<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">on a related note, I found out just now Uplink Cloud, a<div>VOD service with some interested titles (Soda’s documentaries for instance)</div><div><a href="https://t.co/WHFS6ncjGb">https://t.co/WHFS6ncjGb</a><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Matteo Boscarol<br></span><div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ボスカロル マッテオ</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">記憶ただ陽炎のゆらめき</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Documentary in Japan and Asia</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com">http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px;">- Film writer for Il Manifesto</div></div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://ilmanifesto.it">http://ilmanifesto.it</a></div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 24px;"><br></div><div><span style="line-height: 24px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div></div><div><br>On Mar 22, 2018, at 11:50, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto">There was a Dokuritsu Eiga Nabe at OAFF last weekend. The outlook for indecent films in Japan was dim, a pretty typical discussion of late. It’s not so hard to make a film, but it is very tough to show it. Even tougher to base a career on it. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’ve always been struck that VOD doesn’t get much or any attention in these discussions. Variety reports steady and healthy growth:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Graphik,sans-serif">“Amazon nearly doubled its share and <a href="http://variety.com/t/netflix/" id="auto-tag_netflix" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,88,168);text-decoration:none">Netflix</a> grew strongly in <a href="http://variety.com/t/japan/" id="auto-tag_japan" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,88,168);text-decoration:none">Japan</a>’s streaming market last year as the two global services try to raise their profiles in Asia........Total SVOD sales last is estimated at 183 billion yen ($1.7 billion), a 12.2% increase from the year before. GEM forecasts that Japan’s streaming market will grow to 255 billion yen ($2.4 billion) in 2022.”</p><h1 class="amp-wp-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:AustinText,serif;margin:0px;width:538px;font-size:22px;line-height:1.14">Amazon, Netflix Gain Ground in Japanese Streaming Market. <span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Graphik,sans-serif">Variety Japan. </span><span style="color:rgb(122,122,122);font-style:italic;text-align:right;font-family:Graphik,sans-serif;font-size:12px">March 21, 2018 6:48AM PDT</span></h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Graphik,sans-serif"><a href="http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/amazon-netflix-gain-ground-japan-streaming-1202729953/">http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/amazon-netflix-gain-ground-japan-streaming-1202729953/</a><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Graphik,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Graphik,sans-serif">Markus</p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</font><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. 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