I would like to get a large number of people (at least 10000,
preferably much more) to watch a short (20 ? 30 minutes) independent
movie I have distribution rights for.

I?m looking for a cost effective method of getting these viewers. It
is important the viewers see the movie while being connected to the
Internet (so no movie festivals or any offline distribution methods).

A few notes:
- Assume my cost of bandwidth is negligible
- The content of the movie are somewhat controversial, as such, avoid
methods which are subject to heavy censorship
- I?m interested in English speaking viewers

Answers that involve the usage of newsgroups or NSV are very unlikely
to be accepted. Answers that involve a standard method (share and
wait) of using the P2P networks are not acceptable.

A significant tip will be given if you provide more than method.

Thanks

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Clarification of Question by rontec-ga on 07 Sep 2004 23:19 PDT

I have increased the price from $50 to $100 in hope of getting an answer.

One of the most popular sites I know of for watching short films
online is AtomFilms (http://www.atomfilms.com)
You might want to consider submitting your film there. The submission page is:
http://www.atomshockwave.com/asw_working_devinfo_film.htm

I don't know what rights you'd be giving up if they were to accept
your film, so you'd have to talk with them or get a Google Researcher
to help with that info. There are about 3 million film views per month
on the site. I have no idea how many films are on the site, but it
looks to be around 1000, which would mean, on average, a film might be
viewed 3000 times per film per month. However, I would guess that a
very high percentage of all views would be for short clips that appear
in the "top 5" list for popular categories.  Due to the length of your
film, I think it will be extremely difficult to get 10000 viewings (of
the whole film), whether on AtomFilms or somewhere else, but who
knows.

Hopefully a Google Researcher will have some more suggestions for you.

Thanks pianoboy77, but atomfilms are interested in shorter movies.

I already have two distribution methods which have already delivered
over 20000 viewings (so it's not extremely difficult) but I'm in
search of new ones.

I think ifilm.com has a broad distribution. Since you aren't telling
us how you currently distribute, I could be duplicating something you
already know... You might also try movieflix.com

OK, I don't understand why ifilm.com is out of the question, neither
movieflix.com. Both provide a WIDE range of films- length, provider,
type of content.

Otherwise, use a traffic generator for your own hosting, like
trafficswarm.com or some such.

I am not a GA researcher.

crythias, these sites are not appropriate due to the nature of the
content of the movie. I'm looking for something with little to no
censorship.

I don't know what level of censorship you're experiencing. Based on
what I've seen at both places, there is not much to be left to the
imagination. There are movies like "Birth of a Nation" and adult
movies. There are really hard core slasher films and time pieces. So
.. if the content isn't racy or racist, what type of content are you
going to distribute? If it's illegal to talk about, then you may be
asking the question in the wrong place.

I think you'd be mad at a Researcher who gave these types of options
as an Answer, although they also would have as hard time giving you an
Answer. "Somewhat controversial" doesn't give any clue as to what
content you're trying to distribute, and "heavy censorship" doesn't
give any clue as to what the distribution would prevent.

So, what is it? Political, Pot, or Porn? If you want no censorship,
try an "Adult" site anyway. I'm sure there is probably some market for
your product... not knowing what the product is other than "movie"
puts a damper on answering the question. Figure out your market, which
you already know, and seek the leaders in that market. Otherwise, just
advertise the heck out of it.