Skip Stone Pictures

 Schedule: Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 6:00pm

DISTRIBUTION

SkipStone Studios is a leading global, independent entertainment company specializing in financing and producing media through our production entity, SkipStone Pictures and distributing all media through our distribution entity, SkipStone Cinema. We have the ability to connect filmmakers and producers with consumers through multiple media platforms throughout the world. As SkipStone Pictures celebrates over 12 years in business, we’ve secured business relationships with all the major domestic platforms for SVOD, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Disney+, Apple TV, VUDU, and Hulu. TVOD, Comcast, Xfinity, Dish, Cox, and Time Warner. AVOD, Roku, Tubi, Pluto, Peacock, and Dread. And TV, Starz, HBO, Freeform, Syfy, Hallmark, and The CW.
SkipStone Studios is currently acquiring projects at every stage production. By beginning the process before your film is complete, our team is able to assist productions and lend our years of experience to every project.

You Raise the Production Money, Produce your Film, Spend Months on Post Then What?

Whether you're about to start shooting, have finished final cut, or are on the film festival circuit, there are strategies for successfully achieving Film Distribution that MOST Producers & Directors do not know.

WHAT WE DO

SkipStone Cinema, the distribution entity of SkipStone Studios, specializes in getting your film in front of the right people; both domestically and internationally. We only take select films we believe have a legitimate chance to get a distribution deal so we can focus all of our efforts on those films.
We devise a game plan with producers on which markets are best for your project. Once that is determined, we set meetings where buyers have access to your trailers, artwork, and screeners.
We also help with all of your marketing materials. This is essential and is perhaps the most often overlooked step, but most critical. Buyers are all about first impressions and that’s where we come in. Keep in mind your artwork and trailers are your calling cards that represents your film.

PROBLEM OF FILM DISTRIBUTION

There are an estimated 5,000+ independent films made every single year. Here’s the unfortunate truth: Less than 5% of all these movies end up in distribution.

WHAT IS A PRODUCER’S REP?

The primary task for a Producer’s rep is to sell to the sellers by securing a distribution deal. These deals generally fall into two categories: worldwide rights in a film, or Domestic and Foreign.

FILM PRODUCER REPRESENTATIVE

  • Producer Representation
  • Secure Distribution
  • Public Relations
  • Film Festival Advocacy
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Production Services
  • Theatrical Servicing
  • International Consultation

SOLUTION TO FILM DISTRIBUTION

The solution is that there are concrete, specific, and proven strategies to achieve good film distribution. We help unlock these key strategies through a plethora of distribution contacts we’ve made over the years.

PARTNERS AND CLIENTS

THEATRICAL

TVOD

SVOD

TV

AVOD

Breakdown

Tubi, for example, is spending $100m this year on licensing deals but now has a catalogue encompassing more than 12,000 movie titles and TV shows which it boasts is “more than double in size to Netflix.”

Comcast, meanwhile, has plans to launch an ad-supported service to a combined 52 million NBCUniversal and Sky customers in the US and UK respectively, and in January Viacom paid $340m in cash for LA-based AVOD service Pluto TV.
 

We’ve known for a while that Plex, a company best known for helping people organize their own media collection, is getting into streaming. In September, it announced that it had teamed up with Warner Bros. to deliver ad-supported content by the end of 2019, with the promise of more partnerships to come. That has now come to pass, as from today, thousands of “free movies, TV shows, extreme sports films, music documentaries, Bollywood musicals” have been unlocked inside the Plex app.

As we mentioned, Peacock is the upcoming premium video streaming service that will be run by NBCUniversal. The Comcast-owned media company announced plans to launch a streaming service a number of months ago. It will be the home for classic and recent shows from NBCUniversal’s various broadcast and cable networks, along with films from Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features. In addition, Peacock will launch a number of exclusive new TV shows and movies for the service, which will include reboots of a number of well-known properties.