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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.

Hollywood

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based 3BLACKDOT --founded by Machina Vets Angelo Pullen, Luke Stepleton, Adam Montoya, and Tom Cassell--said Tuesday that it has snagged another Machinima vet, Marwan Abderrazzaq, to head up game development at the company. 3blackdot machinima game development software content hollywood halo executive'

Electronic Arts

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011 -- Hollywood Hack Day. Hollywood Hack Day is a two-day event that brings developers from all over Los Angeles and Orange County together to create the next generation of entertainment applications. Come with a team and an idea, or form one on the spot.

Hollywood

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011 -- Hollywood Hack Day. Hollywood Hack Day is a two-day event that brings developers from all over Los Angeles and Orange County together to create the next generation of entertainment applications. Come with a team and an idea, or form one on the spot.

Hollywood

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Microsoft said the production studio will employ 125, and plans to roll out its first content later this year. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Hollywood-based Friendgiftr , an angel funded startup developing Facebook applications, said today that it has launched a new Facebook application which allows users to send real gift cards to friends, family, and others. The startup said it is now offering over 120 U.S. The startup said it is now offering over 120 U.S.

Tech Coast Angels

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MARCH 7, 2011

Hollywood-based FastCall411 , the developer of pay-per-call technology headed by Richard Rosen, has scored funding from Dave McClure's 500 Startups fund. FastCall411 was one of seven recipients of funding from the Twilio Startup Fund, a fund which looks to invest $250,000 in startups that use Twilio's telephony API.

Funding

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 1, 2013

This month TechZulu is taking Final Fridays to Hollywood! The Deets: Where: WeWork Hollywood 7083 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. During TechZulu events you will connect with developers, designers, investors, media, potential new hires, and more. When: May 31, 2013 8pm – 11:00pm. Community + Technology.

Hollywood

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based My Damn Channel , the online original video site run by Rob Barnett, said Thursday that it has been selected by Fox as a premium distribution partner for the network's original web series. According to My Damn Channel, it will also start developing and producing original new series together with Fox. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

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JULY 17, 2017

AT&T says that it is bolstering its operations in both Silicon Beach and Hollywood, as part of its $85.4 Studios lot on Friday and Saturday, the company is planning to bolster its operations across Los Angeles, to take advantage of the region's growing reputation as a center of the technology industry. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

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JUNE 7, 2013

Amazon Studios , Amazon.com''s Los Angeles-based content production and development studios, is hoping to lure in more content creators to its efforts, through the release of a new storyboarding tool-- Amazon Storyteller. hollywood amazon content script storyboard software tool' READ MORE>>.

Tool

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JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based Tongal , which operates a crowdsourced site for creating commercials, reported today that it has hit $1 million in current projects in its reward pool. tongal user generated crowdsourced crowdsourcing crowdsource video content hollywood advertising commercial television creative' READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Equipois , the developer of a mechanical arm--based on Hollywood's Steadicam--for reducing the weight of tooling and other objects, took the top prize and was ranked in 1st place overall in Wednesday evening's Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch. Tags: competition elevator pitch fast angels coast tech equipois. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels

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JUNE 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, announced today that it has inked a partnership with celebrity model Tyra Banks , to create a new site focused on fashion and beauty. Tags: demand media model tyra banks celebrity hollywood content fashion beauty. READ MORE>>.

Demand

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based Stage 32 thinks so--and so far, has 325,000 members for its online social networking site, which it says ties together film, television, and theater creatives. stage32 social networking hollywood content film theater television artist' Does the entertainment industry need its own social networking site? READ MORE>>.

Social Network

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MARCH 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based Evercar , a company which is developing an electric vehicle sharing network--starting with Los Angeles--says it plans a major expansion in this market, and plans to add as many as 1,000 vehicles in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Marina Del Rey

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APRIL 24, 2013

Amazon.com has been muscling its way into the business of Hollywood a lot recently--particularly with its local Amazon Studios effort here to produce its own content and series--all to bolster its online video streaming service, Amazon Instant Video. The new set-top box is apparently being developed by Amazon division Lab126.

Report

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APRIL 26, 2010

Los Angeles-based RealD , a developer of 3D projection technology for the 3D movie business, announced today that the firm has rolled out an application for the Apple iPhone, iTouch, and iPad. Tags: hollywood content movie application iphone reald. The firm said the new software is available through iTunes for $299.99.

Hollywood

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Sarah Zurell and talk about Pavemint, the creative talent of Los Angeles, Hollywood to tech, collaboration, diversity, and running full featured product development.

Los Angeles

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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. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. Music Prodigy.

Southern California

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

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.

Google

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Well, visitors to Hollywood's Sunset and Vine are about to see just that, with the expansion of The Melt , a Silicon Valley, venture-backed grilled cheese shop founded by Flip video CEO Jonathan Kaplan. The Melt apparently is opening up a new location in Hollywood, as it expands beyond its roots in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Lyft , the developer of a service and mobile app which lets users find, and offer, rides across town, said it is launching today in the Los Angeles area. Lyft said it will be moving east towards Hollywood and beyond in coming weeks. Do you need a ride across town, but don't have a car or want to drive? READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry. They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short.

Software

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Hollywood-based Friendgiftr , a developer of a social media service which allows users to send gift cards to their friends, family, and others, has extended its service beyond Facebook and onto MySpace, iGogole, Ning, and Bebo, the firm announced today. READ MORE>>.

Sites

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , a developer of 3D movie projection technology, said last night that the firm's 3D technology was behind over 50 percent of the weekend domestic gross on Twentieth Century Fox's AVATAR film. RealD develops 3D projection technology for digital theaters. AVATAR had a $242.5M opening weekend. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

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. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.” Image Credit: Getty Images/franckreporter.

Culver City

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JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Worlize , a new startup focused on social gaming and chat, said Wednesday that it has scored initial angel funding for the firm, and opened up a private beta. The firm said it is developing a user-created, social gaming and chat platform for Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and OpenSocial. READ MORE>>.

Funding

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Hulu said Tuesday that the video site is in new distribution partnerships with both Roku and Tivo. Roku is a maker of set-top boxes, and Tivo is a developer of digital video recorders and related services. Tags: hulu roku tivo digital video content hollywood streaming television. READ MORE>>.

Hulu

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APRIL 12, 2013

The content deal is one of the latest in a long line of content deals that online streaming video providers such as Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, and Hulu have been developing with Hollywood to provide content differentiation on their services, and to attract new viewers to their services. READ MORE>>.

Netflix

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MARCH 7, 2014

Los Angeles-based online content developer Machinima said Thursday that it has laid off 42 people at the company, all from its sales force, as the company continues to struggle with low ad rates and the large chunk of revenues that are claimed by Google from multi-channel networks. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs

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APRIL 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based Cloud Takes , an online project collaboration site focused on feature films, post production, and other content work, has been acquired by Technicolor. Cloud Takes founder Daryll Strauss has been hired by Technicolor as Vice President of Software Development. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Mobile taxi summoning app developer Flywheel is expanding its coverage area in Los Angeles today, saying that it will now provide coverage in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Culver City as well as the Westside and the South Bay. flywheel uber lyft sidecar smartphone taxi ride rideshare mobile launch losangeles angeles'

Beverly Hills

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JUNE 27, 2013

Amazon Studios , the content production arm of Amazon.com, which has a heavy presence in Los Angeles, has launched a new effort to accept submissions of "shorts"--the short videos that filmmakers have traditionally pitched to gain deals with local studios. amazon studios hollywood shorts short video pitch production option'

Hollywood

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JUNE 25, 2014

Los Angeles-based Shotgun Software , a developer of cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries, has been acquired by Autodesk , the two said Wednesday. shotgun software merger acquisition film television content hollywood games videogame production schedule'

Software Review

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

HYFN was founded in 2000, and was part of Facebook''s Preferred Marketing Developer Program. HYFN was advised by Angeles Capital Group''s Peter Cowen and Andrew Williamson in the deal. hyfn lintv merger acquisition media digital agency television content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

Hermosa Beach

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile app developer CurbStand , which lets users locate, pay and tip valet parking providers, has tied with LA hamburger chain Fatburger on a new promotion, the company said today. CurbStand''s app let users locate valet parking, figure out pricing, and tip the valet--all directly from a mobile phone. READ MORE>>.

West Hollywood