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Fox Corp. has come in as the lead investor in a $100 million Series A fundraising round for blockchain platform provider Eluvio. As part of the investment, whose exact value was not disclosed, Eluvio will provide the underlying technology platform for Blockchain Creative Labs. That non-fungible token (NFT) business…

Afterparty, a decentralized offering that aims to strengthen ties between fans and creators, has launched a beta version of its events platform. The startup’s co-founder and CEO is David Fields, a former Disney executive who worked in the company’s strategic planning unit in the 2000s. Among the deals he helped…

EXCLUSIVE: Blockchain and NFTs are increasingly becoming part of the entertainment vernacular. Now we're getting a television series to launch on the crypto ledger. Steve Aoki, the DJ and musician who founded the Dim Mak record label, has teamed up with Seth Green's Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the company behind Robot Chic…

Dan Harmon’s new Fox animated comedy series set in mythical ancient Greece will be titled Krapopolis, the network unveiled during its upfront presentation today. The series, which already broke ground as the first fully owned and financed scripted series by Fox Entertainment, will venture further into uncharted…

A new anime film will be available for purchase using blockchain tokens. The film, Vevara In Your Dream, is distributed by Singapore entertainment tech startup BlockPunk, indie anime studio Studio Arch, and film director syo5, the latter self-producing it at the Tokyo University of the Arts. The ten-minute film…

Facebook is planning on rolling out its own cryptocurrency by the first quarter of 2020, a digital payments system that will be active in roughly a dozen countries, the BBC reports. The social media giant has an estimated 2.4 billion monthly users, and would pose an immediate challenge to Amazon, PayPal and other…

What to watch for in the overseas film industry in 2019: 1. Staying alive One of the most common refrains I hear from independent sales and distribution companies is how tough it is just to survive these days. As Netflix soars and studios, theaters and audiences continue to gravitate toward sequels, prequels and spinof…

What does ta foul-mouthed mercenary character like Deadpool have in common with the All-American Major League Baseball? Both have tapped into the phenomenon of digital collectibles. 20th Century Fox partnered with Santa Monica-based Atom Tickets to issue limited-edition Deadpool 2 digital posters to promote the film…

A top executive at the blockchain specialist SingularDTV said the company is “very optimistic” it will gain regulatory approval to enable crowdfunding through its platform. Letting members of the company’s online community directly invest in film, TV and music projects would close a key loop, said Kim Jackson…

Singular DTV, which describes itself as a “blockchain studio,” has acquired worldwide rights to SXSW world premiere Perfect and plans a fall theatrical release of the film in the U.S. The sci-fi thriller, which is executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, stars Garrett Wareing, Courtney Eaton, and Abbie Cornish. The…

In a move that further restricts entertainment and technology startup fundraising efforts, email service provider Mailchimp has declared it will no longer allow emails related to blockchain and initial coin offerings (ICO). Mailchimp announced its policy change in an email to users, and has already begun shutting down…

Blockchain, the technology that underlies digital currencies, is finding fresh application in Hollywood. Veteran entertainment industry marketer Amorette Jones joined with technologist Matej Boda to build a blockchain-based platform for the film industry. Their new venture, Treeti, would seek to harness the disruptive…