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APRIL 24, 2013

Amazon.com has been muscling its way into the business of Hollywood a lot recently--particularly with its local Amazon Studios effort here to produce its own content and series--all to bolster its online video streaming service, Amazon Instant Video. hollywood content hdtv television streaming settop amazon' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

According to GotCast, it is launching a casting challenge for Sony Computer Entertainment America and 51 Minds Entertainment for the second season of "The Tester", an original reality series which pits video game players against each other for the ultimate prize of becoming a quality assurance game tester for the PlayStation.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu said this week that it has added two new "add-ons" for its Live TV subscribers, including both a new set of Spanish channels, as well as new Entertainment content. Hulu also said it will be launching Discovery Networks on Hulu with Live TV later this year. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of in-flight wireless broadband access equipment, has inked a deal to stream in-flight video on demand from Disney , Warner Bros. Universal , and Twentieth Century FOX , the firm said Monday.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.

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JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based SPACES (www.spaces.com), led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and a team of entertainment veterans from Dreamworks Animation, is hoping to do that with a series of physical attractions, powered by VR technology. We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Techstars Music Accelerator says that its program is being supported by Warner Music Group, Sony, Concord, Bill Silva Entertainment, Silva Artist Management, RecoChoku, Royalty Exchange, Q Prime Management and others.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is aiming to boost digital streaming and downloading of its content, through a new program the firm announced this morning. The entertainment firm, which is a subsidairy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/News Corp.,

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JANUARY 5, 2015

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. We are thankful for continued support from Demand Media, City National Bank, Richardson Patel, Business Wire, Sheppard Mullin, General Assembly, and others. I like events.

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JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based VUBIQUITY , a provider of content monetization technology and services for the entertainment and media industry, has teamed up with movie and TV service Rotten Tomatoes , the two said yesterday.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The video was just one of a number of ads filmed in the Los Angeles area for the Super Bowl, which is not unusual as its center for the entertainment and advertising industry. However, it does illustrate the increasing influence of technology and online media on entertainment, and how much the two worlds are colliding.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Marina Del Rey-based Internet video-on-demand firm CinemaNow has been acquired by Sonic Solutions, Sonic said late Wednesday afternoon. CinemaNow offers Hollywood movies, TV shows, and music videos for rental and purchase off the Internet. CinemaNow was backed by Cisco Corp., READ MORE>>

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MAY 23, 2012

and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry. and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. They're not about theatrical, they'r emore about home entertainment and Ultraviolet. More and more, entertainment has transformed into a demand driven industry.

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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? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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JUNE 2, 2014

There are several new things happening, including the maker movement, crowdfunding, and the democratization of innovation, which will mean more startups and more demand for manufacturing. A lot of people think of Los Angeles--rightfully so--as a creative hub, and just equate us with media and entertainment.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms.

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MARCH 3, 2011

David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand. About one quarter of all of the searches on Google are for entertainment related content, and studios are not playing into that at all. Our job is to help capture some of that demand. We're going out there, and harnessing that.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. When I arrived in Hollywood, everybody had written a screenplay," he says.

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