swordoftruthgal
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You may have heard that 90,000+ fans of the cancelled show "Veronica Mars" pledged over $5.7M on Kickstarter to make a movie. The show creator, Rob Thomas, led the charge with the blessing of the show actors and Warner Bros. What an exciting time for TV show/movie making!
I just love that fans are truly active participants, and on top of that, Neflix is both producing original content (House of Cards) and bringing back popular cancelled shows (e.g. Arrested Development).
Do you think this is exciting? Wait to hear about the "new kid on the block" and fans' best friend, SMGO.
Not too many people know that a new community - SMGO (the acronym stands for the "Show Must Go On") was quietly launched in beta a couple of months ago. SMGO is a new kickstarter-type company, whose charter is to bring back cancelled shows. SMGO has a well defined process so that once fans reach their voting benchmark (proving that they have a realistic chance to crowdfund their favorite cancelled show), SMGO will reach out to the show producers. Shows cannot transition to the 'funding phase' without production studio approval. But SMGO's ingenuity doesn't stop here. They have worked out an arrangement with PayPal, so that once a cancelled show is in its funding phase, PayPal doesn't collect money pledged by fans until the funding goal is met and a contract with the production studio is signed. In addition, unlike other crowdfunding systems, SMGO does not charge fees to fund the shows.
What happens once a show is back? Backers will be able to stream their show commercial-free, directly on smgo.tv, while fans that couldn't fund the show, can still watch it on smgo.tv with limited commercial interruptions. It's obvious that the folks at SMGO have thought this through.
Do you have a favorite cancelled show? Head over to Shows | smgo.tv and vote (or pledge money). And if you don't see your favorite show, you can fill out the online form to suggest your show at Suggest a show | smgo.tv.
I command SMGO and cannot wait to see their first success and many more. I can already picture fan tables and fan panels about SMGO success stories at DragonCon and other conventions.
A fangirl can dream
Banner courtesy of Aci
I just love that fans are truly active participants, and on top of that, Neflix is both producing original content (House of Cards) and bringing back popular cancelled shows (e.g. Arrested Development).
Do you think this is exciting? Wait to hear about the "new kid on the block" and fans' best friend, SMGO.
Not too many people know that a new community - SMGO (the acronym stands for the "Show Must Go On") was quietly launched in beta a couple of months ago. SMGO is a new kickstarter-type company, whose charter is to bring back cancelled shows. SMGO has a well defined process so that once fans reach their voting benchmark (proving that they have a realistic chance to crowdfund their favorite cancelled show), SMGO will reach out to the show producers. Shows cannot transition to the 'funding phase' without production studio approval. But SMGO's ingenuity doesn't stop here. They have worked out an arrangement with PayPal, so that once a cancelled show is in its funding phase, PayPal doesn't collect money pledged by fans until the funding goal is met and a contract with the production studio is signed. In addition, unlike other crowdfunding systems, SMGO does not charge fees to fund the shows.
What happens once a show is back? Backers will be able to stream their show commercial-free, directly on smgo.tv, while fans that couldn't fund the show, can still watch it on smgo.tv with limited commercial interruptions. It's obvious that the folks at SMGO have thought this through.
Do you have a favorite cancelled show? Head over to Shows | smgo.tv and vote (or pledge money). And if you don't see your favorite show, you can fill out the online form to suggest your show at Suggest a show | smgo.tv.
I command SMGO and cannot wait to see their first success and many more. I can already picture fan tables and fan panels about SMGO success stories at DragonCon and other conventions.
A fangirl can dream
Banner courtesy of Aci
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