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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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MAY 1, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming music service Beats Music said Thursday that it has released an iPad version of its music app to users. The music service had previously allows users to use the iPad, but using the less optimized, small-screen iPhone app. beats music ipad streaming content mobile iphone' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. People don’t just solely watch TV nowadays; they multitask with a handful of screens.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Amazon Studios , the content production arm of Amazon --which has most of its operations in the Los Angeles area--has cancelled its plans to attend next week's SXSW , over concerns of the novel coronavirus outbreak which is making its way into the United States.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Now defunct, Los Angeles-based multi-channel content network Defy Media is unlikely to be able to pay the $1.7 Defy Media had run the SMOSH, Clevver, Screen Junkies, AWEme, Break, and Made Man brands. million it owes more than 50 YouTube creators, after the company's shutdown in November, according to a report.

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MAY 23, 2016

The Green Screen Institute , a startup accelerator which is looking to create innovation in the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) areas, says that it is getting close to closing applications for its first, startup accelerator program. Applications are open for the accelerator's first class until June 1st. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology provider RealD has expanded its footprint in China again, saying Thursday that it has inked a deal with Zhejiang Xingguang Cinema Circuit. RealD says it now has approximately 1,100 screens equipped with its technology in China. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 3, 2013

Los Angeles-based CraveOnline , the online unit of Evolve Media which caters to men with its video and other online content, said it has set up its own studio for creating original video. The company said it has opened up a new, 4,000 square foot studio at its Los Angeles headquarters specifically to create original video.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology provider RealD announced an expanded agreement with a Chinese company today, to install an additional 50 screens across Northern China. RealD said it has reached an agreement with UME International Cineplex, one of its existing customers, to add an additional 50 cinema screens.

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MAY 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based online and mobile movie ticketing provider Fandango announced this morning that it has signed on three new theater chains--bringing it roughly 85 percent of the nation''s theaters which have online and mobile ticketing. Financial impact of the move was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2014

Los Angeles-based Ebyline , which operates an online marketplace for freelance writers, said today that it has begun offering up a seven day, free trial to prospective customers. Unlike generic content-mill websites, Ebyline has focused on experienced journalists, writers, photographers, and video producers, who the company screens.

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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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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The small startup in Los Angeles created an online movie player to be embedded anywhere on the web. “We You can really target it to a niche audience, but you’re pushing the content out to them, taking it to where the eyeballs already actually are. There’s the human element of content curation.

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The startup — based in Oslo but with a significant presence also in Los Angeles — plans to use the funding to continue building out its platform and operations en route to its first commercial launch: PortalOne Arcade, a journey into a retro “arcade” featuring multiple games.

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JULY 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based mobile ticketing firm Atom Tickets said this morning that it is teaming up with Paramount Pictures and Participant Media, to offer up its users a chance to see the new Al Gore film, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power", at special public screenings.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Amazon Studios , the content production arm of Amazon.com, which has a heavy presence in Los Angeles, has launched a new effort to accept submissions of "shorts"--the short videos that filmmakers have traditionally pitched to gain deals with local studios.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. Walter Grieves: This is our feeling.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based movie site Fandango is expanding its rollout of mobile ticketing, saying this morning that it has added more than 1,400 additional screens across the country to its paperless mobile ticket program. Fandango said that it has added 1,300 Cinemark screens and 100 Regency Theatre screens to its network.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , which manufactures 3D cinema equipment, has signed on another theater chain, Hollywood Theaters. According to the two firms, they are in a partnership to equip a minimum of 100 screens across the country and overseas with RealD's equipment. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based 3D film projection technology provider RealD reported over the weekend that its screens delivered approximately 41 percent of the domestic, opening weekend gross of the new film, Mad Max: Fury Road. RealD says it is now the world's most widely used 3D cinema technology, with 26,500 screens.

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JULY 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based deal site Slickdeals (www.slickdeals.com), an online deal site, has nine million, highly loyal users and a daily updated list of great, user-generated, deal listings. The really amazing this, is those deals are all user generated content, from our users finding the best deals on the Internet. It''s amazing.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. Online content isn’t a small market, nor is it going away anytime soon. Same with CreatorUp.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile entertainment and gaming developer Jam City said today that it is getting behind an effort to encourage its users to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, through a joint effort with nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization When We All Vote.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Hulu , the online video streaming service, has rolled out on the new Nintendo Wii U console, the Los Angeles firm said Tuesday evening. Hulu said that the new Wii U console supports both the usual access to current TV shows, as well as a second screen experience driven by the Wii U GamePad controller.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , a developer of 3D movie technology used by movie theaters to project 3D movies, said over the weekend that it delivered 50 percent of the $31M, opening weekend gross for Disney's A Christmas Carol. The firm said it now has over 9,000 screens under contract, with 4,000 screens installed in 48 countries.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , the provider of 3D movie projection technology, and Real Entertainment Group said today that the two have made a major expansion in their 3D rollout plans. The two said that they have agreed to add up to 1,500 additional RealD, 3D-enabled screen across Regal Entertainment Group's theatre circuit.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based SightCine , a developer of digital overlay projection technology, told socalTECH today that the firm has raised an initial round of seed funding. According to the firm, its initial product allows movie theaters to display subtitles in multiple languages on a single screen.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango announced htis morning that it has scored an exclusive deal with Yahoo , where it will be the exclusive ticket seller for Yahoo! Fandango said the move will give Internet users access to nearly 20,000 screens across the country. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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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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JULY 15, 2010

However, here are four companies-- not creating content for the Internet--which wouldn't exist without the intersection of both Hollywood and the technology industry. RealD - Los Angeles- Michael Lewis, CEO [ profile ]. If so, you very likely watched in on a RealD-enabled movie screen. Seen a 3D movie lately?

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AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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MAY 20, 2010

Google said its new technology--Google TV--is based on Android and the Chrome browser, and will allow consumers to search for and browse both web and television content. Los Angeles-based OVGuide is another local online video and television guide startup, and is backed by David Bohnett.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

There are new filmmakers who are trying to get into the entertainment business, but the market has been over saturated with content. To do this, they have created Filmzu , an online matchmaker to find and connect with others to create new content. Los Angeles is going to be our home base. Plus, you can’t beat the weather!

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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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