Beamafilm

Beamafilm is an on-demand streaming platform that offers movies, documentaries, TV series catalogued and tagged by genre and subject.
The platform facilitates access to content via different licensing options for institutional and consumer audiences. Members of participating libraries, government and corporate organisations can stream for free via Beamafilm’s Institutional offering. Consumers can access content through transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) offerings.
==History==
Beamafilm was founded in Sydney, Australia, on February 11, 2011 with a focus on educational and independent streaming for feature documentaries. Initially backed by Screen Australia as a collaboration by Antidote Films and Pan Pacific Interactive, the service was publicly launched at the Australian International Documentaries Conference in February 2012. 
Over time, Beamafilm’s catalogue has expanded to include a wider array of content, including movies, and series. The platform's development has progressed through API integrations with search engines and partnerships with library technology providers such as OCLC, SirsiDynix, and Civica. The company has also engaged in collaborations with film festivals, library consortia, procurement services, and industry associations as it expanded its offerings for both institutional and consumer audiences on a global scale.
Beamafilm’s catalogue now also includes movies, and series and the platform’s API has been integrated with search engines and partnerships with library technology providers such as OCLC, ⁣SirsiDynix, and Civica. Collaborations with film festivals, library consortia, procurement services, and industry associations have occurred as the company has extended its offering to institutional and consumer audiences globally.
Beamafilm remains an independently owned company led by co-founder and managing director, Louise van Rooyen.
==Services==
The service includes features such as personalised profiles and recommendations, favourites, closed captions, clip creation, citation tools, and other tools for users to share videos, clips and watchlists with other members.
Beamafilm provides institutional libraries with a dedicated and customisable website through which their members can stream documentaries, films, and series. Enterprise-level services include statistics dashboards with access to marketing resources and programs,MARC records for all titles, and integrations with discoverability and learning management technology systems.
==Business model==
Participating public library patrons, college or university students and faculty can watch Beamafilm for free with their library member cards. Institutions pay when their members watch films, and filmmakers or rights holders paid via enterprise licenses.
Libraries can choose from licensing options such as fixed-fee unlimited access subscriptions based on the type or size of their user base, patron-driven acquisition where license fees are triggered when patrons view titles, transactional or single title licenses. Librarians can access a customised administrative dashboard offering user analytics data, film and marketing resources and account information.
==Device support==
Beamafilm can be viewed online with a computer, mobile device, or television via a web browser supporting HTML5 video or via free Beamafilm Mobile app|mobile and TV apps for Android and Apple iOS.
Category:Streaming
Category:Video on demand
Category:Companies based in Sydney
Category:Companies of Australia
Category:Companies established in 2011