Film Distribution Secrets: Revelations from an Indie Distributor

Today, I'm talking to the CEO of Deep C Digital, John Kim. over 150 clients and +700 titles and with direct deals with tubi, roku channel, peacock, etc https://deepcdigital.com/ Few people in the home entertainment industry have as wide-ranging and hands-on experience as John Kim, Founder and CEO of Deep C Digital. With 25+ years of sales and marketing experience, John has sold over 3,000 independent and major studio movies and TV shows to all the major digital, cable, and retail platforms. As Vice President of Digital Distribution at Paramount, he managed the Digital Sales Team and digital account relationships. Prior to this experience, he spent 10 years at Paramount and Disney managing over $1 Billion dollars of DVD/Blu-ray catalog business. Before entering the home entertainment industry, he served as a Brand Manager at Nabisco and a Marketing Director at Mattel. This is is his website. https://www.deepcdigital.com/ If podcasts are more your thing, I repost these on FILMMAKERS ON WITH J. Horton where ever it is you listen to your podcasts. 🔴 My Link Tree. https://linktr.ee/zapruderflix 🔴 Check out my Patreon for more tips and help.   / jhorton   🔴 My Facebook Page -   / thejhortonpage   🔴 Sign up for my mailing list on my website https://www.thejhorton.com/ 🔴This is my IMDB. There are many like it but this one is mine. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1862032/ 🔴 Here's my podcast https://filmmakerson.buzzsprout.com 🔴My Documentary Company's Youtube Page - ZapruderFlix    / channel   🔴 I run a great facebook group all about Distribution and Marketing   / thejhorton   🔴 Just created a new reddit Community for Filmmakers on Amazon Prime.   / filmmakersonamazonp   🔴This is my company pinterest page.   / zapruderflix   🔴IF YOU DO WANT TO GIVE FILMHUB A TRY https://app.filmhub.com/owner/signup?... ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @thejhorton Instagram - @thejhorton 0:00 Who Dat 0:30 are you a sales agent 3:10 how long have you been selling movies 5:00 nothing like working for yourself 6:00 market shifting from physical sales to streaming 10:49 what do you do 12:55 filmmakers attitude towards AVOD 18:00 the business of AVOD 19:38 importance of name talent 25:18 what is CPM 34:37 windowing in indie film 38:57 John on Prime Video Direct Amazon 41:36 Getting onto Tubi Tv 42:46 IMDbTV 44:01 importance of IMDB in marketing 47:37 importance of a fresh title 49:40 how to pick a distributor 52:50 Amazon Pennies v MDbTv Dollars Film Distribution Secrets: Revelations from an Indie Distributor #filmdistribution #filmmarketing #thejhorton