Press Release - W1 Platform Chairman’s Topic at AFM Blockchain Conference
Hollywood California, October 12, 2018
W1 Platform – The Hollywood Blockchain
W1 Platform, Hollywood’s first and leading entertainment blockchain ecosystem, is pleased to announce and reveal its Chairman’s speech topics for the Blockchain Conference at American Film Market (AFM).
AFM Blockchain Conference is the most influential blockchain related event of the entertainment industry worldwide. The conference will be held at Starlight Ballroom in Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows (101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401) between 2:30pm and 5:30pm, on Saturday, November 3, 2018.
(Dr. Steven Nia, Chairman of W1 Platform Hollywood, considering his topic for AFM Blockchain Conference at IFTA)
The theme for AFM Blockchain Conference has been determined by The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), as Democratizing Finance and Distribution.
Through decentralized transactions and transparency, Blockchain can attract stakeholders, reduce production costs and empower producers. Blockchain promises a frictionless ecosystem with immediate cash-flow from transactions, direct access to global audiences, transparent royalty payments and reduced piracy risk. Six presentations will cover the breadth of Blockchain’s potential to transform independent film production and distribution.
The topic for Dr. Steven Nia, Chairman of W1 Platform, who has been invited to speak at AFM Block chain Conference, is “The Hollywood Blockchain: Empowering Entertainment with a New Paradigm.”
During the AFM Blockchain Conference, Dr. Nia will introduce Hollywood W1 Platform, the leading entertainment ecosystem, which is based on advanced blockchain technology, and Smart Web 3.0 infrastructure.The emphasis of Dr. Nia’s speech is the innovations of W1 Platform, combined with its ultra-fast blockchain technology, that culminates into an ultimate entertainment ecosystem, through which hundreds of millions users may enjoy and monetize movies with ultra high definition 4K content, live streaming of TV, concerts, sports, events, catch-up TV, network recording, gaming, as well as VR/AR experience.
In addition, Dr. Nia will explain the importance of W1 Platform’s transaction speed, which is capable of high speed processing, in the range of 10,000 or more transactions per second (10,000 TPS), demonstrate how W1 Platform could offer a highly sophisticated decentralized blockchain network for secure and accountable financing, production, distribution and global exploitation of Hollywood films, TV, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Games, Music and other entertainment contents.
At last, Dr. Nia will introduced W1 Platform’s Smart Contracts and Digital Rights Management (DRM). W1 Platform provides Digital IDs to allow filmmakers, TV and Internet producers, gamers, and composers, artists, and other entertainment professionals to secure their property rights and to monetize their contents and IP in the form of Digital Assets. W1 Platform empowers users with peer-to-peer (P2P) connectivity, enabling users to conduct desired transactions based on their designated set of rules, all encoded in Smart Contracts.
Nelson Granados, Ph.D., Executive Director of The Institute of Entertainment, Sports, Media, and Culture and The Center for Applied Research is the moderator & host for the AFM Blockchain Conference. He is also a Forbes Contributor, a professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.
Attendees may purchase badges at the unit price of $1,145 or $1,545 from the AFM official registration office on site, in order to participate AFM Cocktail Reception which is jointly sponsored by W1 Platform and HPB on Nov. 2, 2018, and to participate AFM Blockchain Conference.
(AFM Conference in 2017）
The American Film Market is the world’s largest motion picture business event. Over 7,000 industry leaders converge in Santa Monica for eight days of deal-making, screenings, conferences, networking and parties. Participants come from more than 80 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, the world’s press and all those who provide services to the motion picture industry.
Unlike a film festival, the AFM is a marketplace — with over 200,000 square feet of exhibition and office space — where production and distribution deals are closed. More than US$1 billion in deals will be sealed — on both completed films and those in every stage of development and production.
Participants may view more than 500 screenings of 300+ films — 29 new films every two hours — the majority world or U.S. premieres. Titles range from big budget blockbusters that will be released by the major studios to lower budget art and genre films recognized at international film festivals.
With 7,000 attendees, 500 screenings, 400 exhibiting distributors, and the industry’s largest Conference series, AFM is the pivotal destination for independent filmmakers and business people from all over the world.
AFM is hosted by The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), the global trade association for the independent motion picture and television industry, and the voice and advocate for independents worldwide. IFTA's mission is to provide the independent film and television industry with high-quality market-oriented services and worldwide representation of industry interests.
IFTA is a non-profit organization that represents more than 140 Members from 21 countries consisting of independent production and distribution companies, sales agents, television companies, studio-affiliated companies and institutions engaged in film finance.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, IFTA is dedicated to protecting and strengthening its Members’ ability to finance, produce, market and distribute independent films and television programs in an ever-changing and challenging global marketplace.
About W1 Platform™ - The Hollywood Blockchain™
W1 Platform™ - The Hollywood Blockchain™, is an entertainment ecosystem based on the advanced blockchain technology, and Smart Web 3.0 infrastructure. W1 Platform™ is designed to be an ultrafast performance blockchain platform and offers a highly sophisticated decentralized blockchain network for secure and accountable financing, production, and global exploitation of Hollywood films, TV, VR, AR, Games, Music and other entertainment contents.
W1 Platform™ defines a new paradigm in the entertainment industry, enabling a decentralized Hollywood business model with Digital Rights Management (DRM). W1 Platform provides Digital IDs to allow users such as producers, filmmakers, composers, and etc. to secure their property rights and to monetize their contents in the form of Digital Assets. W1 Platform empowers users with peer-to-peer (P2P) connectivity, enabling them to conduct desired transactions based on their designated set of rules, all encoded in smart contracts.
The architecture, design, and business model for W1 Platform™ originated from Hollywood based Wardour Studios. The innovations of W1 Platform and its ultra high speed blockchain network culminate into an ultimate entertainment ecosystem, through which hundreds of millions users may enjoy and monetize movies, 4K content creation and distribution, live streaming of TV, concerts, sports, events, catch-up TV, network recording, viewing, gaming, and VR/AR experience of entertainment contents.
About Wardour Studios
Wardour Studios™ is a state of the art, next generation, film studio, with solid artistic and advanced technology foundation. Wardour Studios is the ultimate digital studio, with expertise in the production and distribution of feature films, TV, visual effects, VR - virtual reality, AR - augmented reality, which is addressing and exploiting the emerging challenges in the global, and specifically in the Hollywood and China entertainment landscape. Wardour Studios continues to grow into a vertically integrated global content platform of increasing diversity, reach and scale. The Company’s portfolio of assets include film and television libraries, a world-class film business and an expanding global distribution footprint.
Wardour Studios™’ management has the mission of creating and evolving a truly next generation film studio, which is emerging as a leading global entertainment company, with a fast growing and diversified presence in the motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital online distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales.
About The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is the global trade association for the independent motion picture and television industry, and the voice and advocate for independents worldwide. IFTA's mission is to provide the independent film and television industry with high-quality market-oriented services and worldwide representation of industry interests.
IFTA is a non-profit organization that represents more than 140 Members from 21 countries consisting of independent production and distribution companies, sales agents, television companies, studio-affiliated companies and institutions engaged in film finance.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, IFTA is dedicated to protecting and strengthening its Members’ ability to finance, produce, market and distribute independent films and television programs in an ever-changing and challenging global marketplace.
For more than 30 years, IFTA Members have produced, distributed and financed many of the world's most prominent films, 22 of which have won an Academy Award for "Best Picture". They have included in recent years, "Spotlight", "12 Years a Slave", "The Artist", "The King's Speech", "The Hurt Locker" and "Slumdog Millionaire".
About American Film Market (AFM)
The American Film Market is the world’s largest motion picture business event. Over 7,000 industry leaders converge in Santa Monica for eight days of deal-making, screenings, conferences, networking and parties. Participants come from more than 80 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, the world’s press and all those who provide services to the motion picture industry.
Unlike a film festival, the AFM is a marketplace — with over 200,000 square feet of exhibition and office space — where production and distribution deals are closed. More than US$1 billion in deals will be sealed — on both completed films and those in every stage of development and production.
Participants may view more than 500 screenings of 300+ films — 29 new films every two hours — the majority world or U.S. premieres. Titles range from big budget blockbusters that will be released by the major studios to lower budget art and genre films recognized at international film festivals.
With 7,000 attendees, 500 screenings, 400 exhibiting distributors, and the industry’s largest Conference series, AFM is the pivotal destination for independent filmmakers and business people from all over the world.
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