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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

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This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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Amazon To Cut 18,000, Unclear On Hollywood Impact

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It's unclear how those cuts might affect the company's efforts in Hollywood, where Amazon has a significant presence.

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Hollywood Studios To Collect $9.9M From VidAngel

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A group of Hollywood studios will collect $9.9M 20th Century Fox and others had sued VidAngel in 2016, in order to stop the company from editing movies and streaming them to its customers. judgement against the company. Earlier this year, the company had claimed they would be able to pay that $62.4M Disney, Warner Bros.,

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Sports stars, franchises and Hollywood agencies are betting $38 million on an esports revolution

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What started with an esports team is now quickly becoming an esports empire, backed by some of the biggest names in sports and money managers for entertainment family dynasties and Hollywood power brokers.

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Cinedigm Sells Hollywood Software

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Century City-based Cinedigm said late Tuesday that it has sold its Hollywood Software division to an outside team of investors, led by David Gajda, one of the company''s original founders. Hollywood Software''s tools are used for managing digital theatrical distribution and exhibition. READ MORE>>.

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Four Companies Where Hollywood Is Intersecting With Technology

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Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. What do industrial equipment and tooling have to do with Hollywood and technology?

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Blankspaces Targets New Location In Hollywood

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Coworking space operator Blankspaces says it is planning a big expansion in mid-June, and plans to open up a new location in Hollywood. According to the company, the new space will have 14,500 feet, and will be its biggest location so far.

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