Some interesting developments on the film distribution front came to my attention today. First, there’s the “soft launch” of Movielink, a site brought to us by some of the big studios. Broadband and either Real or Windows Media players are required. I’m not sure that waiting (around 40 minutes) to download movies for which I have a more limited playback window (any 24 hour period within 30 days) is worth paying $3.99. That said, I should probably give it a try.

Of course, Movielink (with its pretty and Miramax-invoking logo) is only showing material from its studio partners. Enter Kevin Spacey, of all people, who coincidentally is lauching TriggerStreet, a site designed to bring an audience to films and screenplays created by people who don’t have Hollywood connections. It’s been tried before, and Spacey has no plans to produce the “winners,” though that worked to great effect on Project Greenlight. (I saw PGL on DVD, and I really liked watching a ton of episodes in one sitting. But I liked the show so much I’d think about getting HBO a la carte this season.)

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