Future Films: Content in a Web3 World

Content discovery is, of course, the most valuable asset in any media distribution ecosystem and perhaps most overlooked in discussions of Web3's disruptive potential in media. Facebook, Google and TikTok remain the entry point for most consumers with intense network effects, and the changes above notwithstanding, innovation in blockchain doesn't u... See more

I think the same thing is now happening in TV and in cinema. Technology (and now lockdown) broke apart the old model and changed all the rules, but the questions about the new models are TV and cinema questions, not software questions.

Independent internet-native creators leverage the internet’s frictionless content creation and distribution, but they’re still trapped by traditional business models like subscriptions and advertising.

A subscription model is based on the promise of the production of future gated content. A publication or creator is paid to continue production, not ... See more

What's more Web3 presents a rich new palette to think about consumer engagement for every media company around how to incent participation, create hybrid membership / ownership structures and more broadly make interacting with content more fun for consumers. Perhaps another way to think about Web3 is as an open gaming platform for everything. Moder... See more