socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2009

The Walt Disney Company is the latest firm to invest in online video aggregator Hulu , saying this morning that it has agreed to join NBC Universal, New Corporation, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in the site. Tags: streaming media capital venture content video hulu walt disney. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based video site Hulu has just rolled out a number of major upgrades to the service and its video player, the firm announced this morning. Hulu also said it is continuing to use Flash on its player, and will "continue to monitor developments on HTML5," saying the new standard "doesn't yet meet all of our customers' needs."

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Two, Southern California startups -- whole home music system developer Sonos , and streaming music service Beats Music -- made their Super Bowl commercial debuts yesterday, an unusual occasion for the startup community here. turbotax startup hulu crackle seinfeld debut commercial bowl super superbowl sonos music beats' READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The site--which is run by Jim Lanzone , the former CEO of Ask.com--said that the partnership will provide both online entertainment and university video content through UCLA's web portal. READ MORE>>.

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

And in particular, if you're developing comedy and humor content -- which is a big segment of the content being created--how to do you help people find the content which will resonate with them. We set up to develop that technology, in partnership with institutions and researchers, psychologists, and marketing professors.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show. Gaming developers.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

A good example of growth hacking was Andrei Marinescu’s role as head of customer acquisition for Hulu. During an interview, he discusses that Hulu had its free version with 25 M uniques, which they needed to actively covert into premium subscribers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion. 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.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

This traveling player can allow direct digital rentals from any blog, Facebook page, Twitter profile or other online site. Their baked in marketing technology helps producers determine the best distribution system by matching genres with online viewers demographics across 4,000 affiliate sites. The company has been funded for $3.1M

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. Here is my case: 1.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

The beauty of platform is fans are signing into Facebook when fans engage with films on our site, and those film makers are collecting valuable data and page profiles on their audience. We provide full service, digital distribution and video-on-demand to iTunes, NetFlix, Hulu, Comcast, cable VOD, Time Warner, Cox, Dish Network, and AT&T.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). People got their knickers in a twist when they saw people like Michael Arrington and Robert Scoble having advertisers and endorsing brands on their sites. Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

They saw our passion for content, the Diaspora’s thirst for Nollywood movies, the site traffic and our plans to grow the company and we went from there. Most popular film on the site? The team in London is around 15 people – mostly tech, design, business development and marketing people there. Are you also in London?

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. MySpace should not require a login to get into the site, and I DON’T want to see my profile when I do log in. This could also be done by leveraging a partnership (or buyout) of a site like Mahalo.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

Netflix, Hulu & HBO Go are coming from the opposite direction – the Head End. ” That is why Hulu has invested so much in building its Hulu Plus subscription service. Hulu announced $500 million to fund new content and Netflix has, for example, resurrected the hit / cult show Arrested Development.

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