socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

According to the two, A Perfect Day in Los Angeles is a virtual reality travel experience which takes viewers through a tour of LA's most iconic sites (Stan's Donuts, Universal Studios Hollywood, The Rock Pool at Malibu Creek State Park, etc.) The companies said the virtual reality experience was actually created in a partnership with LA24.org,

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Redpoint Santa Monica Malibu Hollywood 100

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2013

Culver City-based Fullscreen , which operates a multi-channel youTube network, and is led by George Strompolos (formerly of YouTube/Google), has raised $30M in a new round of funding, according to reports today. fullscreen entertainment youtube network venture capital content studio hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Sony Pictures said Sunday that "The Interview" earned more than $15M in online sales as of Saturday, after its release via Google Play, YouTube, Microsoft''s Xbox Video, as well as through its own website, with over 2 million rentals or purchases of the Seth Rogen film. The FBI has blamed the hacking of Sony Pictures on North Korea.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The company's founders are Ryan Horrigann and Armando Kirwin.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

These opportunities are creating an opening for Watertower Ventures in markets far beyond the Hollywood hills. 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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2017

The app, launched by Jaunt China, a joint venture with Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and China Media Capital (CMC), runs on the XIOAMI VR headset. Jaunt has its content studios in Los Angeles, although its headquarters are in Silicon Valley. 1 SE, The Madison Square Garden Company, Peter Gotcher, and Sky.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood. We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Facebook became so dominant in social, not even Google could touch them.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. Miso Media. Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at. intersection of technology and music. Music Mastermind.

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Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

There's been a huge debate over the future of Adobe's Flash raging over the last month, as both Google and Mozilla disabled Flash due to security holes and other issues. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. It worked so well, Hollywood abandoned the 40K format.

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Hollywood HTML Software Review Advertising 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The funding came from Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners--the investment joint venture which involves the CAA's Evolution Media Capital, TPG Growth and Participant Media--and Chine Media Capital (CMC), along with ProSiebenSat.1

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Los Angeles Angel Redpoint Burbank 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2016

Virtual reality hardware and software developer Jaunt --which is backed by The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners, China Media Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Axel Springer, ProSiebenSat.1

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USC Redpoint Southern California Incubator 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). hours of TV / day.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Glendale-based Disney Interactive Media and online video sharing site YouTube , which is part of Google, announced today that they are spending up to $15M on developing original videos series. The content will be produced by Disney and distributed via YouTube and Disney.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In what can only be good news for the ecosystem of content providers and startup firms here in Southern California, Google's YouTube said Sunday that it is expanding into Europe, and adding more than 50 original channels to the 100 it introduced last year. READ MORE>>.

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Content Southern California Mahalo News 159

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

For those who may be living under a rock and have no idea what SXSWi is, its five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Digital Dailies: Reinventing Hollywood’s Workflow. Man vs Algorithm: Online Video Curation Face-Off (Tubefilter, Google).

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

The presence of Google and Microsoft’s outposts have helped to a certain extent, but Southern California can certainly do better when it comes to retaining — and attracting — talent. Most intriguing, at least to me, however was the idea of tapping into the one thing other tech hotbeds can’t replicate: Hollywood. But it is the L.A.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

It would be like if Microsoft undermined it’s Office franchise by aggressively pursuing a Google Docs like strategy. MapQuest was (and is) a much shittier product than Google Maps yet people used it for years. Any Hollywood studios taking notice? ==> What do you think about the Netflix decision? It defied logic.

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Netflix Evite Pricing Hulu 329

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. Overture sold for $1.6

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Startup Product 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. We will never be Silicon Valley in the way that Toronto will never be Hollywood. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. Los Angeles. You don’t.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblo g.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on. startups from around the globe to grace the stage in front of Valley VCs, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Vmware and more. innovation.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Should media companies offer their content on an ad-supported basis or get users to pay up front?

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, DataPop launched its initial Search Marketing application across Google, Microsoft and Yahoo late last year and leading marketers and agencies are seeing breakthrough results. (I went to bed at 2am at the hotel and several people were texted me to try and summon me back to the bar).

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

Still, his factual comments are tone deaf because they are lost in translation as they are amplified in the media and we have a responsibility to call that out and not tolerate bias. I am also certain that Paul isn’t anti immigrant in any way. I did so before when he originally uttered the accents comment for the NY Times.

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Startup Hollywood Class Study 391

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

This San Francisco startup has amassed an impressive portfolio of innovative products that have the potential to disrupt content distribution in Hollywood and everywhere else. What is coming is Internet-enabled televisions, content streaming with built-in social media interactions in real time and multiple screen activities.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. photo credit to Brian Solis].

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

Nick Higgins: Besides the fact that our CEO likes to surf and ski, we've got a deep focus on Hollywood and content. You get a combination of in-stream, plus we benefit brands by developing extremely rich and interactive ad units which pull in a lot of different capabilities, including Google maps, store finders, and multiple videos.

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Santa Monica Content Platform Networking 149

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption. Many may simply hit the wall.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Hollywood Walk of Fame. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. -Users easily swipe through locations to find what they are looking for and the app presents tailored results based on learning what you like. Includes content mobile guides, ie. Current round: $4.2mm led by Spark Capital and Foundry Group.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2016

CEO, David Hanson, American robotics designer and researcher created Sophia in the likes of Hollywood legend, Audrey Hepburn and his lovely wife. Hanson Robotics uses a combination of Alphabet’s Google chrome voice recognition technology and other tools for speech processing. Sophia’s Secret Sauce. Sophia, The Selfie Queen.

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Artificial Inteligence Snapchat Design Hollywood 40

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

Most apps are about socialization of content, and displaying different media in those apps, and sending out some push notifications, so it really didn't make sense to make that all from scratch. Our genius was making that expensive, time consuming process into something that was simple, and costs less than $1000 a year.

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Mobile Santa Monica Content Tool 239

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area you have Facebook stealing employees from Google, Zynga stealing from Facebook, and some new hotshot startup ready next in line to pounce. Loosing talent is a HUGE problem and the reason why Google will give big bonuses and cash to keep their teams in tact. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach.

Company 111

Company Companies Rustic Canyon Startup 111

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google. You can post TechZulu content directly to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM. Also, with the meebo bar comes meebo chat.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

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). Google acquired that and incorporated it. Okay, thats AdSense.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50