A New Advantage for Netflix Viewers

Recently, I have read an article about  Netflix's partnership with The Weinstein Co’s (TWS), which will take off early 2013. As a daily Netflix user, this is a huge advantage, giving viewers like my self more freedom to watch our favorite movies and television shows that are under the TWC umbrella whenever we choose to. Amongst the popular shows, The Bachelorette and the movie Only God Forgives with Ryan Gosling will be a huge hit.  As a student and a future Filmmaker, I am learning that partnering up with a company like Netflix, as one form of marketing would be a great idea to reach a broader audience would help with the success of launching your potential productions. However, a main concern would be my future production getting lost in a mixture of over 50,000 other films. How easily can someone find my movie ? What does it take or how much will it cost the average film producer to have their film featured at the top of Netflix's website? Unfortunately, these questions will not be answered until I face the situation.
Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/netflix-radius-twc-ink-output-deal/

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/fox-internship-lawsuit-expands_n_1774999.html

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            The article that I read has to do with how Fox Entertainment has been sued many times. The problems have to do with Interns. For example two interns in 2010 sued Fox for "alleged violations of employment laws". Some people even sued for unpaid labor. This article caught my eye because I watch many of the films that are involved with this and never really stop and think about the problems behind it. It was good to inform myself about this because like many other people I just watch the programming and never think about what problems are hidden. As a student this really impacts me because I am now more aware of what goes on. As a future filmmaker it can impact me because I am becoming more and more aware about things and I can make sure I try to avoid these problems by learning from others mistakes. After reading the article I am starting to ask my self questions like "Could this stuff be happening in other companies not just Fox?" or "How often has this happened before?" I was shocked at how many times Fox has been sued before but keeps being sued and does not learn from their mistakes.