Digitalage, a subsidiary of Hop-on, Inc., has activated live news feeds and begun controlled beta testing of a platform designed to enable real-time broadcasting by creators and journalists.

The company announced in a press release that its live-first media system offers creators a 70-85% revenue share, compared with industry standards of approximately 45-55% on existing platforms. The platform aims to support live programming rather than other formats.

Platform Architecture and Features

Digitalage is built for continuous publishing and real-time replay rather than algorithm-driven social feeds. The system enables creators, journalists, and contributors to broadcast live events as they develop, with broadcasts remaining accessible through structured replay and discovery features.

According to the press release, the platform integrates identity-driven publishing, real-time audience interaction, and privacy controls governing how live content is surfaced and shared. The company said these capabilities are supported by patent-pending verification and content-provenance technologies that preserve media integrity without centralized editorial control.

“Creators are doing the work. They should keep the majority of the value,” said Peter Michaels, co-founder of Digitalage. “But economics alone are not enough. Live news demands infrastructure built for immediacy, accountability, and trust, especially in moments when the world is watching events unfold in real time.”

Digitalage positions its system as addressing what it describes as declining payouts, limited ownership, and unpredictable reach on incumbent platforms.

The announcement comes as news creators increasingly compete with traditional media for audience attention. Research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that in markets including Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, audiences frequently pay more attention to individual creators than to mainstream news brands when consuming news on social platforms.

Beta Testing and Rollout

Controlled beta testing is currently underway. Apple TestFlight access is expected to open within days for an initial group of creators and contributors, according to the press release.

The live news activation follows the company’s previously announced Minimum Viable Product and marks the transition from core platform development to real-world deployment.

“We’re not trying to fix social media,” Michaels said. “We’re building live media infrastructure that allows truth to scale in real time while creators retain ownership, control, and fair economics.”

Additional announcements on expanded creator onboarding and public live demonstrations are expected once TestFlight is available.

Company Background

Hop-on, Inc. has operated since 1993 in electronics development, distributed software, and telecommunications. The parent company previously developed CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile phone technology and is developing the Digitalage platform, with a focus on data portability and content protection.

Digitalage describes its mission as combating content piracy and empowering publishers, influencers, and contributors through decentralized Web3 blockchain technologies.

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