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Cool. I am going to share the link. Thanks for finding the info for us.
@Oliver any chance of ECF purchasing bulk copies of the blu ray to sell to us?
here is the latest email. Many of you likely already have seen this
It's been a busy couple months preparing for the final release of A Billion Lives around the world on various broadcast, streaming, and Blu-Ray platforms.
Our new broadcast distribution partner, Principal Media, has been discussing TV broadcasts of A Billion Lives with HBO, AMC, MBC (Middle East), YLC (Finland), MediaLaan, RTL, ProSieben (Germany), Telefilms (Argentina), Bell Media, and Turner.
The international interest in our movie from large networks is largely due to your work in helping spread the word via social media, as well as our spectacular international premieres over the past six months.
Momentum, while slow, is building and we are gaining the public's attention.
Thanks for being patient.
The Plan
This has definitely been a learning experience for us. Rarely has a film with this level of support and vital message been so ignored by the media and Hollywood establishment. Sadly, that means we've had to do a lot of unexpected work with distribution.
We've been pushing as hard as we can to get the word out using mainstream channels and it is working. It's also taking a bit more time than expected. The ability to put it on TV was a pleasant surprise.
Here's the plan going forward.
Theaters
We're wrapping up the theatrical release in English-speaking countries. However, I still believe that bringing people from other countries together to see the movie in a public forum is vital to getting new people to hear the message.
Last week in Copenhagen, I got to visit with officials from the Health Ministry and Safety Ministry after they watched the movie. There were tons of other members of the public there as well. It was powerful for them to witness the groans, laughs, and standing ovation.
We are getting close to launching the movie in theaters in Germany, Austria, France, and maybe other countries. We've gotten commitments to show the movie in Germany & Austria at least 10 times to allow local groups to invite media and politicians.
All countries that currently have the movie in theaters (US, Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) will continue to have the opportunity to use Demand.Film (International) or Tugg (US) to host theater screenings for years.
TV
Our new broadcast distribution partner is working to get the movie on TV, where it will be seen by people not currently introduced to the #ABillionLives debate.
We just finished preparing an international version of the movie (no English) and it is ready for one network that has already signed a deal to show the movie 15 times! As mentioned above, more deals are potentially in the works.
The downside of this, is that we will delay the digital release in countries/languages where it is on TV. We think it's worth it.
Digital Streaming
In countries where the movie will not air on TV (most of them), we plan one last publicity stunt to get attention by becoming the #1 movie on iTunes on our release day.
This is very possible with the level of support behind us.
After a succesfull iTunes launch, we'll also have it available on other platforms (Amazon, Google Play, etc.).
Digital streaming is our best chance to make money and fund a follow-up film, so we are eager to begin as soon as possible. The only reason we've held off is to build more public awareness of the message and honor our commitments to theaters.
Reaching the public is job #1.
Blu-Ray
In addition to a digital release, we plan on selling a limited edition Blu-Ray disk with special content (potentially a deleted chapter featuring Stanton Glantz).
We've been working on it and we're ready to start taking bulk pre-orders. We don't have the manpower to sell individual copies initially, so we'll rely on authorized groups or companies to buy the movie at bulk prices and help distribute it on their own websites or stores.
In order to reward our strongest supporters and help us get better pricing on disk creation, we'll be prioritizing the largest orders first. Please reply to this email if you are interested.
Any company or group that cares about our message is welcome.
Final Notes
In addition to all the distribution work (and my job at Attention Era Media), I continue to be active in working with groups to meet with and educate government leaders and the media.
We are fully aware of the battles going on right now and we are helping as much as possible with our limited resources and small staff.
We think a follow up film using our new network, expertise, and supportive community would be able to put away these liars for good.
But to do this (without taking money from outside organizations to make the movie), we need to be smart.
Thanks for sticking with us. I appreciate you.
Talk soon,
- Aaron Biebert
here is the latest email. Many of you likely already have seen this
It's been a busy couple months preparing for the final release of A Billion Lives around the world on various broadcast, streaming, and Blu-Ray platforms.
Our new broadcast distribution partner, Principal Media, has been discussing TV broadcasts of A Billion Lives with HBO, AMC, MBC (Middle East), YLC (Finland), MediaLaan, RTL, ProSieben (Germany), Telefilms (Argentina), Bell Media, and Turner.
The international interest in our movie from large networks is largely due to your work in helping spread the word via social media, as well as our spectacular international premieres over the past six months.
Momentum, while slow, is building and we are gaining the public's attention.
Thanks for being patient.
The Plan
This has definitely been a learning experience for us. Rarely has a film with this level of support and vital message been so ignored by the media and Hollywood establishment. Sadly, that means we've had to do a lot of unexpected work with distribution.
We've been pushing as hard as we can to get the word out using mainstream channels and it is working. It's also taking a bit more time than expected. The ability to put it on TV was a pleasant surprise.
Here's the plan going forward.
Theaters
We're wrapping up the theatrical release in English-speaking countries. However, I still believe that bringing people from other countries together to see the movie in a public forum is vital to getting new people to hear the message.
Last week in Copenhagen, I got to visit with officials from the Health Ministry and Safety Ministry after they watched the movie. There were tons of other members of the public there as well. It was powerful for them to witness the groans, laughs, and standing ovation.
We are getting close to launching the movie in theaters in Germany, Austria, France, and maybe other countries. We've gotten commitments to show the movie in Germany & Austria at least 10 times to allow local groups to invite media and politicians.
All countries that currently have the movie in theaters (US, Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) will continue to have the opportunity to use Demand.Film (International) or Tugg (US) to host theater screenings for years.
TV
Our new broadcast distribution partner is working to get the movie on TV, where it will be seen by people not currently introduced to the #ABillionLives debate.
We just finished preparing an international version of the movie (no English) and it is ready for one network that has already signed a deal to show the movie 15 times! As mentioned above, more deals are potentially in the works.
The downside of this, is that we will delay the digital release in countries/languages where it is on TV. We think it's worth it.
Digital Streaming
In countries where the movie will not air on TV (most of them), we plan one last publicity stunt to get attention by becoming the #1 movie on iTunes on our release day.
This is very possible with the level of support behind us.
After a succesfull iTunes launch, we'll also have it available on other platforms (Amazon, Google Play, etc.).
Digital streaming is our best chance to make money and fund a follow-up film, so we are eager to begin as soon as possible. The only reason we've held off is to build more public awareness of the message and honor our commitments to theaters.
Reaching the public is job #1.
Blu-Ray
In addition to a digital release, we plan on selling a limited edition Blu-Ray disk with special content (potentially a deleted chapter featuring Stanton Glantz).
We've been working on it and we're ready to start taking bulk pre-orders. We don't have the manpower to sell individual copies initially, so we'll rely on authorized groups or companies to buy the movie at bulk prices and help distribute it on their own websites or stores.
In order to reward our strongest supporters and help us get better pricing on disk creation, we'll be prioritizing the largest orders first. Please reply to this email if you are interested.
Any company or group that cares about our message is welcome.
Final Notes
In addition to all the distribution work (and my job at Attention Era Media), I continue to be active in working with groups to meet with and educate government leaders and the media.
We are fully aware of the battles going on right now and we are helping as much as possible with our limited resources and small staff.
We think a follow up film using our new network, expertise, and supportive community would be able to put away these liars for good.
But to do this (without taking money from outside organizations to make the movie), we need to be smart.
Thanks for sticking with us. I appreciate you.
Talk soon,
- Aaron Biebert
Oh, awesome! I'll ask the vaping.com team if they can make a purchase....
Thanks for the head's up
Thanks for the head's up
@Oliver any chance of ECF purchasing bulk copies of the blu ray to sell to us?
here is the latest email. Many of you likely already have seen this
It's been a busy couple months preparing for the final release of A Billion Lives around the world on various broadcast, streaming, and Blu-Ray platforms.
Our new broadcast distribution partner, Principal Media, has been discussing TV broadcasts of A Billion Lives with HBO, AMC, MBC (Middle East), YLC (Finland), MediaLaan, RTL, ProSieben (Germany), Telefilms (Argentina), Bell Media, and Turner.
The international interest in our movie from large networks is largely due to your work in helping spread the word via social media, as well as our spectacular international premieres over the past six months.
Momentum, while slow, is building and we are gaining the public's attention.
Thanks for being patient.
The Plan
This has definitely been a learning experience for us. Rarely has a film with this level of support and vital message been so ignored by the media and Hollywood establishment. Sadly, that means we've had to do a lot of unexpected work with distribution.
We've been pushing as hard as we can to get the word out using mainstream channels and it is working. It's also taking a bit more time than expected. The ability to put it on TV was a pleasant surprise.
Here's the plan going forward.
Theaters
We're wrapping up the theatrical release in English-speaking countries. However, I still believe that bringing people from other countries together to see the movie in a public forum is vital to getting new people to hear the message.
Last week in Copenhagen, I got to visit with officials from the Health Ministry and Safety Ministry after they watched the movie. There were tons of other members of the public there as well. It was powerful for them to witness the groans, laughs, and standing ovation.
We are getting close to launching the movie in theaters in Germany, Austria, France, and maybe other countries. We've gotten commitments to show the movie in Germany & Austria at least 10 times to allow local groups to invite media and politicians.
All countries that currently have the movie in theaters (US, Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) will continue to have the opportunity to use Demand.Film (International) or Tugg (US) to host theater screenings for years.
TV
Our new broadcast distribution partner is working to get the movie on TV, where it will be seen by people not currently introduced to the #ABillionLives debate.
We just finished preparing an international version of the movie (no English) and it is ready for one network that has already signed a deal to show the movie 15 times! As mentioned above, more deals are potentially in the works.
The downside of this, is that we will delay the digital release in countries/languages where it is on TV. We think it's worth it.
Digital Streaming
In countries where the movie will not air on TV (most of them), we plan one last publicity stunt to get attention by becoming the #1 movie on iTunes on our release day.
This is very possible with the level of support behind us.
After a succesfull iTunes launch, we'll also have it available on other platforms (Amazon, Google Play, etc.).
Digital streaming is our best chance to make money and fund a follow-up film, so we are eager to begin as soon as possible. The only reason we've held off is to build more public awareness of the message and honor our commitments to theaters.
Reaching the public is job #1.
Blu-Ray
In addition to a digital release, we plan on selling a limited edition Blu-Ray disk with special content (potentially a deleted chapter featuring Stanton Glantz).
We've been working on it and we're ready to start taking bulk pre-orders. We don't have the manpower to sell individual copies initially, so we'll rely on authorized groups or companies to buy the movie at bulk prices and help distribute it on their own websites or stores.
In order to reward our strongest supporters and help us get better pricing on disk creation, we'll be prioritizing the largest orders first. Please reply to this email if you are interested.
Any company or group that cares about our message is welcome.
Final Notes
In addition to all the distribution work (and my job at Attention Era Media), I continue to be active in working with groups to meet with and educate government leaders and the media.
We are fully aware of the battles going on right now and we are helping as much as possible with our limited resources and small staff.
We think a follow up film using our new network, expertise, and supportive community would be able to put away these liars for good.
But to do this (without taking money from outside organizations to make the movie), we need to be smart.
Thanks for sticking with us. I appreciate you.
Talk soon,
- Aaron Biebert
I have been waiting and waiting and waiting to watch this movie. Hopefully someday it will be available to stream on Netflix. I would love to own my own copy of the movie but I see that they plan on offering it on blu-ray and since I don't have a blu-ray player and won't buy one just to watch this movie, so that option is out.
It would be nice if they would change their minds and offer it on DVD since a DVD can play on both a DVD player or a blu-ray player but a blu-ray has to have a blu-ray player. Oh well, thus is life.
It would be nice if they would change their minds and offer it on DVD since a DVD can play on both a DVD player or a blu-ray player but a blu-ray has to have a blu-ray player. Oh well, thus is life.
You could buy it on iTunes and watch it on the computer or phoneI have been waiting and waiting and waiting to watch this movie. Hopefully someday it will be available to stream on Netflix. I would love to own my own copy of the movie but I see that they plan on offering it on blu-ray and since I don't have a blu-ray player and won't buy one just to watch this movie, so that option is out.
It would be nice if they would change their minds and offer it on DVD since a DVD can play on both a DVD player or a blu-ray player but a blu-ray has to have a blu-ray player. Oh well, thus is life.
Kewl! thanks!! Let us know if they do and if we can buy it from them.Oh, awesome! I'll ask the vaping.com team if they can make a purchase....
Thanks for the head's up
me too Mattie! I wanna see it so bad. Haven't been able to get to any of the showings within an hour of me. (long way to walk) lol I'll have to check I think my son has a blu ray player, but yeah it would be nice if they'd do both. I hate watching something on the puter, but would do the Itunes for this if I have to, cuz I really wanna see it.I have been waiting and waiting and waiting to watch this movie. Hopefully someday it will be available to stream on Netflix. I would love to own my own copy of the movie but I see that they plan on offering it on blu-ray and since I don't have a blu-ray player and won't buy one just to watch this movie, so that option is out.
It would be nice if they would change their minds and offer it on DVD since a DVD can play on both a DVD player or a blu-ray player but a blu-ray has to have a blu-ray player. Oh well, thus is life.
Some YT videos I can pull up on the computer then it has a symbol to click to transfer it to the TV. Does anyone know if I bought it from Itunes if I could do it that way?
What's the Android version of ITunes? Will it be on that also?
I got busy in life and went from BetaMax to Kindle... My apples are in my refrigerator.
I got busy in life and went from BetaMax to Kindle... My apples are in my refrigerator.
How about sending one to Congress, the Senate, HHS, the Surgeon General and the White House? If we're going to save the industry and lives, that's where it will do the most good. The deeming and the beurocratic B.S. have to change or it won't matter what format it's in. As I'm sure you've all witnessed first hand, our pleas go ignored, letters and articles are disregarded and the ANTZ march on. It's becoming more and more clear that in countries where big tobacco and big pharma have the government in their pocket, vaping will be squashed and nicotine will be outlawed save for the "government approved NRTs". Don't know if you've seen this: Australian medicines regulator intends to continue to protect the cigarette trade – we challenge its bizarre reasoning « The counterfactual - but note the comments and buckle up because I believe this is where the U.S. is headed too if things don't change. So how about it Arron? Do you really want to make a difference? Send a dozen copies to the people who can actually make a difference. Of course there's no guarantee they will actually watch it. 
Sorry to be a negative Nellie, Deb but reality is really starting to set in. I see it locally. I see it nationally and the hand writing is on the wall. When was the last time you heard from CASSA or any other advocacy group? When was the last time you heard about ABL, other than from Arron? When was the last time you heard a positive spin on vaping other than here or other boards? The Surgeon General comes out with a press release bashing vaping and there's not a single rebuttal. The ANTZ relentlessly spew their venomous lies and none but a few of us responds. I'm not throwing in the towel but it's going to take A LOT MORE focused, concentrated effort to turn things around than us supporting a film. Remember, I was one of the first to be all "Gung Ho" about ABL but if it's not getting to the people that can actually absorb the information AND do something about the core issue, it will become a novelty in thousands of vaper's video libraries and that's about it.
My apologies once again for ranting on. EVERYONE needs to keep fighting the good fight!!!
Vapers Unite!
Von Vape
Sorry to be a negative Nellie, Deb but reality is really starting to set in. I see it locally. I see it nationally and the hand writing is on the wall. When was the last time you heard from CASSA or any other advocacy group? When was the last time you heard about ABL, other than from Arron? When was the last time you heard a positive spin on vaping other than here or other boards? The Surgeon General comes out with a press release bashing vaping and there's not a single rebuttal. The ANTZ relentlessly spew their venomous lies and none but a few of us responds. I'm not throwing in the towel but it's going to take A LOT MORE focused, concentrated effort to turn things around than us supporting a film. Remember, I was one of the first to be all "Gung Ho" about ABL but if it's not getting to the people that can actually absorb the information AND do something about the core issue, it will become a novelty in thousands of vaper's video libraries and that's about it.
My apologies once again for ranting on. EVERYONE needs to keep fighting the good fight!!!
Vapers Unite!
Von Vape
I had forgotten Itunes was an apple thing. I've only used it when I bought music for our church when we didn't have musicians. We'd play it on an Ipod nano hooked into the speakers at church.
I hear ya darlin. I feel the same way, but as ya said, can't give up til it's over, and of course I do really wanna see the film. Aaron has done screenings for members of congress though, so I will give him that. They came and watched it. Hopefully that can be done some more as well. That way ya know they see it and which ones care enough to come and watch it. Didn't do much good apparently, they only care if it's personal to them, or will further their career. FDA, BP etc only care if there is money it for em. We all know that. The almighty dollar has been far more important than the health and welfare of people in this country for a very long time! Damn shame. Good to see you though........have missed ya! Hope you and the Mrs are doin well.
From their facebook feed:
Proud to announce that #ABillionLives is now available on Android, Apple, Roku, tvOS, Amazon, Chromecast, VHX & any device with internet...anywhere in the world. Now it's up to you to decide how far our message flies.
A Billion Lives
Available on Amazon Video here in the states. I have Prime (and Netflix, and PS Vue + HBO/SHO) so I hate spending on rentals but I will probably rent this later this week to support it.
Proud to announce that #ABillionLives is now available on Android, Apple, Roku, tvOS, Amazon, Chromecast, VHX & any device with internet...anywhere in the world. Now it's up to you to decide how far our message flies.
A Billion Lives
Available on Amazon Video here in the states. I have Prime (and Netflix, and PS Vue + HBO/SHO) so I hate spending on rentals but I will probably rent this later this week to support it.
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