AEBN vs HotMovies

[GonZo]

Originally Posted by Servhot

Well Jim, it's not a long story. I have talked to AEBN in their early days a lot and (forgot his name) talked a lot with the CEO how to get into the German Market. I have told him close to anything which you have to know to establish your business here within this market as you have to follow some rules etc and as I am in this biz since 94 I know a bit of it and some people either. It was also said that we will look how to work closer together when they will drop in, but then nothing happens and a few weeks or month later this "partner-ship" or job was done with somebody else. Without any word in upfront but with the background and some contacts. In my point of view, maybe not the gentle method to run a biz. Just my 2cents

Who are they partnered with instead of you?

[James_HotMovies]

We have many studios that are kicking themselves in the ass for not signing up sooner. We work hard, market hard, play hard

If you have any specific questions about Hotmovies let me know.

[Servhot]

Originally Posted by James_HotMovies

We have many studios that are kicking themselves in the ass for not signing up sooner. We work hard, market hard, play hard

If you have any specific questions about Hotmovies let me know.

I know many, many studios kicking themself into the ass for having signed up as they have killed there DVD Shop sales with it

[James_HotMovies]

It's a natural progression. It's easier, faster, and has more selection then the video store.

If people don't find your titles on hotmovies they'll watch something else.

We never trap people into contracts, if they want to pull their titles, they can pull them.

Are you still upset that DVD sales are killing your VHS sales?

[Servhot]

Originally Posted by James_HotMovies

We never trap people into contracts, ..?

20% was your payout, wasn't it?

[James_HotMovies]

Originally Posted by Servhot

20% was your payout, wasn't it?

20% for studios, 25% for webmasters.

You can be a studio and a webmaster.

We work hard to make sure it's worth it for the studios and webmasters.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by James_HotMovies

It's a natural progression. It's easier, faster, and has more selection then the video store.

It is the natural progression. Netflix seems to have hurt the non-adult dvd market. And now, even they are offering movie viewing online. I saw the CEO of Netflix a few weeks ago say in the not too distant future, they will not be shipping any dvds at all.

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by James_HotMovies

If you have any specific questions about Hotmovies let me know.

Hi James, I do have a couple of questions regarding your company.

1- How do you deal with non-US producers and 2257 issues? I would be breaking privacy laws here if I were inclined to send you copies of my model's id.

2- In your company's contract, there seems to be special attention paid to whether titles are exclusive or non.

IS THIS AN EXCLUSIVE OR NON-EXCLUSIVE SUBMISSION (DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE PERMISSION FROM YOU TO AIR THIS VIDEO?) SEE Terms and Conditions for Video Submissions, Section 9 BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION.

However, section 9 seems to be about waivers and be unrelated to exclusivity.

Can you please explain the issue?

thanks in advance!