Brian:

I would adopt a "wait and see" attitude regarding Falcon BuckBuddies. In fact DHD Media sent an email today promising that a new and improved BuckBuddies program is imminent. Maybe someone from Falcon or DHD will be in Vegas......

For now, I've still yet to receive a credit for a trial subscription, which both parties say should be appearing properly by now.

Besides all that, I would think hard about if you really want to offer the Falcon product. They are a classic case of a movie studio that makes it really difficult for us to market. When you send them a prospect, they will be urged to watch movies PPV or purchase Exclusive Director's Cuts mail order, none of which you get credit for. Compare that to a plucky upstart studio like Cobra, where we can talk about their most recent movie, and immediately point an inspired customer to buy it, ship it anywhere US or non US, or get them to watch it PPV. All bases nicely covered.

A lot of people think that Falcon's movies lately are flat and uninspired. However, they have such a huge library of movies, which people still love to watch - things like Flashpoint or Absolute or Plunge... which are *definitely* inspired.

I have lots of the Falcon movies reviewed, so in my case I happen to get all these readers interested in their films, so it is worth it for me to promote, despite the troubles. Let's hope 2005 brings some better fortune on this front.

Steve