MovieBloc Monthly Newsletter- May 2021

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3 min readJun 4, 2021

Dear MovieBloc Community,

To share our project updates with our MBL holders and community members, we are bringing back our Monthly Newsletter. We will give a recap of all the major monthly updates that happened in the previous month, so please stay tuned!

Events and Announcements

  1. Partnership with Radiator IP Sales
    Radiator IP Sales is second Europe-based short film distribution company joining MovieBloc service. We have been releasing 60 short films of our new partner from May on MovieBloc. (Click for details)
  2. Attending JeonJu Conference by Jeonju Int’l Film Festival
    Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has organized ‘Jeonju Conference’ to discuss OTT industry trends in 2021 and introduce various alternative OTTs around the world. Chris Kang, CEO of MovieBloc, was invited to introduce the blockchain-based film platform MovieBloc. (Click to watch video)
  3. MovieBloc to jointly organize Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF)
    Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF) is the first and largest international competitive short film festival in Korea. MovieBloc and AISFF will jointly organize the 19th AISFF in 2021 with the new name and make various collaborations with the MovieBloc platform. (Click to see Disclosure)

MovieBloc Service Overview (31st May 2021)

  1. Number of available films: 318 (including private event films)
  2. Number of uploaded subtitles: 555
  3. Number of posted reviews / comments: 11,495
  4. Best selling films: Dear & LingLing

MovieBloc Service Updates

In May, the team did the following updates on MovieBloc.

  1. FAQ Section Added
    We added frequently asked questions from our users on our FAQ lists.
  2. Filtering Payment Option
    When clicking the “Watch” button, the page now only shows available payment options based on the user’s location.
  3. Private Film Festival Judging Function Launched
    Upon a film festival’s request, we have developed a new function where a selected film festival judges can review and judge submitted films.
  4. Link preview Open Graph (OG Tag) Updated
    Link preview function, previously only available in Korean when a user clicks the “Share” button, now supports English and Chinese language. The OG tag will be applied when you simply copy and paste the url.
  5. Content Review Error Solved
  6. Adding Korean, English, and Chinese Title and Synopsis to All Films (WIP)
  7. Solved an Error Exposing Same Film Multiple Times on Home Section
  8. Solved an Error Related to the “Upload” Button on Film Upload Page

Other Updates

We have renewed our Instagram page (Korean) that delivers content and service-related news. Stay tuned for our super rookie Hannah and Maisie’s great work to be uploaded on our SNS channel :)

Press Release

We sincerely thank everyone who supports MovieBloc, and we will always put our best to deliver more exciting news.

Thank you,
MovieBloc Team

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