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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Beverly Hills-based OWNZONES Media Network , a technology and entertainment company which provides products for the motion picture, television and digital content creation industries, says it has named Rob Hopps as Chief Security Officer (CSO), and Senior Vice President, Platform Operations.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

BigChampagne was based in Beverly Hills, and was founded by Eric Garland; Garland becomes General Manager of LiveNation.com, and co-founder Joe Fleischer becomes SVP of Content & Product Strategy for LiveNation.com.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Vuguru , the online digital content production studio run by Michael Eisner, and POW! Entertainment , the entertainment and multimedia firm headed by comic book legend Stan Lee, said today that two have inked a deal to product original, digital content, to be distributed across multiple platforms.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Nash Information Services, the company behind The Numbers , a data information service providing the latest movie industry box office information, said today that it has launched a new service, OpusData. Tags: opusdata software movie cloud service content video hollywood boxoffice. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Beverly Hills-based > Myspace is claiming growth in its users, saying that it has added over 1 million new signups to the service, after it launched a new Myspace Music Player.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Catch Media , a provider of software used for digital rights management, has scored a strategic funding from Motorola Mobility Ventures , the strategic investment arm of Motorola, the firms said Thursday. Catch Media provides rights registry, tracking, routing, and other technology for digital content.

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MARCH 12, 2013

Beverly Hills-based talent agency and entertainment giant William Morris Endeavor looks to be busy with investments this week. The firm as backed a mobile application development company, Chaotic Moon Studios , as part of a strategic partnership. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Beverly Hills-based ACTV8.me The new app includes interactive and social content, such as polls, trivia questions, and predictions. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. The firm said it has created a "second-screen" experience for the WSOP telecasts on ESPN. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Beverly Hills- and Berlin, Germany-based Fox Mobile Group , which offers mobile content distribution and mobile entertainment products, has been sold to Jesta Group , Jesta said Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jesta said Fox Mobile Group will become part of Jesta Mobile Holdings.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009 -- Guarding your Ones and Zeroes - Securing Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Content.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Voomerang , a new daily local deals site, has entered into the crowded group and local deals market today, saying it has officially launched its daily deals service. Tags: voomerang local daily deals group buying ecommerce content hollywood sajak wheel fortune. The firm is headed by Michael Silber.

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MAY 1, 2012

Beverly Hills-based Mobile Roadie , the developer of tools which make it easy for artists and brands to create their own mobile apps, said today that it has launched a new native iPad app platform, along with a self-service mobile website product. The new iPad service costs $499 per month or $4,999 per year.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Beverly Hills-based 3D technology provider RealD said today that it has signed agreements with Sony, JVC, Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic, and DIRECTV, around support of its RealD format on new, 3D televisions. Tags: reald movie content sony samsung toshiba panasonic. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Beverly Hills-based Livestream , a provider of online live video broadcasting tools, has been acquired by online video service Vimeo , Vimeo announced on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vimeo is owned by IAC. Livestream had raised around $14.7M and others.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Microsoft's search engine, Bing , is enhancing its searches for an area of interest to lots of Southern California firms--entertainment and media content. The search engine said one of the biggest investments is in entertainment, particularly navigating and finding what you are looking for from content on the web.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , which develops 3D projection technology used in the showing of 3D movies, has set its estimated IPO pricing range at between $13.00 Tags: reald movie merger acquisition theater hollywood content. and $15.00 per share, according to an updated S-1 by the firm. RealD's IPO is being underwritten by J.P.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Beverly Hills-based Myspace , the online social entertainment site now owned by Specific Media, said this morning that it has named Roger Mincheff as President of Myspace Entertainment. Myspace said that Mincheff will help lead internal production and entertainment efforts, developing original programming and content for the site.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Beverly Hills-based live-streaming and on-demand video content provider LiveXLive has shifted its public listing to the NASDAQ Capital Market, the company said on Thursday, and is now trading as LIVX. The company--which previously had been traded over-the-counter--is led by Chairman and CEO Robert Ellin. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Beverly Hills-based Actv8 , a developer of mobile applications for Hollywood and the television industry, has raised $3.2M in a funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the funding and details have not been announced.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection systems, said on Tuesday that it has named Travis Reid as the company's new Chief Operating Officer. Reid was most recently serving as President of Distribution for Broad Green Pictures.

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JULY 13, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie technology, and eyewear maker Marchon Eyewear announced this morning that the two are in a licensing agreement. Tags: reald marchon eyewear movie theater content. According to the companies, Marchon will use the RealD brand for sales of a new line of 3D eyewear, Marchon3D.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

New York-based MediaMorph , a developer of technology used to track media rights for film, television, games and other publishers, said today that it has inked a strategic deal with Beverly Hills-based United Talent Agency , and also scored $2M in funding.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, has filed for a secondary offering worth $242.16M. Tags: reald merger acquisition movie projection hollywood content. The firm said it is not selling any shares of its common stock, and will not receive any proceeds from the sale. on the NYSE Monday.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Beverly Hills-based MySpace , the online social networking site, is set to debut a new new site design and logo, the firm said late last night. As part of the redesign, MySpace has changed over its logo, and will center its web site on "bubbling up" fresh content of interest to users. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011 -- Beverly Hills Bar Assoc. Lunch - 3rd Annual State of Evolving Media Address. Leading IP and new media lawyer James D.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Well, you can--if you are the winner of an auction of some of the contents of the $70 million house he moved into in Beverly Hills. Persson bought the Beverly Hills mansion back in December of 2014, although Persson has complained rather publicly about how becoming a billionaire has made him unhappy.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

LiveXLive said it will combine the content programming teams of both companies. LiveXLive is based in Beverly Hills, and is led by CEO Robert Ellin. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. In a related move, LiveXLive apparently also has acquired New York-based social media software developer SNAP Interactive.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

New media and entertainment lawyer James Nguyen will talk on the latest technology and business trends, key intellectual property issues in the evolving media landscape, and practical tips for negotiating content licenses in the digital age. Presented by the Beverly Hills Bar Association Intellectual Property, Internet and New Media Section.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Beverly Hills-based entertainment company STARZ , which is part of Lionsgate, said on Thursday afternoon that it has launched a new app on Amazon Fire TV. The app requires an existing subscription to STARZ for accessing that content. The app requires an existing subscription to STARZ for accessing that content.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Beverly Hills-based LiveXLive Media , the parent company of Slacker Radio which also is focused on producing music-related content and streaming media from music festivals and concerts, said it has named Jonathan Anastas as its Interim Chief Marketing Officer.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Beverly Hills-based OVGuide.com , an online site focused on video discovery and search, disclosed today that the firm has received $5M in funding from Baroda Ventures LLC, the investment firm of former GeoCities founder David Bohnett. Tags: video search ovguide content venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based GIBLIB , a startup multi-channel-network (MCN) focused on surgery content, said it will be broadcasting a live, public stream of a hernia surgery in virtual reality next week. According to GIBLIB, it will broadcast a 360 degree virtual reality view of a surgery being conducted in Beverly Hills in 4K video.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Beverly Hills-based movie studio Relativity Media --which is behind such titles as Limitless, Masterminds, and Immortals--scored a big investment from Singaporean Internet company YuuZoo , the two companies said this morning. The two said that YuuZoo will initially buy 33.3

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection systems developer RealD said last week that it has acquired the assets of MasterImage 3D , including all of its intellectual property, technology, inventory, and accounts receivable. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Aviron Capital , a consortium of financiers with primary backing from by private equity investor BlackRock, said this morning that it has acquired a "substantial equity stake" in Kino Industries , the developer of an interactive movie technology called CtrlMovie.

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APRIL 29, 2019

The opening of the Marvel Studio's Avenger: Endgame has set records as the biggest, 3D movie opening of all times, according to Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD. According to RealD, 3D screens represented approximately 45 percent of the estimated $1.2 billion generated from the opening of the movie.

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JULY 14, 2016

Beverly Hills-based STARZ is broadening its distribution channels, saying on Wednesday that it has added support for Roku for its existing subscribers. According to STARZ, the support allows its subscribers to watch both its original series, as well as movies and first run films on Roku's media players and Roku TV. per month.

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