Just a few years ago, Golden Globe Award nominees and winners were determined by fewer than 100 people, all based in the Los Angeles area. But after the 2023 sale of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the creation of the Golden Globes organization in its place, there are now some 300 Globes voters based around the world, which has made the task much more difficult for film and television companies. to select award candidates for each of them.
Until now.
The Hollywood Reporter learned that on Tuesday, the Globes will launch an official streaming platform – compatible with all major digital media providers, including AppleTV, iOS, Roku and Amazon Fire – allowing film and TV companies to make their content directly available to Globes voters at home.
This model is reminiscent of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Screening Room portal, but is facilitated by Indee, which also facilitates streaming for members of the Producers Guild of America ahead of its PGA Awards.
Indee bills itself as a highly secure intermediary for content providers and voters – “with multiple security options for video assets, including forensic and visible watermarking and multi-DRM” – and an option for much more Environmentally friendly than hard copy filters. .
All downloads will come with a non-refundable $5,000 “Golden Globe Administrative Fee,” which includes an email sent to members. Beyond that, the price will depend on whether a download is episodic (up to 60 minutes) or feature-length (61 to 999 minutes), and the level of security desired: no security, no watermark ($100 for an episode, $250 for a feature film). (length), medium security, with overlaid watermarks ($200 for episodic sequence or $1,000 for feature length) or high security, with forensic watermarks ($350 for episodic sequence or 2,000 $ for feature length).
