Even classic rock acts are embracing virtual concerts. On Feb. 2, the Stones will broadcast “GRRR Live!” — a performance of a live album first recorded during the band’s December 2012 show in Newark, NJ. It will be broadcast on RollingStonesNewark.com. As an add-on benefit, Kiswe, a global live streaming technology, will let fans upload short video selfies that will appear onscreen during the performance.
Source: Marketing Daily: Rolling Stones, Other Artists, Rock Virtually
ABBA Voyage has proved a hit with critics and fans, and industry professionals say it had redefined the parameters of AR-based entertainment. “The tech itself isn’t new but the way in which we’ve used it and scale and barriers we’ve broken down are new,” producer Svana Gisla said. “We have live musicians, so we keep our band and do seven shows over five days a week. But you could roll round the clock. Vegas will quickly adopt this style of entertainment and do Elvis or the Beatles.”
Source: ABBA’s successful avatar show in London offers a glimpse at a daring new direction for live music
According to Brendan Carr, Commissioner of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), nothing short of a “blanket ban” on TikTok in the US will keep the short-form video app from potentially threatening national security. “Banning TikTok is a natural next step in our efforts to secure communication networks,” says Carr. “[TikTok] operates as a sophisticated surveillance tool, and that presents a serious national security threat.”
Source: FCC Commissioner Says India Set ‘An Important Precedent’ By Banning TikTok
The grassroots nature of blockchain tech has helped hip-hop achieve a rather steady base in Web3. While numerous industry leaders have become involved in the pop and electronic sectors of Web3 music, erecting their own unique platforms and developing virtual artists, hip-hop has remained a genre helmed almost solely by digitally-native creators within the NFT community.
Source: Why Hip-Hop Is Becoming the Greatest Web3 Music Success Story
As many may know, Steve Aoki is an active member of the NFT community and has formed a collection of 4k digital assets. Nonetheless, 15 days ago, Aoki started to sell off hundreds of his NFTs on OpenSea. He has listed and sold some of the most notable projects in the space. Some examples include Goblintown, 3Landers, Coolman’s Universe, Dippies, Creature World, Karafuru, 0n1 Force, Alien Frens, and Cryptomorries, amongst many others.
Source: Steve Aoki Is Selling All Of His NFTs: Is The Bottom Finally in?
With so much technology, talent and money at the industry’s disposal, it should be easy enough to fulfil the three requirements of a decent movie–good camerawork, acting, and dialogue. With the rise of streaming, there has been a staggering increase in content. But most of it is mediocre or less, quite complacent with the fact that it will be consumed by some metric of society via recommender systems and subscription platforms.
Source: Avatar & Artificial Intelligence: Does Future Of Tech In Cinema Hold Promise?
The past year brought about changes to internet laws and regulations in the European Union, as well as challenges to laws in the United States that will begin to take shape throughout 2023. Additionally, regulatory authorities have continued exercising their control in new and emerging areas, dropping penalties and warnings on both creators and brands.
Source: Here’s how sweeping legal changes will affect content creators in 2023 – Tubefilter
The metaverse, as it was described to many of us in 2021, is going to be something like the next big evolution of the internet: a virtual public space where you can work, play, shop, create, and hang with friends (their avatars). The websites and platforms we experience in 2D on our screens today will become immersive 3D destinations. But in 2022 reality set in that the metaverse, as originally defined, is a very hard thing to build and probably won’t happen anytime soon.
This has been a year loaded with dramatic uncertainty for the industry, from the wild oscillations of the streaming market to the bombardment of doom-and-gloom prognoses for arthouse cinema. But these ephemeral dramas have nothing on the fear of encroaching A.I. I’ve found that there’s an optimistic spin to this rise of the machines that should reassure artists who feel like they’re under fire, at least for now.
Source: Hollywood Doesn’t Have to Worry About A.I. Yet — but Filmmakers Should Embrace It (Column)
Google gives us endless pages of links to existing data in response to our specific search requests. Chat GPT, on the other hand, is “generative,” creating something entirely new based on our open-ended questions or prompts. And it does this in seconds, in shockingly elegant prose. The potential impact of this power is mind-boggling and should not be underestimated. It will transform all of our lives, including for those of us in the arts. And I’m not being hyperbolic.
Source: Hollywood Remains Human In 2022. But Chat GPT’s AI Threat Is Real (& Will Transform Media).