NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Vimeo
opened the preview phase of its upcoming pay-to-view service with
the release of six movies. This slate of films—handpicked by the
Vimeo staff— illustrates Vimeo's flexible suite of features for
creators to sell their films directly to their audiences worldwide
with control over pricing, viewing periods, release geography and
bonus content features.
Viewers that buy access to pay-to-view movies will find them
automatically downloaded to their "Watch Later" list so they can
access the films immediately on any device — including smart
phones, tablets, popular connected TVs with Vimeo's apps and many
others.
The movies cover a range of topics, from Javier Bardem's passion
project Sons of the Clouds addressing human rights in the
Western Sahara, to an exploration
of the trials and tribulations of the creative process through the
eyes of artist Wayne White in
Beauty is Embarrassing. In addition to empowering both
established and emerging creators, Vimeo's pay-to-view service
promises to bring even more unique, quality content to Vimeo's 85
million monthly viewers.
"Our goal is to provide an open and flexible platform that
allows all creators and content owners to earn revenue directly
from their audiences," said Vimeo CEO, Kerry Trainor. "We're really excited to
offer this selection of high quality movies in our preview, and we
look forward to working with creators worldwide whose stories have
a clear home on Vimeo."
The pay-to-view service is one of two different monetization
options that Vimeo announced for video creators in September. Tip
Jar, available now, empowers video creators to crowdsource revenue
directly from their viewers for completed works. Vimeo will
release the open pay-to-view service to all Vimeo PRO members in
early 2013.
The full list of movies includes:
- Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
- Compelling documentary that brings to light the political and
human rights issues facing the people of the Western Sahara.
- Director: Alvaro
Longoria
- Price: $5.00
- Access period: 1 week
- Availability: US & Canada
- We Are Legion: The Story of Hacktivists
- Documentary that takes us inside the complex culture and
history of Anonymous.
- Director: Brian
Knappenberger
- Price: $4.99
- Access Period: 48 hours
- Availability: US
- Beauty is Embarrassing
- A funny, irreverent, joyful and inspiring documentary featuring
the life and current times of one of America's most important
artists, Wayne White.
- Director: Neil
Berkeley
- Price: $5.00
- Access Period: 1 week
- Availability: Worldwide
- Sunny
- Action sports film featuring Tom
Wallisch and Parker White
(among others) skiing on both mountains and in urban areas in
places like the dark northern landscapes of Scandinavia,
Alaska, Japan and British
Columbia.
- Director: Josh Berman/
Level 1 Productions
- Price: $5.00
- Access Period: 30 days
- Availability: Worldwide
- Jeremy Jones' Further
- Explores some of the world's most remote mountain terrain
while continuing Jones' mission to camp deep in the backcountry and
on the summits of unridden lines to access nearly vertical spines
and wide-open powder fields.
- Director: Teton Gravity Research
- Price: $9.00
- Access Period: Two months
- Availability: Worldwide
- Shut Up and Play the Hits
- Captures both the once-in-a-lifetime event of LCD Soundsystem's
last concert and serves as an intimate portrait of front man
James Murphy as he navigates the 48
hours surrounding the show.
- Director: Will Lovelace,
Dylan Southern
- Price: $6.99 in UK
- Terms: 72 hour access
- Availability: UK
For more information about Vimeo's new pay-to-view service and
how to view the movies, please visit vimeo.com/movies. To
view the launch video or the blog post, please visit,
https://vimeo.com/53099696 and https://vimeo.com/blog/post:532.
About Vimeo
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