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History of Distribution and State of the Market

A Recent History of Distribution

Distribution is the process by which a film reaches the marketplace and is made available to its target audience. Practically speaking, distribution means selling your film to theatrical distributors, broadcast networks, DVD companies, and new-media outlets.

Today it is more difficult than ever to get distribution for your film. Why? Because there are more films on the market than ever before. Historically, it took a lot more effort to make an independent film, ...

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