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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. 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.

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

TechCrunch LA

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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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future

Both Sides of the Table

You need to segment your audience and find a way to get your highest quality customers over to O&O (owned & operated) inventory where you can get higher CPMs, sell merchandise and capture more customer information. But here’s what Silicon Valley doesn’t get about Hollywood. ” Guess what, Hollywood.

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Avametric Raises $10.5M To Combine Hollywood VFX With E-Commerce

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In a crossover between the worlds of Hollywood special effects and e-commerce, a new startup, Avametric , said it is looking to fuse "Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and Fashion" by using the software behind visual effects rendering to render clothing and accessories on computer models of consumers.

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Why bother to sit in with customer service?

Berkonomics

Over fifty years ago, I was CEO of a record manufacturing company in Hollywood. Then, when my manager of customer service sent a request up the line asking for funds for equipment or expanded staffing, I would understand the need, sometimes offering suggestions for improvement to try before making the investment.

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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Hollywood's an old industry, used to doing business in traditional ways. One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Where's the service now?

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Hollywood Scores Win Over RealNetworks RealDVD

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A group of Hollywood studios has scored a win over RealNetworks today, as the firm settled a lawsuit which targeted a DVD copying and ripping service called RealDVD , which RealNetworks was attempting to launch into the market. Tags: copy copying realdvd realnetworks hollywood content lawsuit.

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