SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Entertainment Apps Conference + Entertainment App Awards. From social viewing and second-screen apps to content discovery to streaming and games, apps are becoming an integral piece of the content monetization puzzle. See [link] (more)

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Conference Screening Content 113

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

Tool 315

Tool Commerce .Net Entertainment 315

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based inflight entertainment, wireless, and communications systems developer Global Eagle Entertainment is acquiring satellite communications services provider Emerging Markets Communications , the two said Monday, in a deal worth $550M in cash and stock. Global Eagle said it would pay $30M in cash plus 6.6

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Marketing Los Angeles Organization 100

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MARCH 12, 2013

Beverly Hills-based talent agency and entertainment giant William Morris Endeavor looks to be busy with investments this week. The firm as backed a mobile application development company, Chaotic Moon Studios , as part of a strategic partnership. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 185

Beverly Hills Mobile Invest Develop 185

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MAY 2, 2011

The web site of San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment , the developer of massively multiplayer online games, was shut down today, along with Station.com, another Sony site, due to continued issues with hacking of the firm's systems. The firm has not disclosed other details on the issues. READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 173

Entertainment San Diego Sites Web 173

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APRIL 15, 2015

According to the two, the new startup accelerator will focus on companies at the intersection of sports, technology, and entertainment. The accelerator says it hopes to have a mix of early-stage startups developing new technologies, products, and services, as well as later-stage companies. READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Technology Mentor Los Angeles 100

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Calabasas-based software developer Final Draft , which develops screenwriting software, has been acquired by Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Cast & Crew said the buy will help expand its suite of technology solutions.

Silver Lake 100

Silver Lake Entertainment Burbank Calabasas 100

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based Arktos Entertaiment Group , a firm which says it provides investment, creative and production management support, and other services to interactive and online entertainment firms, said today that it has led a $5M investment round in firm Online Warmongers. Online Warmongers lead title is "War Inc.

Entertainment 170

Entertainment Activision Funding Venture Capital 170

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment. MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems. OpenStack is based on the cloud computing infrastructure at Rackspace, and is very similar to competing offerings from Amazon Web Services. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 174

Cloud Computing Services Ticketmaster Yahoo 174

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MAY 2, 2011

San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment , the developer of massively multiplayer online games, has provided details of the intrusion on the firm's systems, saying that hackers may have stolen its customer information. The revelation follows last week's hacking of Sony's PlayStation Network and other services.

Entertainment 145

Entertainment Customer Custom San Diego 145

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Burbank-based Cast & Crew, which provides payroll software and services to the entertainment industry, said last week that it has signed a deal to acquire The Team Companies, a developer of payroll and production management services to the advertising, music and concert tours and live events industries.

Burbank 100

Burbank Company Companies Entertainment 100

TechCrunch LA

MAY 17, 2019

Even as Quibi , the short form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo , reportedly looks to raise another $1 billion , rival service Fiction Riot continues to steadily build out its pipeline of short form serials. The company is reportedly spending $5 million per hour of storytelling for some of its titles.

Services 167

Services Report Netflix Content 167

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JANUARY 24, 2013

BlackLine Systems , the developer of financial software used for automating financial close processes at companies, said it has linked with Los Angeles-based professional services firm The Goetzman Group.

Services 153

Services Southern California Entertainment Software 153

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? It turns out that Technicolor had already been separately developing a platform for digital media distribution. Why a new, streaming service -- and how is this different from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc? What''s the story behind M-GO?

Entertainment 197

Entertainment Netflix Marketing Content 197

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Los Angeles-based market research provider and software developer MarketCast said on Wednesday that it has acquired Invoke, a provider of market research focused on video streaming services. MarketCast said the acquisition will help it grow its entertainment research and content testing for streaming and broadcast content.

Research 113

Research Entertainment Content Software Development 113

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Los Angeles- and Austin-based GameSalad , which develops software to easily create iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad games, said today that it has released a new publishing service and product. GameSalad said the new Studio and publishing service will pull together games built by its users under a common label. READ MORE>>.

Services 150

Services Entertainment Software Content 150

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MARCH 1, 2018

As part of the lead in to the conference, and as a part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenues, customer service, and similar topics. It sounds like you actually do all your customer service in house?

Customer 113

Customer Custom Services Conference 113

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Santa Monica-based entertainment studio Lionsgate said on Thursday that it has named Julie Uhrman to the position of Executive Vice President & General Manager of Lionsgate Over-The-Top (OTT) Ventures, the company's streaming media service. Uhrman also has served at IGN Entertainment and Vivendi Universal. READ MORE>>.

Media 138

Media Santa Monica Entertainment Platform 138

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

The startup, which had been operating under the name NewTV, is developing "quick bites" of entertainment for mobile platforms. The startup is expected to launch its short form video service sometime next year.

Hollywood 113

Hollywood Entertainment Conference Mobile 113

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Newport Beach-based Crave Entertainment , a video game firm owned by Handleman Company, has been acquired by New York-based Fillpoint LLC, a provider of online distribution, fulfillment, and e-commerce services to the video game industry. Tags: merger video content entertainment acuqisiition games crave.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Commerce Content Acquisition 100

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , which provides technology and payroll and production management services to the entertainment industry, said it has named Alex Godelman as its new Chief Technology Officer.

Silver Lake 100

Silver Lake Chief Technology Officer Burbank Entertainment 100

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Microsoft is the latest big name, technology company which sees its future being defined in Hollywood, and is reportedly hiring a former CBS television executive to head up original video content development efforts here. Photo courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>

Hollywood 169

Hollywood Entertainment Content Los Angeles 169

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based social entertainment firm Fullscreen , which is part of Otter media, is targeting LinkedIn with a new platform management and strategy practice, the company announced this morning. Pricing on the new service was not announced. percent increase in users, to 303 million active monthly users.

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Platform Los Angeles Pricing 113

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Fastly was founded to meet developers’ need for greater visibility and control. The image has been taken from a helicopter flying over LA.

Culver City 249

Culver City SaaS Los Angeles Social Network 249

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Los Angeles-based Frequency , the developer of a cloud-based video distribution and curation service, said this morning that it has inked an agreement with TiVo Corporation , to bring the company's video service and programming to TiVo's pay TV and consumer platforms. Financial terms of that deal were not announced.

Entertainment 113

Entertainment Platform Content Los Angeles 113

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JULY 1, 2019

The combined companies develop everything from set-top boxes and security services for the telecom, entertainment, mobile and semiconductor industries. Inside Secure paid $147M, mostly in cash, for Verimatrix as part of the acquisition deal in March. The company says it now has more than 400 employees. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego Entertainment Acquisition Mobile 113

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Digiboo , which develops a kiosk-based, movie and television show rental service aimed at travelers, said Thursday that it has deployed its kiosks in Boise, Idaho. The firm said it installed four of its kiosks at the Boise Airport, letting travelers rent or buy entertainment while traveling. READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 147

Entertainment Los Angeles Services Product 147

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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.

Geni 124

Geni Screening Entertainment Los Angeles 124

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JUNE 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , a provider of advertising services and technology for the online radio streaming, digital audio and podcasting markets, has acquired Omny Studio , a developer of a podcast and on-demand audio publishing platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 124

Advertising Entertainment Demand Acquisition 124

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last Monday, Jan 6th, marked the culmination of AT&T’s Developer Summit at CES 2014 along with the release of open APIs for its U-Verse platform on Android. ” Developed by Splitmo , this game can accommodate up to eight players and is free for all AT&T U-Verse TV & Internet customers. .”

Develop 72

Develop Development Mobile Entertainment 72

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Los Angeles-based Exactuals , the developer of a software-as-a-service product used to track complex payments such as residuals and royalties, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10.6M The new funding came from Entertainment Partners (EP), City National, and TTV Capital. READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Los Angeles Funding Capital 100

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MARCH 1, 2019

San Diego-based Verimatrix , a developer of security software for video service providers, set top-box providers, and others, has been acquired by French company Inside Secure , according to Inside Secure. Inside Secure paid $138.1M in cash, plus up to $9.8M in escrow to cover potential post-closing adjustments and earnout.

San Diego 113

San Diego Entertainment Mobile Sales 113

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based TicketWeb , the self service ticketing arm of Ticketmaster , announced this morning that it has acquired event marketing software developer Strobe Labs. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

Ticketmaster 113

Ticketmaster Entertainment Email Software Development 113

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Santa Monica-based TV Time , a developer of an app which lets users report information about their engagement with TVs and movies, has acquired New York City-based Mediamorph , according to the two companies. Mediamorph is a provider of entertainment content distribution and tracking services.

Southern California 113

Southern California Santa Monica Media Entertainment 113

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Norton’s latest fund is the only the most recent act in a career that has seen the investor traverse the financial services digital media and the early days of the internet. Norton built Digital Boardwalk, a pioneering internet service provider and the second commercial partner for the trailblazing browser service, Netscape.

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Funding Southern California Los Angeles Invest 230

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Vyu , which is developing a personalized, mobile entertainment guide service, said this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a seed funding round. The company says its service helps viewers follow, share and discover TV and video via their mobile devices. The startup, led by Ahmed Nassef.

Guide 171

Guide Yahoo Seed Funding Mobile 171

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JULY 30, 2012

funding round this morning, to bolster its development of digital entertainment systems for fitness treadmills. One of the portfolio companies of Los Angeles-based venture capital investor DFJ Frontier has scored a big, $15.6M Netpulse , which is based in San Francisco, said it has raised $15.6M READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 145

Entertainment Venture Capital Competition Los Angeles 145