Movie portal specializing in Russian, Soviet and European cinema. Maintains movie catalog with plot and cast descriptions, and actor directory with bios and pictures.
Publish original movie trailers and screenshots, reviews and articles about films and actors. Offers online games for cinema lovers, and forum to exchange opinions or contribute content.
Rents DVDs by mail, Netflix-style (with few special perks like Express Service).
Supports watching movies online in near-DVD quality via Electronic Delivery Service. Movies are streamed from Amazon S3. No need to download any special player or codecs – all you need is Windows Media Player.
Why RussArt.com It Might Be A Killer
The market is big: about 6 million Russian speakers in the US alone. With online delivery, we already have customers in more than 10 countries – even bigger market.
The site is bilingual, so (hopefully) americans sick of Hollywood will also come.
Many small improvements over Netflix schema: Express Service (we mail when you click “I mailed it back”, not when we receive), two disks per envelope (vastly reduces disk damage), etc.
Online movies in very good quality (2.2 Mbps VBR versus average 600 Kbps). Good to watch on 42″ screens, unlike most other online movies. And new devices (wireless media players, e.g. Apple TV) make it easy and convenient.
Lots of content (at lest 10 reviews and articles every day, original screenshots and trailers) – we try to create the demand by providing (and pushing) the information.
We also push our content outside, like Russian Movie Trailer Channel @ YouTube and Russian Movie Screenshot Channel @ Flickr.
