...from: http://blog.nfb.ca/2010/01/21/online-video-stats/
Canada's National Film Board (NFB) has been on the web for quite some time and for the past little while has been making their films viewable on the web. The NFB also posts stats on which and when their movies are being viewed. Here's a sample:
The 10 most popular films on the site this year (Note the running times for each film). A Sunday at 105, (13:20) 155,183 views The Cat Came Back, (7:41) 87,735 Carts of Darkness, (59:34) 82,230 The Log Driver’s Waltz (3:00) 71,148 The Sweater (10:21) 39,404 The Big Snit (9:54) 39,161 Ryan (13:57) 37,371 RiP! A Remix Manifesto (Chapter 1) (5:23) 37,212 Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (93:33) 34,937 How to Build an Igloo (10:32) 30,996 It's also interesting to note that, of the 3.7 million online views of their videos, 1.45 million of them were international viewers (the rest being films viewed within Canada).
Another milestone for the NFP was the introduction of the NFB application for the iPhone/iPod Touch late in October of 2009.
This free application can be obtained at the iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/nfb-films/id329353638?mt=8
Here's the overall viewing stats for, 2009:
* We grew from an average of 3,000 film views per day (Jan ‘09) to over 20,000 film views per day (Jan ‘10). * As you can see in the above graph, the release of the iPhone app increased our view numbers on the web too * Our content library grew by nearly 1000 videos this year – from 500 films, clips and trailers when we launched to nearly 1500 today. Now the NFB is starting to make 3D and HD versions available on the web and on the iPhone: ...from: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/01/21/nfb-online-3d-hd.html http://www.nfb.ca/playlist/nfb-3d/ NFB puts 3-D, HD content online Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2010 | 3:20 PM ET CBC News 3-D technology is gaining buzz, helped by hit movies like Avatar and new TV models displayed at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) With 3-D film Avatar dominating the box office and 3-D TVs hogging the buzz at technology conventions, Canada's National Film Board has decided to test the waters and share some 3-D material with the public.
The NFB announced Thursday it will post a sampling of 3-D content — the acclaimed shortsDrux Flux and Falling in Love Again as well as excerpts from the production Facing Champlain — in its online screening room as well as via its iPhone application.
The special glasses required to watch the productions can be ordered online from the NFB website.
"Normally, organizations don’t share their experimental processes," NFB chair Tom Perlmutter said in a statement.
"But we want to start changing that — letting Canadians into the creative workshop. It's a little retro at the moment with the funky glasses (free for the asking at http://preview.tinyurl.com/yhm4yuj), but it's a playroom, it's the skunk work of testing things out while we figure out how to make this fully part of the NFB online experience."
