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understood that even though they couldn’t shop it to the biggest ones out there, they were excited to be able to bring it to our platform and we were too. It was a huge home run for us. It’s cool finding these types of opportunities. The possibilities for content are endless. For every film that gets produced, there are hun- dreds more that do not see the light of day. Great, creative content, produced with a tiny budget, now has an outlet. That’s what we started to see, which again is very exciting and is a part of our goal. Similarly, we also want to produce our own original content, as well. We just launched our first original production last October, a series called Feral that is wonderful and very well-produced. Feral was a huge home run for us right out-of-the-gate, which was a pleasant surprise. Our next series comes out in February, a gay dating reality show called Love Is Blind. It’s fun and on a totally different path than Feral. Then, we have two others coming up later in the year. We plan to do original content every other month. We’re finding that there are all these young filmmakers who, for example, have already shot a series and just needed a couple dollars to help them fund postproduction. We’re stepping in to do that. Someone recently came in with a concept and he hadn’t shot anything. We loved the script and we’re going to help him fund it. Feral for example, we funded entirely, from ground up.
People keep knocking on our door, because they’re hearing of others who have worked with us. Just today, another gay filmmaker with a gay travel show about travelling the world and exploring great, LGBT travel spots that is just looking for a home. I’m super-excited to talk to him. Your collection is huge, can you give us an idea of what the size is? We are fast closing in on 600 hours of content
right now, which is crazy. It’ll take you a very long time to get through. (Laughs) We release content Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays and are legitimately booked, solidly through July already. If we find new works now, it’s scheduled for August and September. Where do you see DEKKOO in the next few years? Is your goal to produce more original content? What I would love to be able to do, is to see DEKKOO continue doing exactly what we’re doing. Staying very focused and very true to the gay male perspective, finding as much content that is of interest to them as possible. Then yes, I would like to see us increase our original production. I see DEKKOO almost as being a content producer, much like a studio would be, but in a totally different universe. One in which it’s just on our platform. A stable of creators who bring content for us to think tank, then we send them out to a great gay producer and director and they come back to us with a finished product that gets launched on DEKKOO. That is where I’d love to see it go. We have started
I’d like to see
us recognized not just solely as a streaming platform, but also as a
home for creativity and for those who create.” — brian sokel
to gather a group of young filmmakers, who are inspiring and interesting with a wonderful vision. If we can help one iota to corral them on to their own creative path, then that’s a home run for me. I’d like to see us recognized not just solely as a streaming platform, but also as a home for creativity and for those who create.
I’m going to be spending a lot more time watch- ing my television in the coming months...
For more information about available content on DEKKOO or to sign up for the service, go to
dekkoo.com.
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