Tag: SUNDANCE

I am a closet indie film fan, in fact, I have always wished I could visit some sort of film festival, but never had the chance thus far. Now, the film festival comes to me (and you) via iTunes. The Sundance Film Festival, probably one of the most widely-known, is going to be selling some of its films on iTunes. Indie filmmakers will get the bulk of the $1.99 price for their films, with the rest of ...

Sundance is working with Google Video to make 18 feature films available for sale and rent on the Google Video service. The reported charge for the movies will be $3.99 for a 24hr viewing pass, or $9.99 purchase price for the films. Sundance currently does have a Google Video area in which they make Original Series, Films and Documentaries available for viewing. The Sundance Channel is the ...

The LA Times is reporting on an anti-spam company that has used Bayesian filtering to predict, with 81% accuracy, which films at the Sundance Film Festival will financial successes. The company's enginneers realized that "determining whether a movie is good or bad could be similar to determining whether e-mail is spam or not" and used the last 10 years of the festival to determine the ...