Independent film distribution in Los Angeles. Mann Robinson Distribution places finished films on Tubi and other platforms. 20 percent fee, quarterly pay, 90 day go live.
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Mann Robinson Distribution is an independent film and television distribution company with a presence in Los Angeles, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with a third base in Detroit. We place finished features, documentaries, series and TV shows (including sitcoms and reality series), shorts, and vertical microdramas on major streaming platforms and networks, including Tubi. If your film is finished and you are deciding who to hand it to, this page covers exactly what we do, what we charge and how long it takes.
A distributor takes a completed film and handles everything required to get it in front of an audience on the major platforms. In practice that means four jobs: securing placement through existing platform relationships, preparing and delivering the technical package each platform requires, managing artwork and metadata so the title is discoverable, and then collecting, reporting and paying out the revenue the film earns.
Independent titles generally reach Tubi and comparable ad supported services through a distributor or an approved content partner rather than through a direct filmmaker upload. That is the practical reason a finished independent film needs a distribution partner, and it is the specific gap Mann Robinson Distribution fills.
The path from submission to going live has five steps.
These are our terms, stated up front.
On ad supported platforms, earnings are calculated from impressions and CPM rather than from a flat rate per view. Every filmmaker we sign gets a portal login showing impressions, CPM and earnings broken out per platform, so the numbers behind a payment are visible before the payment arrives. Payments run on a quarterly cycle.
Los Angeles is a production city, and our work begins where production ends. We work with filmmakers in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Detroit through the same process and the same portal. Distance is not a factor in delivery, because delivery is handled digitally and quality control is run on our side before anything reaches a platform.
No. You keep 100 percent ownership of your film. The agreement grants us a license to distribute it for a two year term that renews yearly.
Independent features, documentaries, series and TV shows (including sitcoms and reality series), shorts, and vertical microdramas. The project needs to be finished, with a deliverable master and clear rights.
Minimum guarantees are handled case by case rather than offered as a standard term. If you want to discuss one, raise it when you submit.
Filmmakers are paid quarterly by ACH, about 90 days after each quarter closes. For example, a film that goes live in the first quarter is first paid in the first week of July. Until then, the portal shows impressions, CPM and earnings as they accumulate.
Through the filmmaker portal. It shows impressions, CPM and earnings per platform rather than a single lump figure.
If your film is finished, submit it at mannrobinsondistribution.com/submit. Tell us the title, the runtime, the genre and where the film has played so far. For questions, you can reach us at distribution@mannrobinsonstudios.com.
We deliver films and series to networks including Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV, Amazon, Peacock, Tubi, BET, Roku, YouTube and TIVI, and microdramas to Urban Operas, ReelShort, Mansa and DramaBox. You keep 100 percent ownership, and you see your numbers every day in your Backlot.
Submit your film