The major distributors decide what the public see.
"General Motors and AT&T are major distributors of pornography," he said.
Neither will it be screened around the world, despite significant offers from major distributors.
In the end, none of the major distributors in Mexico would handle the film, the producers said.
With her movie's grass-roots success, Ms. Abeles has been approached by major distributors offering to place it in commercial theaters.
Showtime now has a Web service like HBO Go, and other networks are gradually moving their wares online too, in coordination with major distributors like Comcast and DirecTV.
HBO moved quickly to line up all the major distributors for HBO Go, with two exceptions, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision.
At least 10 new films will be released, including several awards contenders, from both independent and major distributors, like the Weinstein Company, Fox Searchlight and Universal Pictures.
The National Football League has its own network, which clawed its way onto all the major distributors' lineups despite costing nearly $1 per subscriber per month.
Earnings for the major distributors this year suggest that the business is stable despite a slight dip in nationwide cable and satellite subscriptions last year.
Major distributors came calling when the movie generated good buzz at the Sundance Film Festival last winter, but in the end they passed.
