Hyperledger Global Forum 2021

Since 2018-19, the Media & Entertainment industry has been undergoing a shift with increasing number of viewers migrating from the ‘linear’ broadcast services to Over-The-Top (OTT) services. Further, the demand and consumption of content had been on an exponential rise. Viewers are demanding more content and to address this requirement, the media companies have started producing more titles on a regular basis making them prone to piracy, content infringement, IPR violations and royalty related disputes. The onset of the pandemic in 2020 further accentuated the trend towards OTT platforms as there was a global lockdown on theatrical distribution. In his talk, Rajesh will delve on the prevailing challenges in the media and entertainment industry and how blockchain can be the savior by protecting the media companies from reputational and monetary losses in today’s world.