socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve?

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

According to many experts , getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

But the latest range of streaming services also offer a lot of customization options…even if they are hidden from view. Hulu/Hulu Plus. Hulu offers current shows ASAP. Pay to Watch: If you didn’t already know, paying a few bucks more a month will get you Hulu Plus without (hardly any) commercials.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. So is this more social networking, or is this search? We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Distribution is our revenue model, but the hook is the marketing. That's how we make our money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

According to many experts , getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion. The amateur is probably our target customer, but a professional also looking to transition to digital would also be pretty interested in what we are doing. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). He joined SGN from Fox where he was Vice President of Business Development and worked on the acquisition of MySpace and the launch of Hulu.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Of course you can have a few competitors and still find enough charges but once you’ve gotten 2–3 big players in any city it’s hard to imagine many more players building out as efficient of a charger network as the early innovator. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.”

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

I kind of thought there was a similar opportunity you see in the video space with YouTube, Hulu, thePlatform all going after. Rahul Sonnad: I had just moved to Southern California, so I didn't have the largest local network here. Actually, from that, I just got lots of analogies with publishing geographic specific content.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Or maybe you’re trying to dramatically change the way TV is consumed, like Boxee or TV advertising works on the Internet, like Hulu. It’s developing a differentiated product in a market where you can demonstrate value to your customers – whether they’re paying or not. But your exact long-term “market?

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). He joined SGN from Fox where he was Vice President of Business Development and worked on the acquisition of MySpace and the launch of Hulu.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

Companies like Google, Facebook, eBay, Xbox Live, Hulu, and Netflix would have been seriously hurt as they hemorrhaged dissatisfied customers who would likely refuse to pay extra to just bid on select items on eBay, or watch “House of Cards” on Netflix.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

He's an entrepreneur and operating executive, and has made investments in companies like Univision--the largest television network in the U.S.--where There's lots of examples--iTunes, which is now a dominant player, opportunities like Hulu, which didn't exist until recently. where he is Chairman.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

He's an entrepreneur and operating executive, and has made investments in companies like Univision--the largest television network in the U.S.--where There's lots of examples--iTunes, which is now a dominant player, opportunities like Hulu, which didn't exist until recently. where he is Chairman.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Our judges for this Startup Weekend LA included: Howard Marks (Start Engine), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), David Waxman (PeoplePC, Firefly Networks, SpotRunner) and Tyler Crowley (Sqweal, OAF, Launch, TWiST, Mahalo). We here honored to have an awesome group of judges put forth some great questions to our presenters. What a SWLA.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

It had the audience, the people, the network, everything! This potential merger is another example of media companies getting together in what seems like a monopolistic way that still might find itself as prey for market innovation of the future; like Hulu for example. Where exactly it missed the mark is hard to say.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Multi-Channel-Network. This is dumb because you really are nothing more than a temporary ad network if you do this and usually one who delivers almost no value. Each distribution channel you sell products in has its own unique customer base but your goal is to build a relationship with those end customers. And Vidme.

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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). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2010

They point to YouTube as the big gorilla, but also social networking with video (Bebo), and video job sites (VisualCV). The largest video social network, Bebo , purchased for $850 million, was just sold by AOL in a “fire sale,” after it lost half its membership of 10 million users last year.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

Mitu Network is the largest digital media company for Latinos in the US and also targeting Mexico and South America. In long-form online video, companies were also broad in nature: Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV. The Food Network. And of course the 800 pound gorilla – YouTube – is also horizontal in nature.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

You’ll likely see applications that draw you into interactive experiences, connect you to your social networks, help you browse your TV better and create a richer media experience overall. Trying searching for something on Hulu. Try it first for content that is on Hulu and then for content that is not. By a long shot.

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