Media & Entertainment

The interviewer asked, "Is that image real"? There's no way to tell. "What about this video?" It's hard to say. "You can't tell if that's real or fake either." No. Not without analyzing it. "Well, what about the prose? Did a human write this sentence?" It's possible, but it would not surprise me to learn that it was machine generated. "What about the voice in the video?" It's sonically perfect. I'd say 60/40 it's a machine, but I'd need to hear a few more sentences to be sure. "So, what you're saying is that I can't trust my eyes or my ears?" Yes. That's what I'm saying. "Is this the end of truth?" Continue Reading →

If you were Mark Zuckerberg and you wanted to get ahead of potential government regulation of your business, what would you fix first? Would you try to curtail social media addiction, protect privacy, reduce mental health risks, reduce weaponized information, eliminate hate speech, flag misinformation, deal with data governance, or address some other seemingly intractable problem? Here's what I'd fix first. Continue Reading →

Zero Contact, a new thriller starring Anthony Hopkins, is set to become the first NFT feature film released on Vuele, which calls itself "the premier direct-to-consumer, feature-length film viewing and distribution platform delivering feature-length films and digital collectible entertainment content as NFTs." Continue Reading →

AMC Entertainment chairman-CEO Adam Aron tweeted that in addition to Bitcoin (BTC), the chain will expand its crypto acceptance plans to include Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) for U.S. movie tickets and concessions ordered online by the end of the year, which again raises a very personal question: How do I feel about buying a slice of pizza and a Diet Coke with four (4) bitcoins back in April 2011? Continue Reading →

After the near $100 million opening of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Walt Disney Company just made a major statement about the future of its films. Continue Reading →

Nielsen has been part of the answer to most of these questions for as long as anyone can remember. Yesterday, the Media Rating Council (MRC), a third-party industry watchdog, officially suspended its accreditation of Nielsen. Said differently, the MRC no longer trusts some of Nielsen's numbers. Can you? Continue Reading →

Twitch streamers are planning to step away from the platform today for a day of protest. The goal of #DayOffTwitch is to bring attention to a recent burst of harassment in the form of "hate raids" directed toward marginalized creators. Continue Reading →

CES will return to Las Vegas in January 2022, and we've got big plans (in-person and online) for the show. “We’re thrilled to return to Las Vegas – home to CES for more than 40 years – and look forward to seeing many new and returning faces,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA). “The pace of innovation has accelerated over the last 18 months, and attendees will see these advancements at CES.” Continue Reading →

The idea of using a blockchain (distributed ledger) to fight piracy is not new, but a new paper from Microsoft describes how our friends in Redmond might implement such a system. Continue Reading →

Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi, regarded as one of the game’s greatest players of all-time, has reportedly made crypto fan tokens a part of the payment deal in his financial package with French club Paris Saint-Germain. Continue Reading →