Where do new IP franchises come from? Increasingly, they are coming out of podcast studios and other sources of non-music, or spoken-word audio. Time magazine recently compiled a list of 9 podcasts that have been turned into streaming TV shows, ranging from true crime series (The Shrink Next Door, […]
Web3 film funding platform Decentralized Pictures has announced the launch of its blockchain-based film financing application, set to go live during the Cannes Film Festival on May 20. The app will launch with a documentary film award in partnership with The Gotham Film & Media Institute; […]
Medallion claims to be building technology that “helps artists create owned and operated digital worlds in web3 to expand fan participation, actionable insights, and economic potential.” Led by The Chernin Group, Medallion’s seed round attracted participation from additional investors from […]
Netflix’s Q1 2022 subscriber dip, although modest (representing an overall global decline of 0.1% of total subscribers) points to a future where Netflix must justify its inclusion in monthly consumer bills. Recent price increases at a time of increased cost pressure have resulted in a […]
Should Spotify have been bolder in its price rises to date in various crucial markets (such as the US, UK, and Germany)? In particular, should SPOT have upped the$9.99 / €9.99 / £9.99 monthly individual Premium subscription price point it’s been clinging to since 2008? The evidence suggests […]
U.S. subscription streaming revenue grew 16.9% to $6.93 billion in the first quarter, representing a sizable slowdown from the 27.2% expansion the SVOD sector experienced in the same first-three-month period of 2021, according to media company figures released by the Digital Entertainment Group […]
DeviantArt Protect, which launched last year for art posted on the site, will now be available for work that isn’t hosted there as well. Users can upload copies of art to Protect and have it matched against non-fungible token (or NFT) images minted to one of several public blockchains. If an […]
Software available right now from the Microsoft Store claims to allow Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, Disney+ subscribers and more to download movies and TV shows to their own machines, as a permanent DRM-free copy. In itself this raises legal issues but buried away in the software’s fine print is […]
Various organisations representing French artists, performers and labels have welcomed an agreement finalised last week regarding the sharing of streaming monies. That agreement follows years of negotiations between artist and label groups which first began when the French government announced an […]
According to LimeWire, as part of this partnership with UMG, the major will provide licences to allow LimeWire to partner with UMG artists in order to launch music-based NFT projects using the LimeWire marketplace. LimeWire Co-CEOs Paul and Julian Zehetmayr tell MBW that “the partnership is a […]
