socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , a provider of 3D theater projection technology, has signed on theater firm AMC Entertainment as a customer of the firm. According to AMC and RealD, AMC is set to deploy up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens in the US and Canada. Tags: reald theater projection hardware entertainment content. 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. brb walking out.

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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. I joined about a year ago--a bunch of us did--and looked at where Sidebar was as it was gearing up for a full consumer launch of its personalized content portal. What is Sidebar all about?

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

StoryBots , the developer of entertaining, fun, and educational application and content, has launched a trio of new applications, the firm said Thursday. The StoryBots are brightly colored, on-screen creatures created by the brothers to help entertain and educate kids. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based media brand Pocket.watch , which creates content for kids, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, led by Viacom, the company said today. Pocket.watch says it develops eerything from small-screen video to big-screen blockbusters, games, toys, and other products focused on kids.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

me , a developer of mobile, interactive applications for the television and entertainment market, announced today that it has linked with Caesars Interactive Entertainment , to produce an application for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The firm said it has created a "second-screen" experience for the WSOP telecasts on ESPN.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen. and Petri was co-founder and head of creative at Remedy Entertainment that launched the hit PC games Max Payne and Alan Wake.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

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. If so, you very likely watched in on a RealD-enabled movie screen. Seen a 3D movie lately?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. Can you talk about what StoryBots looks like now? Can you talk about that?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. It’s fun social entertainment that without words helps me feel connected to people that I’m close to or whom I want to follow. The larger real estate also makes content discovery different. The power of a keyboard. Fred’s post was right. That’s why I love Instagram.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down. The same is true for distribution of content: YouTube and NetFlix are now viable options for releasing original movies and TV Series.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. As a studio, we are building entertainment titles that capture that spirit.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Their VDNA technology helps protect and manage content rights for works that may be pirated and uploaded illegally by automatically identifying that content, tracking it and taking it down. The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV.

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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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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment said today that its Columbia Pictures unit it tying the release of its new film, 30 Minutes or Less, into a foursquare promotion. The effort will award badges for checking into pizza parlors, banks, food trucks, screenings, and movie theater openings.

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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. 200 million views. Suck it traditional TV. Summary Version. think Apple.

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socalTECH

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. It's all about execution.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , which provides technology for projecting 3D movies on digital theater screens, announced this morning that it has signed up another theater chain as a customer. RealD said that Vue Entertainment, which operates multiplex cinemas in the UK, will add RealD to 200 screens in its chain. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2013

Financial details of the link were not announced, however, the deal is representative of the increasingly merger of the traditional world of television broadcast, cable, and TV screens with the world of YouTube and online video. videos content youtube fullscreen fishbowl television hollywood video home funniest americas' READ MORE>>.

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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. First of all, gaming, like other streamed entertainment, has been a lifesaver for many a consumer confined to staying at home during the pandemic. Part of that is because of how PortalOne has built out its platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Children that have iPads, and a need for great content to interact with on those iPads that meet the tough standards of Gregg and Evan Spiridellis. The criteria for this JibJab dad approved content is that it must be fun, engaging, with music that doesn’t suck after the 3 rd play, and also promotes learning. Gregg Spiridellis pondered.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Instead of spending all this time and energy pulling consumers to a destination, lets instead push content out to where people already are based on common interest like fans, community owners and website owners to curate content for their audience. There’s the human element of content curation. Similar to like a Pinterest board.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , which provides 3D movie projection technology, said over the weekend that it has inked a deal with Chinese language film producer and distributor Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited (MAEG), to install its 3D technology across one hundred screens in China. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie. YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2009

Los Angeles-based Break Media , an online video and entertainment site focused on men, said Tuesday that it has tapped a new team of writers, directors, and producers for a new "Creative Lab", which the firm said will create original content for its branded advertisers. Tags: video creative content break.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Sherry Gunther: Honestly, content is content.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Ever since sound was first introduced into movies, the entertainment business has never really faced a huge change. However, the online presence has shifted the entertainment landscape drastically and is threatening to change the business for better or for worse. You have to break into the entertainment industry somehow.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , a provider of 3D projectors for movie theaters, said this morning that it has shipped a new, 3D projector targeted at the small screen. According to RealD, the new product--its RealD LP--is aimed at use in conference rooms, museum exhibits, educational uses, virtual rides, and entertainment attractions.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2012

After its January launch of its player, a tiny wireless USB Roku plug in Streaming Stick™, Roku in partnership with 3M today, unveiled a first of its kind Streaming Projector running on the Roku Streaming Stick, changing big screen forever. Bringing Back Big-Screen. And what a partnership, getting viewers these experience!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2010

The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before. Does the key to success lie in sought-after content or powerful new tools or both?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2011

Basically, we're a kids content publisher. We used to travel with her, going to restaurants, with a backpack or bag full of books to keep her entertained. The only problem was, the only content out there were things like video games, movies, and things like that. It's the same thing with apps, as it is with content.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile entertainment and gaming developer Jam City said today that it is getting behind an effort to encourage its users to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, through a joint effort with nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization When We All Vote.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. Can you talk about what StoryBots looks like now? Can you talk about that?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

According to Snapchat and Screen Gems, thec ompany behind the upcoming action/horror film, they will create the first ever sponsored, interactive 3D Lens, which will place Snapchatters inside an Underworld-themed environment. Screen Gems is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Screen Gems is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Children that have iPads, and a need for great content to interact with on those iPads that meet the tough standards of Gregg and Evan Spiridellis. The criteria for this JibJab dad approved content is that it must be fun, engaging, with music that doesn’t suck after the 3 rd play, and also promotes learning. Gregg Spiridellis pondered.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A generation of content creators raised on YouTube is transitioning to the more social live video experience, exponentially growing the entire streaming industry and building billion dollar streaming platforms. NewTek’s First HDMI Product Gets A Lot Right. Streaming video is at an interesting crossroads right now. In Conclusion.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. There was the usual cogent presentation by Brian Solis on the future of PR in which he implored us to get beyond the echo chamber of Silicon Valley and Techmeme and focus on staying on the radar screen of real America.

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