This Week in Indies: June 2nd, 2017

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

VOD News

Netflix CEO on Streaming Battle: We’re Like Starbucks, and Amazon Is Like Walmart

Plex Becomes a Low-Cost, DIY Streaming TV Service

Pluto TV Streaming Deal Adds over 2,000 Titles to Its Free Service

Filmmaker Tips & Tricks

‘Band Aid’ Filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones Explains How to Employ an All-Female Crew (And Why It Works)

Emerging Technologies

We Can Now Convert Every Film and TV Show from the Last 80 Years into HDR

Industry by the Numbers

Hollywood and TV Put the Squeeze on UK’s Low-Budget Filmmakers

Online Video Sector in China Heading for Profit by 2019 (Study)

2017 Trends/Predictions

What Creators Have to Gain, and Fear, in a Streaming-TV World

Netflix Film Debate Hits South Korea Ahead of ‘Okja’ Launch

The ‘Mr. Robot’ Experiment: Can a TV Show Be Shot Like an Indie Film?

Masterclass – Master Filmmakers

Werner Herzog (RBMA Festival New York 2017 Lecture)