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JULY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based media brand Pocket.watch , which creates content for kids, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, led by Viacom, the company said today. Pocket.watch says it develops eerything from small-screen video to big-screen blockbusters, games, toys, and other products focused on kids.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

It turns out, a Los Angeles startup has a fix for that. Spoiler Shield , which develops iOS, Android, and Kindle apps, says that its apps help shelter social media users from seeing the results of the Winter Olympics--or even the plots of television shows or other sporting events, by helping to screen a user''s Facebook and Twitter streams.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, reports today that it has inked a deal with Chinese movie theater chain Wanda Cinema , to deploy up to 500 screens with its technology. The deal brings RealD's total deployed screens worldwide to around 9,300. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , a developer of 3D movie projection technology, said last night that the firm's 3D technology was behind over 50 percent of the weekend domestic gross on Twentieth Century Fox's AVATAR film. The firm said its screens brought in nearly $40M of the total domestic box office from the James Cameron film.

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MAY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D projection technology which is waiting in the wings for an IPO, revealed its latest year's result in an updated S-1 filing with the SEC last night. The firm's biggest growth was in international screens, where the firm had a 378 percent increase in enabled screens from last year.

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , which develops 3D movie projection hardware, disclosed this morning that it has installed an upgraded cinema systems at the El Capitan. RealD's XL system provides 3D capability to larger screens, over the 45 ft. RealD said its XL supports screens up to 80 feet wide on a single, DLP projector.

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MAY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based RealD announced this morning that it has signed a Chinese film distributor, Bona Film Group Limited. The provider of 3D movie projection technology said that Bona Film Group will install its 3D technology at 100 cinema screens across China. The firm said it now has 20,200 screens deployed worldwide.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based DEFY Media , a developer of YouTube channels and digital content, said on Tuesday that it has raised $70M in a Series B funding. DEFY Media is led by Matt Diamond, and owns such brands as SMOSH, Clevver, Screen Junkies, AWEme, Break, and Made Man. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Cinedigm , a developer of digital cinema products, said today that it has deployed its products in the Caribbean. Cinedigm said that Caribbean Cinemas will deploy up to 290 screens using its technology. The firm said the deal is its first large scale deployment outside the continental US and Canada.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, released its results Thursday, saying its Q3 2011 revenues rose to $57.8M, up 91 percent from Q3 of of 2010, when it reported revenues of $30.2M. The firm had a net GAAP loss of $16.6M. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Los Angeles-based RealD , which developer 3D projection technology for the movie theater industry, has signed its fourth, Chinese exhibitor for its technology, the firm reported this morning. Financial impact of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The launch of their new Boxee Box in November and the user acceptance of that will be telling for their future development. But the whole market will develop more slowly as we watch this bum fight take place. Will we discover stuff through second-screen apps? This will change in the next 2 years. Or some unforeseen technology?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The CEO of Patreon , one of the first businesses to develop a tech solution for artists and creators seeking consistent income, recently announced Super Patron, a $50,000-per-year grant for creators, according to The Verge. Influencers, for their part, pay $48 per year for access to the company’s premium features. Rethinking value.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way. Those teachers are what set us apart.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

round from the NFL's Drew Brees, skating's Rob Dyrdek, and a number of local venture and angel investors to create what the company hopes is the dominant provider of social and mobile sports game. The big differentiator here, is the sports game we have gone out to buy or which we've developed are super lightweight.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). It's clear that Hollywood people speak a different language from technology people.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. But we do have great technology developers.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. with the clips.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Zak had an idea for a screen writing magazine, and was trying to make it as a screenwriter, and found out there was a lack of good resources for people trying to scrap and get to the top.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Los Angeles is going to be our home base. We done a lot of testing and development to make sure that if we want to stay in the U.S., Also, mainly the entertainment focus side of Los Angeles is something you can’t dismiss. A screen writer, nine times out of ten, isn’t going to have a demo reel. That’s all they are.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally. ” Lady Gaga played 4-5 clubs a night in Los Angeles and New York when she was a relatively undiscovered talent.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

The Winklevoss twins, the 31-year-old Harvard grads who are probably best known for their years-long legal fight with Mark Zuckerberg over the founding of Facebook, have put $18 million of their Facebook settlement cash toward buying a brand new bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills, according to a report today out of TMZ.*.

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