Imagine having access to thousands of movies with no time limit and no storage on your hard drive. That's the promise of
FlixFling, a service offered by Philadelphia's
Invincible Pictures. And when you sign up for FlixFling, you get a free Roku Digital Video player, which also plays many other providers' offerings, including movies from Amazon and Netflix, music from Pandora, and TV shows from Hulu.
FlixFling is part of the larger vertical service offered by Invincible, a film producer and distributor with studios located in Northern Liberties. Tom Ashley is the CEO of Invincible and says his company was the first, before Netflix and competitors, to have a working version of streaming online film offerings for mobile devices.
"It's a digital locker system," says Ashley of FlixFling, which offers 5,000 titles with the basic monthly subscription, priced to compete with iTunes and Netflix streaming. FlixFlings offerings skew heavily toward indie productions. "When you buy a movie, we store it indefinitely." Some competitors require customers to view a film within 24 hours of start time, and must be stored on an individual's hard drive.
With FlixFling, says Ashley, "If you buy a movie, it streams instantly," and you can continue the show on your phone, laptop, tablet, and even inside Facebook. Ashley, who is adamantly against torrents because it stifles the revenue stream of independent filmmakers, takes aim at big cable companies, and offers consumers a chance to cut the cord, and say goodbye to $200 monthly bills. FlixFling's basic subscription is $12.99 per month, with premium titles available for an extra fee.
Source: Tom Ashley, FlixFling
Writer: Sue Spolan