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OCTOBER 3, 2014

We spoke with Lisa Hennessy , one of the founders of DreamJobbing and an entertainment industry veteran, to learn more about the startup. Lisa Hennessy: The short one liner answer, is it''s a robust, digital platform that broadcasts once-of-a-lifetime job openings and experience, which everyone can apply for. What is DreamJobbing?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Monday, November 8, 2010 -- paidContent Entertainment. Not too long ago, the fight for control was all about the living room and it was between cable, satellite and telcos with a tech effort here and there. Now that broadband has gone mainstream were talking internet TVs, gaming consoles, indie set-tops, over-the-top and home-wide networks.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011 -- 3D Entertainment Summit. The 3D Entertainment Summit brings together thought leaders from around the globe to analyze 3D in all platforms  theatrical, home entertainment, gaming, advertising, and alternative content. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Vuguru , the online digital content production studio run by Michael Eisner, and POW! Entertainment , the entertainment and multimedia firm headed by comic book legend Stan Lee, said today that two have inked a deal to product original, digital content, to be distributed across multiple platforms.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living. Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. laudville entertainment content startup advisory board oversee executive' READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

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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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. Sony Pictures Entertainment/Imageworks wasn’t a founding member but joined a few months after the foundation got off the ground.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- 3D Entertainment Summit. The 3D Entertainment Summit brings together thought leaders from around the globe to analyze 3D in all platforms  theatrical, home entertainment, gaming, advertising, and alternative content. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. TCOSC Digital Media Society. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based Stem , which is developing a platform to simplify payments for musicians and other content creators, announced Wednesday morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. Stem says it has created a financial platform that unifies and manages contracts, distribution, payments and data for artists and creators.

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MAY 9, 2013

Yekra says it is a digital entertainment distributor connected with an affiliate marketing system. Yekra says its system helps match content to viewers by genre, by digitally distributing entertainment through different web sites, blogs, social networks, and other destinations. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Walt Disney Studios and Accenture are in an effort to harness emerging technology in the area of entertainment, with a new effort they are calling Disney StudioLAB , the two said on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We respect the decision of any employee who chooses to walk out, and recognize we have much more work to do both within Netflix and in our content,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a statement provided to TechCrunch. . “We value our trans colleagues and allies, and understand the deep hurt that’s been caused.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

TiTAN Platform , a Chinese developer of "smart home" devices, says it has officially launched its U.S. TiTAN says its product provide a "highly-encrypted" content platform which lets content owners upload and provide their content to consumers through a secure marketplace, all tied into a "smart home" device in the living room.

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JUNE 29, 2010

According to Demand, Banks' beauty and entertainment firm Bankable is in a deal to develop a Web site, online video offerings, and mobile applications. Demand Media said the new property will be "inherently social, highly interactive" and leverage its content creation platform, social media tools and application development tools.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based Immersv is launching a brand new, ad platform aimed at virtual reality content, the company is announcing today. Immersv is led by co-founder and CEO Mihir Shah. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 -- 2018 Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival. The Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival (HETF) is an exciting international event bridging the US and China, with expert speakers and panel discussions on trends in entertainment technology, cross-border opportunities, and investments.

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JULY 7, 2014

disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment , the developer of EverQuest and other massively multiplayer, online games, has been sold to investment management firm Columbus Nova , SOE said this morning. The company specifically said the move will allow it to "embrace the multi-platform world we are living in." READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Pluto TV , which is developing an online Internet TV platform aimed at curating live TV entertainment for Internet users, said Wednesday afternoon that it has signed up a roster of over 20 new content partners fro the service.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. The problem with the “long tail” content is that only the platform provider (ie YouTube) makes money. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube).

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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. Who are your customers? It's all part of the same vision.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. TCOSC Digital Media Society.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2020

The company’s entertainment is designed to be interactive with live-streaming, geo-location, live chat, polling, choice-based narratives, 360 viewing, augmented reality, and click through e-commerce, the company said.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee. The company was formed and financed with $6.3

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JANUARY 23, 2013

They're using the ROC platform to have their events in all one place, and take their investing from 8 to 30 days, down from 90 days. Walter Grieves: We have 20 percent entertainment and about 50 percent tech startups. We're just a neutral platform for the community. Digital content is the software of Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. What is FEM?

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement.

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MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. We're targeting just below the big six.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

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. We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Don't bet on any one platform. Or Tapes and CDs?

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MARCH 31, 2014

Los Angeles-based Pluto.TV , a new company led by startup veteran Nick Grouf, said Monday that it has launched a brand new, video platform which will curate streams of video content around music, sports, news, entertainment, and many other areas. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Sam Altman: PartyEarth is a global media and entertainment company. We currently have content in nineteen cities across the globe, including thirteen cities in Europe. We only provide the "best of" in our cities, so we have a pretty substantial amount of content. and Europe, which enabled us to build out that content.

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JUNE 10, 2010

The firms said that Sonic will integrate RealD's 3D format into its RoxioNow entertainment platform, in order to support 3D entertainment in consumer electronics devices. RealD's format enables transmission of multiplexed 3D content using HD. Financial details of the alliance were not disclosed. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based viral video entertainment network Jukin Media is continuing to build out its executive team, saying today that it has named Jerry Boonstra as its new Chief Technology Officer, and Theresa Tran as its new Head of Product. jukin media viral video youtube content hollywood videos executive frequency cnet' READ MORE>>.

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