This Week in Indies: March 25th, 2016

A weekly collection of articles, interviews, and filmmaker tips to keep you in the know.

VOD News

Taiwan’s Catchplay Launches Asian Movie Streaming Service

Streaming Wars Heat Up As Roku Goes Ultra High-Definition

Redbox Plans to Launch New Streaming Service Redbox Digital

Nielsen to Start Tracking Which Digital Media Players You’re Streaming Content On

Emerging Technologies

Vizio Ready to Launch First TVs, Speakers with Google Cast

Hulu Releases Virtual Reality App for Samsung Gear

Beginnings and Endings

How Will the End of Al Jazeera America Affect Its Documentaries?

Nate Parker Launching Film School at Wiley College

2016 Trends/Predictions

Hardware Giants Bet Big on Virtual Reality and a Market That Doesn’t Yet Exist

What to Watch

50 Films Leaving Netflix This April

Movies Coming to Netflix This April

Industry by the Numbers

New Survey Claims that 70% of Americans Binge-Watch

Diverse Films Perform Better at Global Box Office

Slow Progress for Diversity Among Film and TV Writers

Awards & Festivals

SXSW Audience Award Winners Announced

Hot Docs 2016 Full Lineup Announced

Dallas International Film Festival Full Schedule Announced

Tribeca Film Festival Under Fire for Premiering New Documentary from ‘Quack’ Anti-Vaccine Doctor