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socalTECH
AUGUST 11, 2015
Coding Dojo , the operator of a coding bootcamp program, says it has opened up a location in Los Angeles, at a location in Burbank. coding dojo burbank bootcamp software education school learningThe company--which offers up a 14-week development program to teach students coding skills--says its location in Los Angeles is the third for the company. Coding Dojo also has locations in Seattle and Silicon Valley.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 17, 2019
in an upgrade of its Burbank research and technology center. burbank research coatings specialty materials growth expansionPPG , a $15.4 billion developer of paints, coatings and specialty materials based in Pittsburgh, says it has invested $15.5M
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SoCal Tech Calendar
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 -- Burbank Tech Talks: December. Save the date for December's edition of Burbank Tech Talks on Dec. 7, presented by The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire. The event will feature a look ahead to the future of technology in 2017 and beyond.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
aerial drone racing burbank quadcopter race grand prix circuitA local startup, which organizes and runs drone racing events , is holding an invite-only event this weekend to qualify UAV pilots for a competition in Dubai later this year. According to the Aerial Grand Prix , it is hosting a local qualifier to advance pilots to the World Drine Prix in Dubai, which is dangling a $1M prize.
socalTECH
JUNE 18, 2015
Disney/ABC Television , which had planned to replace about 35 information technology workers split between its New York and Burbank offices with imported H-1B workers from an outsourcer, has abruptly cancelled those plans. Disney had told its workers in May that it would be replacing them with workers--imported from India--from outsourcer Cognizant.
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Activision Blizzard of Santa Monica plans to open an e-sports arena in Burbank to play host to a variety of video game tournaments including the Overwatch Contenders Playoffs and Hearthstone Championship Tour in October, the company said Thursday
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Burbank Tech Talks and TechFire. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire is featuring a Burbank tech success story, Angel City Data's Founder and President, David Knight. A former record producer, David loves blending creativity with technology - and this year, Angel City Data was recognized as the Burbank Chamber of Commerce's Small Business of the Year. Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Founder Stories: David Knight, Angel City Data.
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 15, 2019
Team SoloMid partners with Lenovo; Feather spreads its wings in L.A.; CareerArc grows, names new executives
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
The City of Burbank, and TechFire. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire, oresents the third in a series of Burbank Tech Talks, featuring advice for recruiting technical and business talent to grow your startup. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/burbank-tech-talks-november-recruiting-strategies-to-grow-your-startup-tickets-28163637197. Thursday, November 10, 2016 -- Recruiting Strategies to Grow Your Startup.
socalTECH
JUNE 12, 2013
Surf Air launched its first flight today at 10:45am, flying from Burbank to San Carlos. In a little over an hour, executives can now hop between the two technology areas--through the executive airline terminals at Burbank and San Carlos. The new service skirts the more crowded, security lines at the public side of Burbank--which is already drastically easier to navigate than LAX--and allows execs to simply show up and board their flights.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 13, 2017
The Disney Accelerator has rolled out the newest class of startup from its startup accelerator this week, showing off 11 new companies from the 2017 Disney Accelerator program on Wednesday in Burbank. disney accelerator 2017 demo burbank waltdisney startup startupsThe startup accelerator--run by The Walt Disney Company--said this year's startup included Ambidio (surround sound for personal devices); aXiomatic (esports and gaming); Brit + Co.
L.A. Business Journal
MARCH 30, 2020
RCT Studio, a Burbank-based developer of interactive games, announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 17, 2020
Burbank-based Entertainment Partners has acquired Culver City-based software developer SyncOnSet Technologies Inc
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 7, 2021
Burbank-based payroll company Cast & Crew announced April 7 that it has acquired LeBog Software, the developer of an expense management system called Digital Purchase Order
socalTECH
JUNE 11, 2013
The first flight is set to depart Burbank at 10:45am, landing in San Carlos at noon. surfair surf subscription airline muckerlab airport certification burbank carlos Santa Monica-based Surf Air , the all-you-can-fly airline service which is looking to connect Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach, is getting set to launch its first member flight tomorrow, Wednesday.
Tech.Co
JULY 12, 2017
Accelerator Startups & Apps Atom Ticket AVATAR BB-8 Burbank corporate partnership disney Disney Accelerator Droids Imperson Los Angeles mobile app Pandora Sphero star wars The Walt Disney Company toysThere’s no denying that BB-8 was the star of the most recent installment in the Star Wars universe, Rogue One.
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 15, 2019
Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4 million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 31, 2018
31 that it entered into an agreement to acquire Burbank video distribution services company Vubiquity for $224 million in cash Software developer Amdocs announced on Jan.
socalTECH
AUGUST 23, 2022
Burbank-based Warner Bros. Games says its new game, MultiVersus, a free-to-play game that runs on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles and PC, has surpassed 20 million players. The company said it launched its open beta of the game on July 26th. MultiVersus was developed by Los Angeles-based Player First Games. warner brothers games playstation xbox
socalTECH
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Burbank-based Disney has made a $15M investment in Norwegian educational and learning games developer Kahoot , Kahoot said Friday, in a deal which grows Disney's stake in the company. Kahoot--which was part of the Disney Accelerator in Burbank back in 2017--revolves around user-created quizzes, which people set up and share with other users.
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 31, 2018
TT Games, makers of the Lego video game franchise published by Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment in Burbank, has announced the opening of TT Games Brighton, a new UK-based development studio focused on creating new Lego games designed for mobile platforms
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2021
Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has announced the participants in this year's startup accelerator program at the company. According to the company, it has selected eight companies for the 2021 Disney Accelerator Program, including companies in the areas of messaging, the frontiers of technology, e-commerce, data, and personalization. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014. According to Disney, the companies this year include Attentive.
TechCrunch LA
MAY 9, 2018
Heading from sunny Burbank, Calif. Those games are set to begin July 11th and will take place in Burbank at the company’s “Blizzard Arena Los Angeles.” Eventually the league is looking to set up stadiums in locations outside of Burbank. What could be more perfect than moving the inaugural championship finals for an esports league from its Los Angeles home to Brooklyn?
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 11, 2016
Burbank-based Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission after reportedly failing to adequately disclose an online marketing campaign for the late-2014 release of role-playing video game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the FTC announced Monday
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Burbank-based Deluxe , the provider of post-production, distribution, asset management, and related services to Hollywood, said today that it has acquired B2B, cloud software provider mediapeers. Mediapeers becomes part of Delxue''s Burbank Deluxe Media Unit. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Mediapeers was based in Berlin, and had been founded in 2007. Mediapeers serves such companies as Lionsgate, MGMG, FremantleMedia, and Global Screen.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Burbank-based Warner Brothers Interactive has chopped 60 people in its Seattle game studios, according to a report from Joystiq, which confirmed the cuts with Warner Brothers. It's unclear if Warner Brothers Interactive had cut any other positions across the company's other locations or at its Burbank headquarters.
socalTECH
JUNE 29, 2018
Networking products giant Cisco said this week that it has been selected by The Walt Disney Studios announced in March, in conjunction with Accenture, and includes a 3,500 square food facility in Burbank. Cisco says that StudioLAB will feature both its hardware and software, in the areas of network, storage, orchestration and collaboration. READ MORE>>. cisco walt disney studiolab innovation technology development
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2019
Burbank-based streaming media firm Loop Media says it has launched its first, OTT service, called The Preview Channel , on XUMO TV. The company was co-founded by Jon Niermann, CEO (former President, Electronic Arts Asia and Managing Director, Walt Disney International Asia); Shawn Driscoll, Head of Music Industry Relations (former Executive Producer at Legends Studios in Burbank); and Philipp Pieper (current CEO, Swarm Fund, former Founder, Proximic).
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Burbank-based Cast & Crew, which provides payroll software and services to the entertainment industry, said last week that it has signed a deal to acquire The Team Companies, a developer of payroll and production management services to the advertising, music and concert tours and live events industries.
socalTECH
APRIL 9, 2021
Iyuno-SDI Group, a provider of localization services to the media industry with an operation in Burbank, said this week that it has raised $160M in a funding round. The funding came from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Iyuno-SDI Group says it is now using artificial intelligence and machine translation along with traditional translation for its efforts. The company has been around since 1965. The company's other backers include Shamrock Capital Advisors and SoftBank Ventures Asia Corp.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 31, 2012
Burbank-based Walt Disney bought LucasFilm , the company started by George Lucas and which owns Star Wars, for $4.05 If you're Darth Vader, what do you do now that you are owned by Walt Disney Co. ? A video just released by Walt Disney Parks imagines the result. billion Tuesday). READ MORE>>. walt disney lucasfilm video content merger acquisition
socalTECH
JUNE 15, 2017
Sphero , the robotic toy developer which was part of the Disney Accelerator program in Burbank, has again teamed up with Burbank-based Disney on a robotic toy--this time, a miniature Spider-Man which can tell jokes and talk with users. The new Marvel Spider-Man includes speech recognition, animated eyes, automatically updated content, and interactive Spider-Man themed content accessible via smartphone. The new device costs $149.99.
socalTECH
JULY 14, 2011
Users of the Twitter micro-blogging service snapped up a special, JetBlue promotional offer yesterday offering up $4 flights between Long Beach Airport and Burbank's Bob Hope Airport Saturday, selling out the special flight offer in less than 4 hours. The special flights were scheduled by JetBlue as a promotion by the firm, which does not usually fly the ultra-short Burbank to Long Beach hop. The drive from Burbank to Long Beach is usually a short, 40 minute drive.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Watch out robotic toy fans -- Burbank-based Walt Disney and robotic toy maker Sphero have apparently agreed to go their separate ways, meaning the end of the robotic version of Disney's BB-8 and R2-D2, as well as Lightning McQueen and Spider Man. The relationship between Sphero and Disney was first developed within the Disney Accelerator program in Burbank in 2015, when Disney's Bob Iger connected Sphero with Star Wars and its new BB-8 drone.
socalTECH
AUGUST 24, 2011
Burbank-based 3ality Digital , the provider of 3D production technology and services, said Wednesday that it has acquired Element Technica , a manufacturer of motorized 3D camera rigs. The firm also explained that it will be expanding as a part of the combination of the firms, at its headquarters in Burbank.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company says it has reached 137M paid subscriptions across its direct-to-consumer services, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and says it hopes to reach 300-350M subscriptions to those services by 2024. The company said the growth "shatters previous guidance" on its expected growth of those services. Disney says it now has 11.5 ESPN+ subscribers, 38.8 million Hulu subscribers, and 86.8M Disney+ subscribers.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Burbank-based Final Draft --which is owned by software developer Cast & Crew --says it has named Shelly Mellot as President of the company. Final Draft is a developer of screenwriting software. According to Cast& Crew, Mellott has been at Final Draft for 14 years, having joined the company in 2006. Mellot was most recently Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the company. Final Draft's software is used by scriptwriters, and automatically formats scripts to industry standards.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 1, 2016
Burbank-based content network Machinima and music monitoring service TuneSat have teamed up to provide audio monitoring of Machinima's content network, the two said Tuesday. According to the two, Machinima will use TuneSat's monitoring technology to better identify ad monitor the audio in content created by its talent network. Financial details of the deal were not announced.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Berberian, speaking at Disney's Accelerator Demo Day in Burbank on Thursday, said the company's participation in the accelerator ramped up its sales volume by over 500 times what it had been, calling the participation in the program "absolutely company-making." The company had connected with Disney in the Burbank program, after Disney's Bob Iger saw Sphero's robots and connected it with the upcoming Star Wars movie.
socalTECH
AUGUST 2, 2019
Burbank-based Causecast , which developed an online platform to help employers increase employee engagement with charitable causes, has been acquired by America's Charities , a nonprofit focused on getting employees to support causes they care about.
socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2018
The collaboration was announced over the weekend in Burbank, at AT&T's annual SHAPE event. A banner from last year's SHAPE event; AT&T held the event again over the weekend in Burbank. AT&T said on Monday that it has linked up with esports event organizer ESL , saying that it will provide charging stations and free Wi-Fi, plus will promote its 5G wireless at ESL's events.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 2, 2014
Burbank-based Internships.com , which is a division of CareerArc Group LLC, has been acquired by Chegg in a $11M deal. According to Chegg, it will pay $10M in cash and $1M in shares of Chegg common stock for the student-focused, internships marketplace. Chegg said that Internships.com had around 2 million registered students using its service. Interships.com was headed by serial entrepeneur Robin D. Richards. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Burbank-based PSI Services , which provides professional testing services, said today that it has acquired Computer Assisted Testing Services (CATS). Financial terms of the buy were not announced. CATS provides computer-based examinations for organizations in the licensing and certification testing area. PSI said the acquisition will help it expand in the federal and certification market segments. PSI Services is led by President and CEO Steve Tapp. READ MORE>>.
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