Globecast, the global solutions provider for media and content management, has announced that its Managed Cloud Network solution has successfully completed AWS’ Foundational Technical Review (FTR), with Globecast now an official global AWS partner. Sebastien Fauzan, Head of Marketing for Live and Sports at Globecast, said: “We are very pleased to achieve AWS partner status. […]
Bloomberg Media and Twitter have announced a global multiyear renewal of their partnership starting in January 2022, covering all major media markets across North America, EMEA, LatAm and APAC. The partnership features new projects that combine Bloomberg News’s credibility in cryptocurrency content with Twitter’s immediacy and transparency to help consumers navigate this evolving, saturated market. […]
WWE and Blockchain Creative Labs, the non-fungible token (NFT) business and creative studio formed by FOX Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment, have announced an exclusive multi-year agreement to launch an NFT marketplace for licensed digital WWE tokens and collectibles. The partnership marks Blockchain Creative Labs’ first-ever content alliance with an external property beyond FOX. In […]
Fox Corporation and premium content blockchain specialist Eluvio have confirmed that FOX has made a strategic investment in Eluvio to accelerate the adoption of Eluvio’s platform across the broader media and entertainment industry. As part of the investment, the companies also announced that Eluvio will provide the underlying technology platform for Blockchain Creative Labs, FOX […]
Augmented reality (AR) has replaced artificial intelligence (AI) as the most disruptive emerging technology, according to a survey by GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, Emerging Technology Sentiment Analysis Q2 2021, reveals that 70 per cent of industry professionals surveyed stated that AR would disrupt their industry most out of a selection […]
AdLedger, a non-profit consortium building open standards that leverage blockchain to improve digital advertising, has confirmed what it says is a successful global implementation of open source tool set CryptoRTB with OMD Italy, Italiaonline and MadHive for a Dixan Campaign by Henkel Italy. CryptoRTB uses blockchain and cryptography to improve the integrity of the media […]
A new study, Decentralized vs. Distributed Organization: Blockchain, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Digital Platform, from UCL Associate Professor JP Vergne, explores the growth of centralised digital platforms. A handful of platforms dominate the global economy in the 21st century mainly by using machine learning as their core technology to transform enormous amounts of […]
Minima, the decentralised Blockchain protocol that runs in full on mobile phones, has announced the completion of a successful proof of concept with the Isle of Man based mobile operator, Manx Telecom. The trial saw Manx Telecom send tokens on Minima’s blockchain, from one phone to another, granting network access without touching any of the […]
Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, Telefonica and Orange are jointly testing a blockchain solution for the automated management of inter-operator roaming discount agreements. The trial, carried out through the GSMA, is of a solution initially designed by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs) and Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the operator’s international wholesale unit. The partners say the solution […]
BOLT, the blockchain-based interactive media platform, has announced that former Manchester United and England international footballer Wes Brown will take up a Global Ambassador role. Part of the legendary treble-winning Manchester United squad, Brown will feature in BOLT’s interactive media platform BOLT+, offering his insight and expert opinion on the Premier League and the upcoming […]