Thursday, 9 December 2010

Film 4 Distribution continued

Tessa Rosa

Trivia
In May 2009 was named by 'Time' magazine as one of the hundred most influential people in the world.
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Broadcasting. She is the Controller of Film and Drama at Channel 4.


  • Needs to boost annual investment through third party partnerships.
  • Will no longer distribute it's own films.
  • Ross secured a budget of £8-10 million to £15 million
  • They make between 6-8 films a year
  • set up a low budget studio with the council and distributors optimum, warpx (digital production house)
  • Working across TV and films, also allows economies of scale and cross fertilisation. 
  • lots of Film 4's money is from advertising.
  • Ross See's Film 4 as part of a wider creative community with, for example 'working title, the BBC and BBC films'.
  • Partnerships with distribution companies.
  • Warp X - a film 4 / UK film council project with the Sheffield based indie warp- that can finance three low budget films a year.

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