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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

TT Games , the European developer of the popular LEGO game titles--including LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Harry Potter, has acquired UK-based mobile game developer Playdemic. TT Games is part of Burbank-based Warner Bros. The companies said PLaydemic will work on creating new LEGO games designed for players on mobile.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The firm said the new support allows companies to support the mobile web, in addition to the company's existing, native apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Android. Beachfront Media , the developer of video publishing tools, said today that its Beachfront Builder software now supports HTML5 applications.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Burbank-based Walt Disney is laying off around 700 employees at Disney Interactive--a quarter of the interactive division--as the company struggles to adapt to the shift to mobile games. The company also is planning on closing a number of its online properties, and scale back in-house game development.

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JULY 11, 2016

The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Burbank-based video technology provider Beachfront Media announced this morning that it is powering a new, mobile Family Feud mobile app for FremantleMedia. The new mobile app, which runs on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android, lets fans of Family Feud search and view content from past Family Feud episodes. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company and satellite operator DISH Network said this morning that they are in a multi-year deal, which will allow DISH to stream Disney, ABC, and ESPN to televisions, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, and other connected devices. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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JULY 9, 2015

The Walt Disney Company announced the names of the companies in its second, startup accelerator program it runs out of Burbank, with the help of Techstars. The second class includes Decisive (SaaS for mobile targeting); EMOTIV (brain monitoring technology); FEM Inc.

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DECEMBER 26, 2013

In a move to add some Silicon Valley cred to the company''s board, Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has added Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter and CEO of Square Inc., Disney said that Dorsey will serve as an independent director of the company. as a member of its board of directors, Disney said this week.

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JULY 1, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney Company said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Tapulous , a Silicon Valley maker of music games for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Disney also said it will add Tapulous founders Bart Decrem and Andrew Lacy, and the Tapulous development team in Palo Alto, to the company's mobile content group.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The program graduated six companies out of its internal incubator program Monday, showing them off at a Demo Day. Studios in Burbank on Monday evening. Most of the companies included a strong element of technology, and many of the startup entrepreneurs in attendance had a strong engineering--rather than content--background.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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JULY 12, 2017

What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.”

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

We recently ran into a Disney Accelerator startup in Burbank, Decisive (https://decisive.is/), which has created software which is able to apply predictive analytics and software to do exactly those things, and more. We caught up with CEO and co-founder David Dundas to learn more about what the company is developing. What is Decisive?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We spoke with Josh Brooks , the founder and CEO of the company, about what the firm is doing, his background at MySpace, and what's next for the company. I created Postcard On The Run because I was excited by the the idea of sharing and creating a keepsake from a mobile device, and making it more than just posting it online.

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