Streaming and Downloading

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Thomas Phillips Streaming and Downloading Streaming Another form of getting the film out to the public is streaming. As the internet gets more advanced so does free streaming services, this can be bad for a film as they won’t make any profits from it and any amount of people can search for the film on the internet and then watch it whenever they want with no cost. This does help publicise the film, as more people will find out about the film, however if they know what to search for and know what sites to go onto they can easily find out about the film and watch it for free. There are other types of streaming where you’ll have to pay, like Amazon, Love Film and Netflix, they all have options where if you pay a certain amount of money you can stream the video on devises which have an app which allows you to stream the videos you purchase from their sites any time you want, but with this they sometimes are only available for a limited time. With Amazon once you have purchased to rent the film you will be able to watch it for a certain amount of time, this way you only have spend a little bit of money to help the film and also get to watch the film as much as you want in the time you have rented it for. Downloading Downloading films is can help a film as it gets it out for more people to see and also gets a profit in some cases. The Descent can be downloaded from a massive amount of pirate websites for free, and this is very bad for the company as once it’s downloaded anyone can make a copy of it and then distribute it to whoever they like at a cheaper price but be making profit from something they didn’t do. Amazon have an option for The Descent to buy The Descent which will lead to a download where you’ll have it to watch at any time for as long as you want. It is at a much higher price than renting it, this will help

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Thomas Phillips

Streaming and Downloading

StreamingAnother form of getting the film out to the public is streaming. As the internet gets more advanced so does free streaming services, this can be bad for a film as they won’t make any profits from it and any amount of people can search for the film on the internet and then watch it whenever they want with no cost. This does help publicise the film, as more people will find out about the film, however if they know what to search for and know what sites to go onto they can easily find out about the film and watch it for free. There are other types of streaming where you’ll have to pay, like Amazon, Love Film and Netflix, they all have options where if you pay a certain amount of money you can stream the video on devises which have an app which allows you to stream the videos you purchase from their sites any time you want, but with this they sometimes are only available for a limited time. With Amazon once you have purchased to rent the film you will be able to watch it for a certain amount of time, this way you only have spend a little bit of money to help the film and also get to watch the film as much as you want in the time you have rented it for.

DownloadingDownloading films is can help a film as it gets it out for more people to see and also gets a profit in some cases. The Descent can be downloaded from a massive amount of pirate websites for free, and this is very bad for the company as once it’s downloaded anyone can make a copy of it and then distribute it to whoever they like at a cheaper price but be making profit from something they didn’t do. Amazon have an option for The Descent to buy The Descent which will lead to a download where you’ll have it to watch at any time for as long as you want. It is at a much higher price than renting it, this will help the film a lot more than anything as it’s easier to obtain and doesn’t require people to go out and find a hard copy of the film.