socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based ManiaTV has reportedly laid off 15 of the firm's 33 employees, according to a report in The Deal, as the firm prepares to sell the company. The firm moved here in 2007 from Denver. Tags: employment merger layoff hollywood content acquisition entertainment maniatv.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

A report today from Bloomberg says that Providence Equity Partners , the private equity firm which owns part of Los Angeles-based Hulu , is selling its stake to the firm's other owners in a deal valuing the firm at about $2 billion.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

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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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

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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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. First, we're geographically spread out, with silos far away--in Pasadena, the Valley, Hollywood, etc.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). www.goodandgreen.biz Microsoft Office Buy Office Small Business 2007 now.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

They seemed as surprised by their popularity as the reporters who covered Beatlemania. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Their humility went a long way to winning over even the most jaded journalist. Humility is the honey that will attract donors.

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