Remove Angel Remove Entertainment Remove IP Remove Netflix
article thumbnail

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

TechCrunch LA

Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement.

Netflix 137
article thumbnail

PortalOne raises $60M as it levels up to launch its hybrid, immersive gaming platform later this year

TechCrunch LA

Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living. It included games icon Atari, which is working with PortalOne to include some of its brands and IP in that Arcade launch. We believe PortalOne is building an innovative experience at the intersection of gaming and entertainment.

Platform 167
article thumbnail

More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one. YouTube didn’t kill television, it just became Netflix… T hings can move in two different directions at the same time.