socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

At SGN we've seen steady revenue growth and we are a profitable company. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down. Or Tapes and CDs?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Together, the two companies plan to offer a standardized platform where all participants in the transportation ecosystem—including Ford’s rival automakers—can build services, from their own ride-hailing apps to entertainment channels for passengers marking time in self-driving.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2014

The program graduated six companies out of its internal incubator program Monday, showing them off at a Demo Day. 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. at the intersection of technology and media.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. NowLive is trying to do just that, leveraging both technology and the entertainment world to build its business. Additionally, they are syndicated widely across the web.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. The folks over at Blip.tv To date, Blip.tv

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? What''s your background, why did you start the company? As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment. That was my first, deep dive into entertainment.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. Whats the relationship of this company to Gary Winnick? What is uCast?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Habra: Mobile Therapy spent the majority of the time leading up to the initial pitch competition perfecting our platform and ensuring that both the application and the Web dashboard is 100 percent rooted in real science. Did you do anything in particular to rally your fans and clients? This is actually my ninth startup in 20 years.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others. Bill Curtis: It's by far the most exciting platform right now. Why podcasting?

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Media Report Advertising Content 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Worlize is a user-created social gaming and chat platform for Facebook and social networks including Twitter, MySpace and OpenSocial. The 2D platform brings together a new world of interactivity for users, including the ability to play and create their own worlds and games.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2013

Squabbler, a video engagement platform for web and mobile publishers has launched new features and the next generation of its video engagement platform in a move that will power engagement for sports, entertainment and news publishers a like. Customized content. Stage and settle debate.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“The Ruin stirs, and the Five Realms rumble,” a now-archived web announcement read on Thursday morning. And how are these concerns exacerbated given that these authors’ target audience is too young to buy cryptocurrency on platforms like Coinbase and Gemini? But monetizing fan fiction through online platforms is a trickier matter.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2008

in a financing round for the firm's virtual worlds platform. The funding round brings the company's total raised to $9.4M. Metaplace operates a service which allows users to create their own virtual worlds, which they can embed on their own web pages and sites. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

We caught up with CEO Phil Kelly to better understand what the company is working on. What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. How did the company start? It came about from a couple of areas.

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Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

TechCrunch LA

JULY 16, 2018

Google Cloud’s new region in Los Angeles is now online, the company announced today. region and, while it was slow to expand its physical cloud footprint, the company now features 17 regions around the world. When it first announced this new region, Google positioned it as the ideal region for the entertainment industry.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2012

Because of that, we were excited to start a new company, focused on one aspect of social gaming, on Facebook. At our core, game designers love to come up with something really compelling, to create a great piece of entertainment, and try new things. Companies are incredibly risk adverse, for good reason.

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Entertainment Startup Platform Content 154

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry. Bauckhage talks about the firm's recent funding from DFJ Espirit, T-Venture, Grazia Equity, and others, and how the company has been helping studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney and Paramount market their upcoming releases.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

This is because the project itself was poorly planned and companies failed to produce a good video. Web Series. Cause related campaigns (only for certain crowd-funding platforms). It is the most viable way to not only get project funding but more importantly to get customer validation. Music Project. Music Project. Art Project.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface. Think YouTube but for creating and virally sharing rich web creations and going beyond broadcast. Think Minority Report meets the web. Are you Funded?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? Jennifer Sargent: HitFix started two and a half years ago.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup. What is Tilofy about? How did Tilofy come about?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

What you’ll also find is that of the 25 companies, our founders represent an inclusive group with 40 percent female, 52 percent minority and 12 percent veteran founders from 14 states and 5 countries. These days it seems like a professional is needed to interpret a business’ web analytics. AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. By using our analytics platform, they learn about what consumers want.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? Eric Frankel: StarGreetz is a digital media content company, that allows brands to stand out in a very cluttered marketplace. How did the company come about? Eric Frankel: After more than 20 years as a senior executive at Warner Bros.,

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

This is the first major exclusive game launch Kabam or any other major gaming company on Google+ and not on Facebook. This is the first social game based on a major movie franchise on any social platform, period. According to an announcement at a recent Web 2.0 One o the first major brands to exclusively appear on Google+.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

After some pre-game mingling, we began our evening with demos from companies that had been picked from months of company submissions. Crowd Seats came up first to give their two minute breakdown of the company. With a scale-able platform ready to expand to different industries (utilities and maintenance services, etc.)

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Robert Earl, who founded Planet Hollywood, the restaurant company and I both knew the management at Universal Music. What I also like, is I'm a massive foodie, and love to cook and entertain, and this was the perfect combination. How did you get from working on mobile to online dating? Andrew Connell: It was fortuitous.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. Michele Ruiz: BiasSync provides a solution for companies, state and federal agencies, school districts, and organizations to assess and manage unconscious bias in the workplace. What is BiasSync?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

We sat down and spoke with Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried , co-founders of the firm, about what the firm is up to now, their view on how to mesh entertainment and the Internet, and how to go beyond creating a viral hit. First, why don't you tell us a little bit about what your model is with companies like CBS?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Entertainment." To this end, he and his brother Hank recently launched Subbable , a platform by which content creators can directly marshal their fan''s financial support. I promise I will never tweet about companies in stealth modeorthat killer burrito I just ate. Never heard of VidCon? Think "Consumer Electronics Show meets E!

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. Prior to Ranker, Clark founded four other successful companies, including eCrush, which he sold to the Hearst Corporation in 2007. “The

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 13, 2011

Early adoption is being championed by a lot of the people that have been the earliest users of ShareSquare – specifically the music & entertainment verticals, for a number of reasons. Tell me about your company and what you provide for the QR code industry.

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