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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

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Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions.

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How Addroid Is Hoping To Solve The Ad Industry's Flash Problem, with Matt Cooper

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One of the side effects of the war over Flash, has been with advertisers--particularly in Hollywood--who rely on Flash to help display their advertising banners and video to users. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. It worked so well, Hollywood abandoned the 40K format.

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60Frames Shuts Down

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Los Angeles-based 60Frames , an online entertainment studio developing professionally produced, online content, has reportedly shut down , according to The Hollywood Reporter. in funding in 2007, from Tudor Investment Corporation and the Pilot Group, and was apparently unable to raise a second round of financing. READ MORE>>.

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VCR Plus Codes To Disappear

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The VCR Plus+ codes, originally developed by Pasadena-based Gemstar-TV Guide , are officially disappearing, according to numerous reports from newspapers, who say that Rovi--which now owns the VCR Plus+ technology--has stopped issuing the codes. Tags: plus vcrplus gemstar guide hollywood consumer electronics hardware.

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Sophoi Acquired By Oracle

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Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Tags: sophoi oracle merger acquisition software content hollywood intellectual property. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Sophoi was backed by Oracle which had funded the firm to the tune of $17.5M

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Google Unveils Self-Driving Car Effort

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Search engine giant Google said over the weekend that the firm has been developing technology for self driving cars, driving automated cars across California, including Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

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Geni Connects With Facebook

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Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style According to Geni's Facebook page, the firm has been working on connecting the two services since November of 2007. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, and is headed by ex-Paypal co-founder David Sacks.

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