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How Addroid Is Hoping To Solve The Ad Industry's Flash Problem, with Matt Cooper

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One of the side effects of the war over Flash, has been with advertisers--particularly in Hollywood--who rely on Flash to help display their advertising banners and video to users. Where do you fit into the mobile ad market? We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood.

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Fandango Claims Record Sales In May

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The company attributed the growth to both its large network of theater screens--it recently added AMC Theaters, Regency Theatres, and others to its network--plus its mobile and social products, and its coverage of movie news and film reviews. Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Peter Hoskins, ManiaTV

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The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. It's primarily Internet and mobile devices. You moved here recently, didn't you?

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. That is conformity.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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We've invested in a fantastic company called Mobiclip, which provides high throughput video with low battery consumption on mobile devices. I think because we're a Hollywood town, people haven't taken it all that seriously. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check.

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The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room

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Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. Just as in the mobile battle when Apple goes closed it creates an opportunity for somebody that is substantively open. Imagine how much mobile telco money still exists in meat & potatoes.

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