Mar 28, 2006 at 04:37PM It's tempting to believe that you've 'made it' as a band if you get signed-up for a recording contract and/or distribution deal. So, what are the pitfalls? To view my opinion (and experience over 25 plus years), please click here.
Mar 10, 2006 at 05:01PM Owen Gibson, media correspondent Friday October 7, 2005 The Guardian
The extent of the personal publishing revolution has been revealed by a Guardian/ICM poll showing that a third of all young people online have launched their own blog or website. Millions of young people who have grown up with the internet and mobile phones are no longer content with the one-way traffic of traditional media and are publishing and aggregating their own content, according to the exclusive survey of those aged between 14 and 21.
Mar 7, 2006 at 06:15PM Procopy today completed the first installment of a Training Program for this iconic B2B Newspaper. A pro video shoot on Mini DV plus audio crew was required at short notice. The next stage is editing and authoring to DVD before DVD duplication and distribution to staff and associates.
Mar 7, 2006 at 04:41PM Procopy used its Zinecast platform to create a new website for the charity with audio and video downloads and a Paypal payment gateway to sell DVD and CD products. For a peek at the video clip, click here. From brief to completion and deployment took just 14 days, to meet a deadline for the television ads that are running on Channel 9. Take a look at the finished site by clicking here.
Procopy is replicating the DVDs for Variety and these will be available to coincide with the ad campaign.
pomfm :: motivateme
Feb 28, 2006 at 11:01AM Promote Media Group and Procopy prides itself on providing excellent value for money and honest service and offers our clients pricing that is hard to beat.
However we're constantly being bombarded with price matching quotes that seem too good to be true......Our maxim is always to look into these matters and find out why some prices are far below the market rate, afterall our livelihood depends on it!
Lately people have obtained DVD pricing from brokers that clearly are not manufacturing within Australia...how do we know that? Well the pricing is 40% below our bulk buy price and therefore we phone around to see what we can do to match these "great" prices.
So what is happening? Some brokers are sending the work out to Chinese and other overseas companies to obtain these prices...So "is that a problem you ask?" Well, 1, yes 1 plant in China is currently licensed for DVD manufacture and 9 in Taiwan.....(Check here if you'd like to know which one http://www.licensing.philips.com/licensees/database/licensees.html )
So you have to wonder why people would use them......Do they like supporting facilities that make the majority of their money from piracy? Do they like paying facililtes funded by black money from who knows where? do they like undermining the Australian industry that employs Australians, invests in Australia and keeps the profits in Australia? Undermining the R&D for new technologies?
As we all know sometimes the best price doesn't reflect the true cost.........
So what can you do... Well, don't just ask if your discs will be manufactured in Australia or by an "Australian Company", ask for the IFPI number of the plant that manufactures your discs....This is a registration number that can be authenticated.
Get a few quotes and see what the average price is, anything too low deserves to have more questions asked.
What are the ramifications?
1) On a National scale the industry needs to be supported in order to grow and provide a personal level of service.
2) You could be made liable for unpaid royalties - Yes, that's one of the ways these plants cut costs - they simply don't pay the required royalties...
3) The broker could be fined or banned.....
4) You may get a substandard project that doesn't work as expected.
We hope that'll you understand that while we'll do our best to match prices sometimes we simply won't, our reputation is based on honesty, reliablilty and great service.
