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Fandango Launching Video-On-Demand Service

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Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online movie ticketing and information services, said Tuesday that it will launch its own, premium on-demand video service, FandangoNOW , on March 30th. The company said the new service will offer up both new and catalog movies from all of the major studios, along with TV shows, for purchase or rental.

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Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager

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Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014.

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LiveOne Buys Gramophone Media

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Los Angeles-based on-demand livestreaming and podcasting company LiveOne--which until recently was known as LiveXLive Media--says it has acquired Gramophone Media, a New York-based artist and brand development company. LiveOne says the acquisition is the sixth for the company.

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Hulu Sells Off Japanese Business

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Nippon TV said it would use the acuqisition to enter into the subscription, video-on-demand business. hulu japan merger acquisition nippontv content hollywood nippon television streaming' Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Fandango Acquiring Vudu Streaming Service From Walmart

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Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and movie streaming company Fandango is acquiring the Vudu on-demand video streaming service from Walmart , according to a notice from Vudu on its website. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Hulu Eyes IPO

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The latest firms with Southern California connections to file for an IPO are REVA Medical, Gevo, and Demand Media; recently IPOs have been Green Dot, RealD, Trius Therapeutics, and ReachLocal. Tags: hulu merger acquisition exit media content hollywood video. READ MORE>>.

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Fandango Gobbles Up Cinepapaya

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Los Angeles-based online ticketing and movie service Fandango continues to be in an acquisitive move, and has acquired Latin American online movie ticketer Cinepapaya. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition follows an acquisition last year of Brazilian ticketing firm Ingresso.com.

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