Want My VOD Gravitas Ventures wants to reinvent film distribution By Valentina I. Valentini Gravitas Ventures doesn’t tell their clients what to do; they ask them what they want. Out of last year’s 2,000 cold submissions and including the films they saw on their own from film festivals, producers and sales agents, Founder and CEO [...]

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    Variety: Millennium Entertainment, Gravitas Team on Distribution

    March 29th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Millennium Entertainment, Gravitas Team on Distribution   03.28.13 | 07:03PM PT Pact covers ‘Hell Baby,’ ‘End of Love,’ ’33 Postcards,’ ‘Hunky Dory Dave McNary Film Reporter @Variety_DMcNary Millennium Entertainment and Gravitas Ventures have formed an alliance on distribution of indie films with Gravitas handling digital distribution and Millennium on home entertainment. The pact covers Sundance comedy “Hell Baby” (pictured [...]

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    Variety: Gravitas Acquires US VOD Rights to ‘Jug Face’

    March 25th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas Acquires US VOD Rights to ‘Jug Face’   03.22.13 | 05:21PM PT Horror film won Slamdance Screenwriting Award Dave McNary Film Reporter @Variety_DMcNary Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. VOD rights to Chad Crawford Kinkle’s horror film “Jug Face.” The film is slated for a July pre-theatrical VOD premiere, followed by a national theatrical rollout. Kinkle won [...]

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    Business Rockstars: Podcast #192 – Nolan Gallagher

    March 19th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    CEO of Gravitas Ventures, Nolan Gallagher, discusses his company’s 1800% growth over the last three years and how he finds content to distribute. Also, Greg Ramfos, CEO of Roxo, talks about turning failure into success and what sells a product the most.   Podcast: Play in new window March 13 (Business Rockstars) – Nolan Gallagher, CEO of [...]

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    Variety: Gravitas scores three Slamdance films

    January 22nd, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas scores three Slamdance films Michael Urie comedy, more to get VOD release By JEFF SNEIDER Gravitas Ventures has acquired three raucous Slamdance films: Steven Feinartz’s documentary “The Bitter Buddha,” Michael Urie’s comedy “He’s Way More Famous Than You” and Peter Baxter’s documentary “Wild In the Streets.” As part of the arrangement, each film will be [...]

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    Deadline: Worldwide Consumers Spent $62.4B On Movies In 2012, Up 2.1%

    January 21st, 2013 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Worldwide Consumers Spent $62.4B On Movies In 2012, Up 2.1% By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 2:30pm ESTTags: Box Office The number includes spending at theaters and to buy and rent movies (on discs, pay TV, and digitally) in 37 countries. It’s up $1.3B vs 2011 according to the tally out today from the IHS [...]

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    The Wrap: Gravitas Takes VOD Rights to Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’

    January 17th, 2013 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas Ventures Takes VOD Rights to Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ By Lucas Shaw Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide video on demand rights to “Sound City,” Dave Grohl’s documentary about the eponymous Los Angeles recording studio. The former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters frontman, Grohl interviews legendary musicians including Neil Young, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks, [...]

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    LA Times: Sundance darlings eye alternative distribution platforms

    January 17th, 2013 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Sundance darlings eye alternative distribution platforms Today’s Sundance Film Festival hits needn’t necessarily make a splash on the big screen (although that’s nice). Video on demand, iTunes and other outlets await. By Steven Zeitchik and John Horn, Los Angeles Times January 17, 2013 Not that long ago, premiering a star-driven Sundance Film Festival movie on a video-on-demand [...]

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    Variety: Online VOD revenues grow 60% in Europe

    January 3rd, 2013 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Online VOD revenues grow 60% in Europe Coin for pay TV VOD services rises 20% By ELSA KESLASSY LES ARCS, France — Revenues from movies on video-on-demand platforms online went up 60% to an estimated Euros 310 million ($410 million) across Europe this year, with the U.K., France and Germany repping two-thirds of revenues.Revenues for movies [...]

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    Variety: Duo Fall For Love

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

    Variety: Duo Fall For Love Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films have partnered to acquire all North American rights to Mark Webber’s father-son drama “The End of Love”.

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    L.A. Business Journal Names Gravitas #3 Fastest Growing Company

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

    Gravitas Ventures named #3 on the L.A. Business Journal list of 100 Fastest Growing Companies

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