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Activision Blizzard to Open Burbank E-Sports Arena

L.A. Business Journal

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.

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Coding Dojo Expands To Burbank

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Coding Dojo , the operator of a coding bootcamp program, says it has opened up a location in Los Angeles, at a location in Burbank. The 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.

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Walt Disney Announces 2021 Accelerator Companies

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Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has announced the participants in this year's startup accelerator program at the company. According to Disney, the companies this year include Attentive. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014.

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Burbank Tech Talks (November): Recruiting Strategies to Grow Your Startup

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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. Thursday, November 10, 2016 -- Recruiting Strategies to Grow Your Startup.

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Cast & Crew To Acquire The TEAM Companies

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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.

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The Walt Disney Company's Streaming Services Hits 137M Paid Subscriptions

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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.

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Disney Cancels Tech Layoffs In Burbank

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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. Department of Labor of violations and abuse of the conditions of H-1B program. READ MORE>>.

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