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As technical innovation potentially advances to a new trajectory in the future, blockchain technology is expected to impact major areas in the film, media, and entertainment industry positively. The promising future of blockchain technology has lured the attention of both…

The Web3 Foundation has announced a pilot program pilot program for blockchain to act as a new platform for the creation, distribution and monetization of digital media content.

Crypto exchange Titan, Binance, and Jihan Wu’s Matrixport have joined in on a $200 million Series B round for Mars Finance: a Chinese media firm that aims to bring more clarity and information to the space. According to Bloomberg, Mars…

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), on January 14, 2019, made reference to its “Blockchain and the Future of News” report released on December 12, 2018 which boasted its potential to  bringing about transparency, accountability, and traceability…

People Capital, the investment and venture capital arm of China’s leading newspaper, People’s Daily Online, has formed a strategic alliance with Xunlei Limited, a Chinese multinational technology company and online service provider, to develop a distributed ledger technology (DLT) laboratory…

In a press release dated October 22, 2018, Forbes announced that it would be licensing its brand to a new cryptocurrency website, titled Forbes CryptoMarkets.  Standing out from the Competition The platform has been developed in collaboration with private investment company…

In a Medium article published October 10, 2018, Civil Founder Matthew Iles discusses the current state of the Civil Token Sale in The Civil Token Sale’s Eleventh Hour. ICO Not Performing As Expected The Civil project looks to be the…

Business media giant Forbes has partnered with Civil, a blockchain-based firm, with the intention of using a decentralized network to publish content, the company’s co-founder Matt Coolidge announced in a press release on October 9, 2018. Forbes Becomes the First…

While China continues to clamp down on cryptocurrencies, the nation’s oldest science and technology publication, Beijing Sci-Tech Report (BSTR), is accepting bitcoin for its 2019 subscription. According to an Asia Times article published on October 1, 2018, the BSTR began…

As our society continues to progress, the way we share valuable information is changing rapidly. At one time, one of the most effective ways information with the masses was through mediums such as newspapers, television, and radio. However, our options…

Blockstream released the first of their Lightning Apps (LApps) on March 22, as part of their seven days of LApps, with six more planned to be unveiled every day until March 28. By using bitcoin, you will be able to…

Take a look around you. In the day-to-day, we see a massive amount of media and art in the form of graphics, advertisements and all forms of visual descriptions. Behind each of these is a professional and artist who has…

For close to a century now, the entertainment industry has been in the firm grasp of a few major players, including cable networks, large Hollywood studios and film distributors. Even though Netflix has somewhat shaken up the scene by aggregating…

What do you do when you are faced with a business model that’s so badly broken, up to 50 percent of revenues go to the middlemen? If you are Adbank, you build a completely new business model. The broken business…

DTube, the foundation for a decentralized YouTube, is built upon the STEEM blockchain. STEEM was selected for numerous reasons, detailed in the August 11 announcement post made on Steemit by the user @heimindanger. Containing similar features like its bigger brother…

Digital music streaming service Spotify has acquired blockchain company Mediachain with a view to solving the problems associated with royalties attribution on its platform. New York-based Mediachain has been developing blockchain solutions to address the challenges faced by musicians and…