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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

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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. “ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers.

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Sells $500M In First 24 Hours

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Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing is estimating a sell-through of more than $500M in the first 24 hours of launching Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The company said the numbers came via Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. The newest Call of Duty title went on sale on November 13th.

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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

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Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear.

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Technology Outlook

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Social and mobile technologies are unleashing unprecedented amounts of opportunity for companies willing to embrace this new era of customer personalization and employee empowerment. Sr VP Technology - Fox Entertainment Group, 20th Century Fox Colin Schiller ? For this annual event we?re Cindy McKenzie ? Managing Partner ?

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TZ & GR Present REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming

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Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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You fish where your customers are. Scott was one of the first employees at Activision and was VP of their Studio Business. Gogii’s “rest of team&# included people like Tricia Bertero as CMO of Gogii who at Activision held roles such as VP Global Brand ?Management, Zack is the creative talent.

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