The final death blow to your income? Or a smart way to boost turnover? Now that paid video-on-demand services are finally providing a revenue model for the web, distributor A-film has signed a remarkable deal with YouTube. Since the end of April, it has offered fifteen feature films, which can be viewed free of charge on its own YouTube channel. The selection consists of some parent titles, which are at the end of their 'life cycle'. Phileine says sorry, Diep and Be Kind Rewind have recently become available to watch online. Not illegally or on vod platform Ximon, but on A-film's YouTube channel. Totally free. Why on earth would a distributor choose that?

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