Film Distribution Guide

1. Pay Per View, New Releases

2. Love, Romance, Drama

3. Action-Adventure, Crime

4. Kids & Family

5. Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

6. Rom Com / Comedy

7. Faith, Miracles, Success Stories

8. Horror, Thriller, Paranormal & Mystery

9. Studio Shows, - different day, different streaming.. 

10. Food, Travel, Fitness, Music, Lifestyle 

11. Company Advertisement -  Paid advertisement. Must show active business license. To promote products, services, hiring opportunities.

12. Artists Showcase - to show case portfolio of many artists around the world. Free to new grads.

13. Book Trailers – to showcase the writers, encourage people to write, etc. Paid advertisement.

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Helping Beyond Our Purpose

The following help will be provided to the community once a year. Selection made by Production Team and Key Players.
 

• Selected Pre-Grad and Post-Grad Art Students who wish to showcase their portfolio will be streamed for one year plus scholarship fund.

• One year of streaming to selected Nonprofit organizations who wish to inform the world of their services.

• Grants provided to one Film Festival per year. Movie streamed at no cost for one yaer.
  
  Click here to apply. Include name, contact information, website, and a paragraph stating why you are asking for assistance. We will issue awards every September 15th.

2-3 weeks 
SKY sites

SKY Channel, Android TV, IOS, Apple TV, Roku, Cable and Satellite

2-3 months*  
SKY and Partner sites **

Hulu, Amazon Fire, YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, CROSS.TV, 1pm (Documentary), A+ AmericanLatino, Aeroverse, ADN (African Diaspora Network TV), Afroland TV, Alliant Content, Allied Vaughn, ALTRD.TV, Freevee, Prime Video, Anoki, Areena Network TV,  FilmHUB, Autumn Tytus, Biblio, Blackgold Media, boxbrazil PLAY, buddi, Canon, CheetahTv, Cineverse, Cpics. Curiosity, Cynema TV, Darkroom, dekkoo, discovered, Discovery,, DotKino, Dreamscape Kids, Eand, Eitak Network, Epoch TV, Filmzie,  Fishing TV, FlixFling, Flix Premier, fubo TV, fuboTV aVOD, Future Today, Gaia, Gan Jing World, Geoflixz+, Glewed TV, Go See TV, HBO, Here TV, herogo, hoopla, Hulu, InDemand, Infobase, Iris Strata, JustchWatchMe.TV, kanopy, Karibo, Kluser TV, KNG TV, Local Now, Lookhu, Mansa, Max, Mercado Libra, Midwest Tape, Mosaic TV, Movies Plus MC Player, Netflix, NGTV, Omnitube, OTT Studio, Peacock, Plaion, PlayNowMedia, Rakuten, Redbox, Red Bull TV, Reveel, Revry, Rewarded, Riivi, rlaxx Fishing (FAST), rlazz TV, Standard Filmhub Deliverable, Stash - Action on YouTube, Stash - Black Stories on YouTube, Stash end Espanol on YouTube, Stash Fil Shorts on YoutTube, Stash Free Documentation on YouTube, Stash Movies on YouTube, Stash Sci-Fi Cinema on YouTube, Stash Thrills and Chills on YouTube, Stash TV, Stall All Things Food (FAST), Stash TV Ambient Cinema (FAST), Stash TV Black Stories (FAST), Stash TV Black Stories (VOD), Stash TV Crime Time (FAST), Stash TV Crime Time (VOD), Stash TV (FAST), Stash TV Film Shorts (FAST), Stash TV Film Shorts (VOD), Stash TV Her TV (FAST), Stash TV Her TV (VOD), Stash TV Latino Cinema (FAST), Stash TV Living History (FAST), Stash TV Living History (VOD), Stash TV Movie Hub (FAST), Stash TV Movie Hub (VOD), Stash TV Sci-Fi Cinema (FAST), Stash TV Screams & Scares (FAST), Stash TV Screams and Scares (VOD), Stash TV Suspense TV (FAST), Stash TV Suspense TV (VOD), Stash TV The Classics (FAST), Stash TV The Classics (VOD), Stash TV Unexplained Mysteries (FAST), Stash Unexplained Mysteries on YouTube, Stingray, Stormcast Cinema, SunMedia Stream, Sunn Stream, Swerve TV, TCL, Telus, That's The Spirit, Roku, Tonbo TV, TTFK Media, Tubi, TVEI, Twisted Mirror, Typhoone on Demand, UDU Digital, UVOtv, VA Media, Vesta Stream, Veteran Vision Entertainment, Vevo, Voo, Vudu, WOCOO, Xumo, YouTube Movies & TV and Google TV (Buy or Rent), YouTube Movies (Free with Ads), Zvoid.

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* - can grow beyond what is listed here. Timeline to release your film to these sites vary according to response timeline of these platfoms and other partner site platforms..

** - some sites may be similar to SKY. If that happens, the partner site is informed accordingly. 

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UPLOADING INSTRUCTION
Provided directly to customer after completion of signed agreement.

Video Encoding
In order to deliver your on-demand content to all mobile devices, all set-top-boxes, all SmartTVs, all websites and all web applications, and in order to reach as many viewers as possible by providing different bit-rates for the various situations and internet environments of viewers in homes, offices, public hotspots, 3G & 4G cellular networks, in developing countries, while traveling, in hotels, airports or trains – each uploaded video has to be transcoded into multiple file formats and bit-rates. Mended experts transcodes your uploads up to 12-times into different file-fomats and bit-rate files, depending on your uploaded resolution.

 

Video Subtitle Overlay
Global streaming requires English as the main subtitle.

You can easily upload your .srt files and make it available on your video through the embedded media players. You can even upload more than one language for a video.
 

Viewers can switch through the uploaded languages and decide, whether they would like to enable or disable the subtitles. 

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Partner Requirements
 

Mended work with multiple partners to help stream you to a wider audience beyond its own platform. To make it easier for you, please follow the partner standrd requirements below. 

Submit your video in the highest quality available.

File size limit - 600GB
 

Video Codec
 

Preferred:

• Apple ProRes 422 & 422 HQ (not LT, Proxy, 4444, XQ or any other)

• Avid DNxHR (SQ & up)

• Avid DNxHD (min. 145 for 1080p, 80 for 720p, 60 for SD)
   

Potentially Acceptable:

• H.264, min. 2 MBit/s for SD, 15 MBit/s for HD, 50 MBit/s for UHD/4k.

• H.265, min. 2 MBit/s for SD, 15 MBit/s for HD, 50 MBit/s for UHD/4k

• MPEG-2,

• DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and variants

File Format
mov, mp4, mpg/mpeg, ts, mkv, and ogg.  Max 600GB file size

Video

• Max. 2 sec before the program starts and 2 sec after the program ends. No color bars, slate, MPAA/FBI cards, test-tone, pre-roll, or post-roll

• The video must start and end on at least 1 black frame

• No burned-in subtitles throughout (Exception: Trailer - see below). Partial burned-in subtitles are acceptable for mixed-language or inaudible dialogue. See Caption Requirements.

• Not interlaced

• No blended frames, ghosting

• No padding, letterboxing, pillarboxing.

• No watermark or logo burned-in throughout

• No URLs or promos (e.g. websites, "coming soon" or similar, release dates, available to download/stream, Facebook or other social media/streaming platform mentions, or other promotional references)

• Sample Aspect Ratio (SAR) must have 1:1 square pixels (Learn more)

• No Duplicate frames (we only allow occasional duplicate frames due to the use of mixed media)

• No squeezed/stretched videos. The correct aspect ratio should be used throughout.

• No cropped elements (especially text)

• No output errors (missing media info, dropouts, corrupt frames, etc.)
   

Resolution

• Minimum width we accept is 640 pixels and the pixel width and height must always be even numbers

• Always upload the original source resolution. Do not upscale or downscale.

Frame rates

• Original framerate: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, or 60. Do not convert framerate unless the source is not a supported one.

• Avoid duplicated frames and blended frames.

 

Chapters
How to Add Chapters

Audio Codec

• PCM: minimum 48 kHz 16 Bit

• AAC, or MP3: minimum 128 kbps (stereo)

• AC-3: minimum 192 kbps (stereo)

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Audio

• Audio levels should be around a minimum of -24 LUFS

• No Clipping

• No Phasing

• No Distortion

• No Dropouts, ticks, pops, etc.

• The mix must be center-balanced, especially the dialogue.

Channel layout

• Stereo (Lt Rt) is required. We also support any additional audio stream and channel configuration including all surround formats. With surround audio, discrete Lt Rt audio is required in addition.

• If the title is or was ever available in surround, we require surround plus Lt Rt tracks.

• Here are some examples

 

Trailer

• In addition to the Video & Audio requirements above (Video Codec, Resolution, etc.):

• Burned-in subtitles throughout English audio trailers are not allowed

• Burned-in English subtitles are required for non-English dialogue

• Max. 6 min, recommended 2.5 mins or less

• You can submit an excerpt of 2 minutes of your title if you do not have a standard trailer, please label the file excerpt_titlename

• To maximize exposure for your title, we recommend avoiding content that includes nudity, sex, language, drugs, or violence, since some channels will not include trailers with these content rating concerns.

• If your trailer does not pass our QC, it will be deleted as many channels do not require a trailer, and we can still pitch your title without a trailer or use an excerpt as a trailer in some instances.  If your trailer is deleted and you would like to submit a new trailer to QC, please contact us using the Contact button on the bottom right of this page

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ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS

 

For a Movie:

• 2:3 - Minimum 1400 x 2100 pixels (required)

• 3:4 - Minimum 1575 x 2100 pixels (required)

• 16:9 - Minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels (required)

• 4:3 - Minimum 1920 x 1440 (highly recommended)

• 2:1 - Minimum 1920 x 960 pixels (highly recommended)

• 16:6 - Minimum 1920 x 720 pixels (highly recommended)

• 16:9 Textless - Minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels (highly recommended)

For a Show:

• 2:3 - Minimum 1400 x 2100 pixels (required)

• 3:4 - Minimum 1575 x 2100 pixels (required)

• 4:3 - Minimum 1920 x 1440 (required)

• 16:9 - Minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels (required)

For Each Episode in a Show:

• 16:9 Textless - Minimum 1920 x 1080

Artwork Requirements:
Overall Image Design
 

Please DO:

✔️ Include the name of the title

✔️ Match the title on the artwork to the title submitted in your metadata exactly

✔️ Ensure the title is readable at thumbnail size

✔️ Use the same imagery and fonts for consistency across sizes

✔️ Add still images in the “Other Artwork” section (optional, but recommended)

✔️ Submit a JPEG or PNG file

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Please DO NOT:

❌ Nest or collage several different images into your artwork

❌ Use thick borders or multiple images pasted on a solid background

❌ Submit a design with only plain title text and solid color(s) in the background

❌ Stretch or pad images

❌ Include subtext or promos (credits, billing blocks, production companies, actor names, taglines, URLs, quotes, streaming service logos, billing blocks, festival laurels, season numbers, QR codes, release dates, etc.)

❌ Include images depicting drug usage, nudity, excessive violence, etc. Images of weapons are permitted if they are presented discretely and do not point at the viewer or characters in the image.

❌ Submit a PSD file
 

EASY STREAMING
You upload the movie into our platform and our experts does the rest to bring your movie to stream to all our sites and partner sites.. Automated reporting is sent to you so you can track the progress of your film. 

Due to increasing platform network of Mended, there is a possibility that certain films will be purchased by larger film companies. If this happens and the film owner accepts the exclusive rights, Mended will pull out the film from the SKY platform and other partner sites in order to meet the condition of the movie buyer. 

HOW YOU GET PAID
Your money is released the week we receive the payment from the SKY platform and other partner platforms. Timing of payment varies depending on where the movie is streaming. Make sure you signed the bank deposit form to receive payment. We do not make payment in cash.

HOW THE WORLD SEES YOUR MOVIE
From second-screen to digital signage, from multi-campus delivery to server-side playout of 24/7 streams, from dynamic content on your websites to publishing all your media across 55 different Smart TV platforms, set-top-boxes, gaming consoles, social networks and mobile apps, our partners who help distribute you to thousands of sites.

 

MARKET

Marketing tools and services to accelerate audience and revenue growth. Utilizing the first ConnectedTV AdNetwork to run your own pre/mid/post-roll ad campaigns with your 30-second commercial across hundreds of ConnectedTV Channels allows you to reach a multi-million viewer audience within days or even hours, directing them to your own ConnectedTV Apps, products and landing pages.

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GAMES AND VIRTUAL REALITY
(coming soon)

Publishers reaching the Gaming Platform.We can now be live on the leading gaming consoles around the world – reaching over 250 Million additional viewers.

 

Mended's SKY app potential users per household:Microsoft XBOX - 110 million viewersSONY PLaystation - 140 million viewersConnectedTV - 250 million viewers

With the rise of “Virtual Reality Headsets” such as PlayStation VR brand new opportunities for publishers present themselves. Allow your viewers to be entirely immersed in your content, surrounded with sound and sight by your auditorium, documentary, movie, news program, talk show or live-event.

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Terms, Conditions, Policies
 

The following documents are meant to help customers comply with the requirements of Mended Production and its partners. Mended Production and its partners reserve the right to make modification as we see fit. The date on the document will indicate when the document was last updated. 

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Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy
 

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