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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

TechCrunch LA

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.

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SPACES' Shiraz Akmal On Making VR A Real Life Experience

socalTECH

We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format. We also have a Chinese partnership with Songcheng, where we will be building theme park-scale attractions, using Chinese IP, for their parks. We're building attractions that are VR-enabled. In the U.S.,

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New Paths Toward Convergence

SoCal Tech Calendar

This is driving massive demand for new digital content distribution networks, in addition to an entirely new ecosystem of business and technology relationships. The competition is drawing players from diverse marketsincluding digital media, internet services, and Telecom/IP communications companies. See [link] (more).

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!

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We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. OnHollywood socalTECH is proud to be an affiliate partner of the upcoming OnHollywood event, where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

socalTECH

When our Youtube views are driven up, that drives more licensing demand for the video, with other shows interested. It really started, because John is a clip show producer, and realized that the value was in the ownership of the IP. All of those revolve around the central thesis that you have to own your own IP.

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How Halla Is Using AI To Personalize Food, With Spencer Price

socalTECH

We all went to Oakwood High School, in North Hollywood in Los Angeles. What we learned, is there is so much more demand from existing retailers and platforms that sell directly to consumers, and discovery platforms like Foursquare, who wanted to user our IP as a layer, versus a standalone product. I went to Berkeley.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

There is a world filled with professional producers of video content who are extraordinarily talented but lack access to Hollywood. Most won’t be of the quality that you want but you now have tons of material and inspiration for your show and you own all of the submitted IP. and again here. It’s American Idol for makers.

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