INDIE HOUSE: Get Money from Samsung; THE EX-BOX, DATING RULES FROM MY FUTURE SELF, FREEFALL, HUSBANDS, THE VARIANTS, THE SOURCE

HOT BOX:  "The Hunk" ( Alix van Aernam) returns
to THE EX-BOX

Gossip, secrets, leaks; kudos, picks, congrats - in the Indie Soap Web Series (Indies) world, this is where they live. Listen up: Kevin's Indie House.

Samsung wants to give one lucky Indie $300,000!

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and the NYTVF have launched a landmark partnered initiative providing indie producers and production companies with the opportunity to compete for a guaranteed production budget of $300,000 to create an original short series with accompanying second screen material. The winning selection and subsequent series will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013 and will then be exclusively distributed via Samsung Smart TVs and Galaxy devices.

INDIE HOUSE: OUT WITH DAD, PETE WINNING, HUSTLING, PIECES, MISS BEHAVE, THE EX-BOX, EMPIRE, RAGGED ISLE

LASER PIRATES:  Jason Leaver takes up swashbuckling.

Gossip, secrets, leaks; kudos, picks, congrats - in the Indie Soap Web Series (Indies) world, this is where they live. Listen up: Kevin's Indie House.

What do loony, laser-powered pirates and soulful, coming-of-age lesbians have in common? Absolutely nothing - except for Jason Leaver, Toronto's Indie icon.