Eric Besner

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  www.creativemediamanagement.com/directors/kieran-galvin - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/19/2008    Last Visited: 8/19/2008  

  "Since acquiring Kieran's feature film Puppy for US distribution I have had the opportunity to read more of Kieran's work and it is uniformly excellent - unquestionably amongst the highest standard of screenwriting I have encountered over many years" - Eric Besner, Former VP of Acquisitions, Netflix.

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  www.xgadget.net/index/1 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/29/2006    Last Visited: 6/7/2008  

  Eric Besner, the Vice President of NetFlix, revealed statements on Friday about the internet rental service's ideas about movie downloads, stating that Netflix is planning to assemble a set-top box that hooks directly to an internet connection and downloads movies overnight.
  
  Besner stated further that the business model is still in produduction, and should see the light of the marketplace as early as this year.

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  www.cedmagazine.com/toc-xod/2006/20060627.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/27/2006    Last Visited: 6/28/2006  

  Netflix has reinvigorated plans to introduce a set-top that uses high-speed connections to download movies, Daily Variety reported, citing Netflix VP Eric Besner, who spoke recently at an independent film meeting in California.
  
  The proprietary platform would use a subscription-based system similar to how consumers are already paying Netflix to rent out DVDs through the postal mail.
  
  The new box is just one of several plans Netflix has in store for the Internet, Besner said.

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  www.indiewire.com/buzz/acquisitions.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/3/2007    Last Visited: 4/24/2007  

  The DVD deal was negotiated with Eric Besner, VP of original programming from Netflix.

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  Atlanta Film Festival Panels - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/10/2006    Last Visited: 11/2/2006  

  Eric Besner (VP, Original Programming, Netflix, Inc)
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  Eric Besner (VP, Original Programming, Netflix, Inc)

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  Filmmaker Magazine | Summer 2006: INDUSTRY BEAT - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/1/2006    Last Visited: 9/12/2006  

  Eric Besner estimates he's acquired roughly 100 films since starting as Netflix's VP of original programming since April of last year.That's more than most independent and dependent distributors combined.
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  "After fees and costs are taken off wholesale revenue," says Besner, "a certain net amount is going to end up with Netflix that's going to be shared with the filmmakers."
  
  But how much?
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  Besner says he's candid with filmmakers.
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  "It's not like we're throwing money around willy-nilly," says Besner."The idea is to be wise about spending in a strategic fashion, doing negative pickups, purchasing at festivals, or investing when you see a synchronicity with a filmmaker when the budget is the right size" - according to Besner, the $250,000 range - "and it makes sense."

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  HomeMediaRetailing - A Better Way To Do Business - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/21/2006    Last Visited: 6/21/2006  

  Netflix is not limiting itself to creating a set-top box for subscribers to use for movie downloading, as company acquisitions executive Eric Besner was erroneously reported as saying during a panel discussion at the Independent Film & Television Alliance conference last week.

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  Industry - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2006    Last Visited: 1/6/2007  

  Eric Besner is an independent film and new media executive, most recently spearheading acquisitions and development as VP of Original Programming for Netflix.
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  Cardboard Belt Productions, of which Eric is a principal, is currently developing Snapshots, a new stage production by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked).

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  Netflix mulling options for downloading - Yahoo! News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/21/2006    Last Visited: 6/21/2006  

  In a regulatory filing, the company said it was clarifying remarks made at a media conference on Friday by Eric Besner, its vice president of original programming, who said Netflix was developing a proprietary set-top box that would let subscribers download movies to watch on their television sets.

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  Netflix reiterates commitment to researching multiple... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/15/2008    Last Visited: 6/22/2006  

  Company spokesman Steve Swasey told me today that a Netflix executive (Eric Besner, VP of original programming) "spoke out of turn" about Netflix set-top boxes, and that the company's position on movie downloads has not changed since our last interview.

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