socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

It turns out, nowadays, creating the content is only a small part of your job description The most successful YouTubers, studios, brands and agencies today are intensely focused on using social media to engage with fans, get that content out there, and grow their audience. Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

When polled 88% of marketing professionals said they couldn’t accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and the majority said lack of ROI measurement is their single greatest frustration with social media (Forbes). If you sent multiple Tweets you’d want to know which time of day was more effective.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Hollywood-based Buzznet, an online site focused on entertainment and pop culture, has linked up with entertainment site The Superficial, the firm said today. Buzznet said that The Superficial will become part of Celebuzz.com, the firm's entertainment focused and social media website.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2020

And as physical events and the entertainment industry that depends on them shuts down, virtual things have come to epitomize the popular culture of the pandemic. MakerLab linked Adidas up with young, up-and-coming designers and let them create limited edition designs for the shoe company based on one of its classic shoe silhouettes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You will not fundamentally change consumers media consumption habits. No matter how much it bothers you, people do like to entertain themselves with a “lean back” experience. And we like to be entertained. The concise guide is here. My narrative has stayed pretty simple: People in the US watch 5.3

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto. For its first foray into live entertainment, Moment House is going to host a geo-fenced, location-specific tour for the musician Yungblud. million in seed funding.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The companies said the new location will help it to design, to develop and market 8K display products geared towards the home design, fashion, entertainment and technology market. Sharp and Flying Eagle cited the "strong ties to media, film and culture" in LA for the move from its prior base in Orange County, in Santa Ana.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

On Friday, February 22, USC’s Business and Entertainment Association (BEA) is hosting its 4th annual E2: Evolution of Entertainment Conference at the Town & Gown Hall at the USC Campus. It’s focus is on the evolving changes in technology that have had an influential impact on the business of entertainment.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 7, 2014

That’s right folks TechZulu is heading to NAB with our old pals NMX to report and entertain live from the New Media Lounge. What better place for New Media content creators to network, learn, geek out on gear the most amazing gear in the world? The post TechZulu Live from NAB at the NMX New Media Lounge!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. They have broken events down by two hubs: Social Tech , and Entertainment. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2009

El Segundo-based BridgeCo , a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment market, announced Friday that it has raised $7.5M BridgeCo develops a multi-core network media processor and supporting components, used for consumer electronics designs. in a new round of funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

A new, interactive application, Braindex --designed for the iPad and iPad mini--lets consumers do just that directly on their tablet. TouchFrame has teamed with 51 Minds Entertainment, part of Endemol, to develop what it says is a TV-quality play along game show. Are you smarter than Mike Tyson? How about Andy Milonakis?

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socalTECH

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? Basically, that disruption is 18-34 year olds have changed how they consume media.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2019

The company’s new round was led by Cain International and was designed to take AllBright into three U.S. Coupled with the launch of a new networking application called AllBright Connect and the company’s AllBright Magazine, the women’s networking organization is on a full-on media blitz.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 18, 2008

The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 17, 2008

The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2008

The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media. See [link] (more).

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Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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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. said Evan Feinberg, partner, Tiger Global, in a statement.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

Kevin is also well known as the organizer of the Digital LA networking group (digitalla.net), which hosts dozens and dozens of events in Silicon Beach every year (Editor''s note: socalTECH.com is a media sponsor of the event). We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Together with Signal Sciences, we will give developers modern security tools designed for the way they work.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

We’re excited to announce TechZulu is officially partnering with New Media Expo (formerly BlogWorld) to create a Startup Launchpad at their next event taking place January 6-8, 2013 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas. What does this mean for you ? If you don’t meet the qualifications, don’t fret.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2019

AWS said the new, direct access to AWS will be useful in a number of areas, including media and entertainment (for gaming, 3D modeling, video processing, and other related media processing); electronic design automation; advertising technology and ad serving; and machine learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. I started to build this into a media & entertainment value chain that broke down the components of the industry into discrete parts. Many people are visual thinkers. That’s a shame.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Microsoft's MSN, and Santa Monica-based media firm BermanBraun Interactive said today that they have rolled out a new celebrity news site called WonderWall , which will feature information on what the companies described as the "hottest" pop culture stories, personalities, and trends. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways.

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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 are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Other than Barack Obama, YouTube, and Twitter, all of the accounts are owned by entertainers, which has caused some media pundits to wonder if some of these celebrities (or their surrogates) performed unnatural acts to boost the appearance of their Twitter influence. Startup Thought Leader Rankings. Getting Rid Of Fakesters?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The new unit also will be working closely with design firm IDEO in its efforts, according to Fandango. Fandango said the new unit will create innovative moviegoing products and services, focused on such areas as location-based services, social commerce, augmented and virtual reality, interactive video, and personalization, among others.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , the venture-backed operator of a network of entertainment-focused social media sites, is making the rounds with a new feature on its Celebuzz celebrity web site this week. The firm rolled out a "zoom" feature that allows users on the site to magnify celebrity photos on the site.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 Do you think the impact of social media is effecting Google’s search business? (42:00 Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. They don''t have coupons that work on that given day, the layout and design looks really spammy, and it feels spammy. The company recently raised a $750,000 seed round of funding.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Social Studios TV introduces you to a new (beta) Facebook app called, Your Show and bridges the gap between TV and social media. Social Studios TV thought there was something missing in the social media world. This is an app designed for the social media fans looking for a new way to stay connected.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. Most of what we do is consistently profitable, by design.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Genies is partnering with a handpicked group of creators to design the first set of collections available on the platform, Nigam said. Because each item is an NFT, the original creator gets a cut of the revenue each time that item is resold and owns the intellectual property behind the design , he added. Image Credits: Genies.

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