I JUST WANT TO THANK ANOTHERUNIVERSE FOR DOING A GREAT JOB

[Guest]

The show wasn't filmed for free, the actors did not work for free, BMG is not making the discs for free, and AU is not selling them at a loss.

[/quote]

Actually, now I know I've seen Ross Rojek say at least twice that when all is said and done, AU will either break even or lose money on this. Obviously, that wasn't what they expected when this project first got underway, but that's how things have turned out for them, and can they really blame anyone but themselves for that?

[dTheater]

Sorry, that was me. I wouldn't want anyone to think that I was one of those anonymous guests trying to cause trouble.

[Jason R]

Simply not true, at least not on a "project basis". However, I'll agree that nobody is retiring on this set. He is not lying that the margins have shrunk, but this is mostly due to things like dual shipping, cost for subtitles, I assume some charge back related issues affected the costs. My fees did not increase.

Niche marketing DVDs to groups as small as 3,500 can be very profitable. I can't speak to the effects that problems such as double charges had on payroll or loss of business, but those items are not being considered (by me) to determine whether the project was profitable.

What I am saying is that people should not be discouraged from doing other DVDs. The money is there. Just make sure the machine is well-oiled.

[pop tart]

cant they speed up the DVD?

[braxton_love]

Wheres Pink? Pink floyd, Pink Panther, Pinky winky. lol

[Ross Rojek]

The issue is that we have had multiple people on regular payroll working on this for months more than was planned at the beginning. The amount of people cost, additional costs during design, licensing and production have grown.

But that's our problem. And we'll get through it. And we've learned (no, don't laugh too much, we've actually learned stuff through this whole process) that we'll be able to avoid next time we do something like this.

[kriddyboo]

Thanks Ross. For doing this for us. I don't think anyone has said it recently, but without you we wouldn't have any discs to wait for.


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