iTunes, Netflix Watch Instantly, Hulu, Amazon:

The only cost involved with DiGi Distribution is the $35 (It is now free to submit your film for possible acquisition). This money is use to process your submission and acceptance of our TOS via PayPal. If your film is accepted, we will request all the deliverables, DiGi Distribution will pay all the fees for encoding, quality control and any other fees that will occur…

We have two locations. Films that are in the beginning process of approval will go to:

ATTN: Chris Boss
718 i Street
Reedley Ca. 93654
United States

Approved films looking for DVD distribution will go to our DVD Department:

ATTN: Jeff Berry
100 Universal City Plaza, Bungalow 5183
Universal City, CA 91506
United States

If you send any material to Jeff Berry (DiGi Distribution’s President) without prior consent, your film will no longer be considered for distribution. This location is ONLY for approved films.

Yes. Advertising a film has many different variables. A film must have a website and trailer that is approved by our team. (We can build your site for you, click HERE to view more) All genres have different markets, so we evaluate many different things for your marketing campaign. We normally start with a small budget ranging from $100 to $1000, and we test the movies analytics from to ad click to the sale. We crunch many different numbers to evaluate a larger “In/Out” campaign, or shift focus to branding the film. Many companies deduct their marketing expenses from the revenue, we do not. We will spend more and more, if it keeps making a profit. This is why DiGi Distribution owning 30% is a good thing, we want to make money too.

YITunes and Amazon generally send your sales information and money within 60 days after the end of the month in which the sale took place.

DiGi Distribution offers 24-hour access to your sales stats. No more waiting on old-model distributors for reports! You will be able to log into sales.digidistribution.com to see the latest sales that have been reported to us by the stores. We now pay everyone monthly, within 10 business days of every collection. You may choose to receive your funds via Paypal (it’s fast!) or good old fashioned check.

On a $9.99 sale, iTunes pays DiGi Distribution $6.99 – We pay you $4.89 for the single sale. There is no additional fees, no marketing costs, there will be no surprises. We give you 70% of what we collect from iTunes.

Hulu collects advertising revenue based on the number of ads viewed while watching your movie, then pays us 50% of what they collect. If Hulu pays us $10.00 you get $7.00.

Amazon does a 50/50 split. Again, we give you 70% of what we collect.

Unlike iTunes and Amazon VOD, Netflix’s Watch Instantly service does not pay “per turn.” Instead, they pay a license fee for your film’s Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) rights — usually for one or two years. So, Netflix can stream your film to their subscribers as often as they wish during the term of your agreement, in exchange for the license fee Netflix pays for that term.

Each outlet cuts its own deal, so splits vary from cable operator to cable operator. Also, the elements of each film sometimes dictate better terms. As an average, you’ll see close to 50%.

• For delivering your FEATURE in SD on tape, we only accept Digibeta tapes.
• You may deliver your TRAILER either on a Digibeta or as a file on a CD.
• OR, you may now deliver your feature and trailer as Pro-Res files on a hard drive:

• File: Pro Res 422 HQ
• 720 × 480 – aspect defined 16:9 = 853 × 480 / 4:3 = 640 × 480
• Native Frame Rate
• Film: 23.98
• Video: 29.97i
• Audio: PCM Little Endian
• Ch. 1 left, Ch. 2 right – Each audio channel needs to be its own track

• File: Pro Res 422 HQ
• 1920 × 1080
• Native Frame Rate
• Film: 23.98
• Video:29.97i
• Audio: Must have 8 channels of audio
• 5.1 – L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs / PCM Little Endian / Each audio channel needs to be its own track
• Ch. 7 stereo left, Ch. 8 stereo right / PCM Little Endian / Each audio channel needs to be its own track

Artwork can be a JPEG or TIFF. The images must be 800 × 1200 pixels.

Artwork may NOT include: credit blocks, email addresses, URLs, product tagging, or any other contact information or any pricing information.

For Amazon VOD, you need only provide a standard play-DVD (no data disks or Blue-Rays). This is because Amazon will down-res to DVD quality, so we discourage the expense and risk of creating and delivering other sources.

Amazon VOD: Yes

iTunes: No

Hulu: No

Netflix Watch Instantly: No

Cable/Satellite/Telco VOD: No

Our track record is extremely good for getting film and TV content onto iTunes. We have great relationships with all the platforms, but some are more picky than others.

Start by submitting your film’s information by clicking the submit button on DiGi Distribution’s homepage we’ll let you know within two or three weeks. Then, once your film is accepted, you can begin the deliverables process.

ITunes pricing is based on date completed (new release vs. library) and whether your film is HD or SD. There are 4 price tiers, and you may choose which you think gives your film it’s best chance. You may change price tiers after your film is live. Just notify us of the change and it’ll be active in a few days.

Amazon allows you to set your retail prices.

Netflix Watch Instantly is a subscription service, and so has no pricing for individual films.

Cable/Satellite/Telco VOD pricing is set by the operator.

While there are some rare exceptions, your film must:

• Be no racier than an MPAA R rating (if you don’t have an actual rating, you know what an R means)
• Be longer than 60 minutes
• Be available on a high-resolution master (like DigiBeta) or as a Pro Res 422 HQ file (SD can be transferred via FTP).
• Have a trailer in the same aspect ratio as your master
• Have poster art available as a .jpeg or .tiff file without a credit block, URL, or pricing info on it
• Have some bragging rights (e.g. festival selection, awards, stars, name producers/directors, good reviews, timely subject matter)

Your film must NOT

• Be pornographic
• Be waiting to clear any licenses (music or any other)
• Be a home movie
• Be an instructional video

Not yet, but we hope to be able to soon.

On average it takes about 90 days, if you have absolutely no QC issues. Most of this time occurs with the encoders, in the QC process. Once iTunes has your approved materials, the process moves very quickly. Please remember, DiGi Distribution does not have control over when your film goes live — but this is an average.

Unfortunately there is no easy way to make changes to a film once you have delivered. We distribute your film immediately to the iTunes encoders for delivery and therefore cannot make changes to the delivered film.

So, be very careful that your information is correct!

If your film has been live on iTunes for at least twelve months then just contact us and we will process a takedown for you. For films that have not been live for at least twelve months there is an early takedown fee of $95.

Yes! Our aggregator is in discussions to add several more outlets soon. You will be able to submit your film to additional stores.

Yes! We have a very simple affiliate program. If you refer a film that gets approved, you will receive $100.00 Click HERE for more info.

Yes, we are always adding to this list to help filmmakers get from funding to distribution, we currently have a professional successful investor contract that has actually got this company where it is today. Go to the Investor Contract Investor Contract page for more info

We use a very talented person Tejinder Singh, if you are interested in his services please go to Go to the Creative Mind Technology