The Tribeca Film Institute, financed by the MacArthur Foundation, is beginning to digitize and deliver films from indie documentary, foreign, and experimental filmmakers. It will be interesting to see if this takes off or not. Hoping to launch a viable new revenue stream for a wide swath of independent films and filmmakers, the Tribeca Film Institute has unveiled Reframe, [...]

Television trade publication TVBizWire is reporting the following tidbit about YouTube: YouTube Ad Revenue Falls Short for Google WSJ Worldwide revenue from YouTube, which is likely to total about $200 million in 2008, has fallen short of Google’s expectations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt admitted some big advertisers are uncomfortable with [...]

Here is more detailed information on Washington FilmWorks, from their website: Dedicated to helping filmmakers bring their vision to the small and big screens, Washington FilmWorks (WFW) is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (6) organization that offers funding assistance to commercials, television and feature films shooting in Washington State. Offering up to a 20% return on all [...]