What Badel Media does

Badel Media is a Montreal-based consulting firm founded in 2015 by Manuel Badel that provides digital strategy, blockchain, and tokenization advisory services to the creative, media, and entertainment industries. The company's offering is organized around three service pillars: Blockchain Solutions (including tokenization and NFT-based rights management consulting since 2016); Business Strategies (project design, financing, public/private funding navigation, market research, and go-to-market strategy for media producers); and Publications & Conferences (industry research, white papers, and event organization such as the first blockchain conference at Berlinale-EFM in 2018 and the TIFF 2018 panel on tokenizing film). Since 2019, the firm has been developing the Platz platform, a decentralized Virtual Data Room intended to manage media-production information, rights traceability, project financing connections, and impact-investing measurement.

The firm operates with a small core team of three (founder Manuel Badel, consultant Magalie Zafimehy, and analyst Tarek Berrahal) supplemented by project-based consultants. Its technology stack centers on blockchain and distributed ledger technology applied to media rights, financing, and content monetization — including the Blockchain TFO proof-of-concept (2016-17), the first blockchain prototype in Canadian broadcasting, and the Platz platform, which functions as a decentralized data room for production transactions.

Revenue is generated primarily through professional-services consulting engagements — advisory on media project design, financing, and digital transformation; tokenization project support (business models, governance, legal frameworks, risk management); and impact-investing guidance for producers, investors, and institutions. The firm has worked on more than 100 projects across digital media, gaming, film, TV, music, and multimedia installations, and serves clients including CBC/Radio-Canada, Groupe Média TFO, Québec Cinéma, Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund, and various independent production companies. Go-to-market relies heavily on thought leadership through conferences, research publications, and direct consulting relationships rather than product distribution channels; pricing is quote-based with no publicly disclosed fee schedule.

Name

Badel Media

Legal name

Badel Media

Website

https://badelmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Badel Media is a Montreal-based consulting firm founded in 2015 that advises media producers, broadcasters, and investors on digital strategy, blockchain-based rights management, tokenization, and creative-sector project financing, while developing the Platz decentralized data-room platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media and Creative Industry Consulting

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Licensing & Rights Monetization (UGC Licensing, Music/Video Rights) (MPACAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Borrowing/Lending Risk & Credit Infrastructure (on-chain credit scoring, risk engines, insurance wrappers) (FSAPAEAI), DRM & License Enforcement (Multi-DRM, Key Management, Tokenization) (MPAHAMAB)

Keywords

• Blockchain media consulting
• Creative industry advisory
• Rights monetization services
• Tokenization advisory
• Impact investing consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Advisory and consulting engagements for media project design, financing, digital strategy, market research, and go-to-market strategy for creative industry clients.
2. Project Financing Advisory: Guidance for producers, investors, and institutions in planning, financing, and measuring social and environmental impact of creative sector projects.
3. Tokenization Support Services: End-to-end support for tokenization projects including business models, rights management, governance, legal aspects, risk management and blockchain project insurance.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Badel Media provides digital business solutions for creative, media, and entertainment industries through three interconnected pillars: Blockchain Solutions (evaluating and implementing blockchain, tokenization, and NFT-based approaches for rights, financing, and content monetization, including its proprietary Platz platform), Business Strategies (media project design, financing, digital strategic plans, market research, go-to-market strategies, coproduction, and impact financing guidance), and Publications & Conferences (industry research, white papers, and event organization on blockchain and creative industries).

Product overview

Badel Media offers a portfolio of digital business solutions for the creative, media, and entertainment industries, organized around three interconnected service pillars: (1) the Platz platform (a decentralized system for media production information, rights management, and impact investing); (2) Blockchain Solutions including tokenization consulting for NFT-based applications; and (3) Business Strategies covering project design, financing, and deployment. The company also contributes to industry knowledge through publications and conference organization on blockchain and media topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Platz: A decentralized platform for accessing media production information, accelerating transactional processes, enhancing rights traceability and monetization, and enabling informed decision-making and impact investing.

Products and services

• Platz Platform A decentralized system for accessing any information related to a media production, accelerating and securing transactional processes and enabling greater traceability and monetization of rights. Through more efficient data access and management, Platz functions as a Virtual Data Room that enables informed decision-making and contributes to real and measurable impact investing. It targets media producers, investors, and creative-industry stakeholders.
• Blockchain Solutions Consulting Consulting and advisory services for blockchain implementation in the media industry. Since 2016, the studio has evaluated implementing blockchain to address issues of rights, financing, and content monetization, working with experts in tokenization and NFT-based approaches. For media companies, producers, and creative-industry organizations.
• Business Strategies Consulting Media project design, financing, and deployment services including design and financing of media projects (public and private funds, tax credits), digital strategic plans, market research and go-to-market strategies, coproduction of media projects, and sustainability and impact financing guidance. Targets producers, investors, and institutions in the creative sector.
• Tokenization Services Tokenization and NFT-based application services for the media industry, including business models and rights management for media content, token-based systems for project financing, rights monetization and merchandising, governance, legal aspects, risk management, and insurance for decentralized platforms and blockchain-based projects. Targets media companies and creative-industry stakeholders.
• Publications & Conferences Industry research, white papers, and conference/workshop organization for creative-industry professionals on topics including blockchain technology, tokenization, rights management, and impact investing. Targets creative-industry professionals, industry bodies, and conference attendees.

Quantifiable outcome

• First blockchain proof-of-concept in Canadian broadcasting industry (Blockchain TFO)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, significant and core.

• ICTC (Information and Communications Technology Council)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2020Contributed to Building Canadian Consensus: Our Maturing Blockchain Ecosystem report published by ICTC (2020), providing expertise on blockchain applications in media and creative industries.
• HEC Montréal (Pôle Médias)significantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Co-authored the first blockchain-media industry research report in Canada (Blockchain and the Canadian Media Industry, 2019) with Telefilm Canada and Canada Media Fund, in collaboration with HEC Montréal's media research center.
• Telefilm CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2018Telefilm Canada collaborated with Badel Media to organize the first blockchain conference at a major film festival (Let's Change With Blockchain! at Berlinale-EFM 2018). Badel Media also authored the first blockchain-media research report published by Telefilm Canada and Canada Media Fund (2019). Ongoing collaboration on industry education and research.
• Groupe Média TFOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Badel Media initiated and helped fund (through Canada Media Fund) the first blockchain prototype in Canadian broadcasting: Blockchain TFO (2016-17). This proof-of-concept demonstrated blockchain applications for broadcast media rights and data management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Verasity: Verasity provides blockchain-based video infrastructure and rights/anti-piracy tooling for media publishers. Adjacent to Badel Media's DRM-style rights management angle, though focused on online video rather than film/TV production.
• OTOY: OTOY combines cloud rendering with token-based content rights and licensing (Render Network/OctaneX). Overlaps with Badel Media's tokenization-for-rights-monetization theme, particularly for visual-effects and animation workflows.
• MediaCoin / Tokenized Media (illustrative): Specialized consultancies emerging around tokenized rights, music royalties, and creator monetization. Representative of the broader category Badel Media competes in for tokenization advisory mandates.
• Bitmedia (blockchain media consulting): Bitmedia is an early-stage consulting/product player applying blockchain to media monetization and audience engagement. Similar advisory-plus-product profile to Badel Media, though less established in the production-finance space.

Direct peers

• Mogul Productions: Mogul Productions is a decentralized film-financing and talent-discovery platform using tokenization. Comparable because it sits at the same intersection of tokenized film financing and rights monetization that Badel Media advises on.
• Decentralized Pictures: Decentralized Pictures applies blockchain/tokenization to film financing and rights distribution for independent creators. Highly comparable to Badel Media's tokenization-for-creative-industries thesis and impact-investing angle.
• FilmChain: FilmChain builds blockchain-based royalty and rights-accounting infrastructure for film and media productions. Directly comparable to Badel Media's Platz platform vision (decentralized media production data, rights traceability, transparent payments to rights holders).

Others

• Telefilm Canada: Telefilm Canada is the federal cultural agency and Badel Media's most strategic partner/former employer of the founder. Included because it shapes the funding ecosystem Badel Media depends on and is itself exploring blockchain for media (the 2019 joint research report).
• Québec Cinéma: Québec Cinéma is a major industry organization and Badel Media client/partner in the Quebec film ecosystem. Relevant as an ecosystem participant that informs market access but does not compete directly.

Broad incumbents

• Koibanx: Koibanx delivers enterprise blockchain and tokenization solutions across Latin America, including real-world asset and rights use cases. Comparable as a tokenization infrastructure player addressing media and creator economy, though operating at a different scale and geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/manuel.badel.5
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/manuelbadel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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