Netflix Measures Carbon Footprint
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MARCH 18, 2021
Online movie streaming service Netflix, which has a significant presence in Los Angeles, has quantified its carbon footprint, using a tool created by UK researchers.
Netflix Looks To Raise $2 Billion For Content Acquisition, Production
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Netflix , the online streaming movie service operator, is planning to boost its content acquisition and production, via a $2.0 Netflix has major content production operations in Los Angeles, along with a significant number of employees. According to Netflix, it is proposing a $2.0 READ MORE>>.
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ServiceTitan Snags Netflix Vet As New CFO
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Glendale-based ServiceTitan , the developer of home service business management software, says this morning that it has named David Burt, former NetFlix Vice President of Content Planning & Analysis and Co-Head of Corporate Development as its new Chief Financial Officer--as the appears poised for an IPO.
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124 Netflix To Raise $1.5 Billion For Content Acquisition
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APRIL 23, 2018
Netflix , the provider of online streaming services which has major operations in Los Angeles, is planning to raise $1.5 billion in debt to fund content acquisition, production and development, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions, and other efforts, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.
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Hasbro, Netflix Team On Kids Programming
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APRIL 12, 2013
Beverly Hills-based Hasbro Studios , the content division of toy maker Hasbro, and streaming media provider Netflix said Thursday that the two are in an expanded, multi-year programming agreement. hasbro netflix content streaming video hollywood' Financial details of the content deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
By now you probably know that Netflix is splitting its business into two parts: its digital streaming business (retains the name Netflix) and its DVD mailing business, which was its original business (to be called Qwikster). With nearly 25 million customers using Netflix it’s clear that everyone will have an opinion on this.
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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 21, 2022
One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there are over 34 million registered developers in 2022. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app.
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7 Lessons For Mobile App Developers To Beat The Odds
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 24, 2020
One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app.
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126 As Quibi reportedly seeks another $1 billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service
TechCrunch LA
MAY 17, 2019
Even as Quibi , the short form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo , reportedly looks to raise another $1 billion , rival service Fiction Riot continues to steadily build out its pipeline of short form serials. The company is reportedly spending $5 million per hour of storytelling for some of its titles.
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Perch Gets Funding From Citi Impact Fund
socalTECH
JANUARY 25, 2021
Los Angeles-based Perch, a startup which operates a service that lets users build their credit by paying for Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has scored an investment from financial giant Citi, via Citi's new Citi Impact Fund. Size of the investment was not announced.
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Streaming Wars: Netflix vs Amazon vs Hulu
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
The big three options right now are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, and they’re getting bigger: Americans are watching more than an hour of streaming content per day , a number excepted to steadily increase over time. So let’s took a look at the basics of each, and which service may appeal to you. Netflix Basics.
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40 M-GO's Take On The Digital Entertainment Streaming Market, with John Batter
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? It turns out that Technicolor had already been separately developing a platform for digital media distribution. Why a new, streaming service -- and how is this different from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc? What''s the story behind M-GO?
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Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. We also have a music streaming service, iROKING , which has been dubbed by some as the ‘Spotify’ of Africa.
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WD Connects Media Player To Spotify
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Irvine-based Western Digital , the developer of disk drives and other electronics products, said today that it has launched a new version of its streaming media player which connects with the Spotify music service. The WD streaming media player uses wireless 802.11n to connect to the Internet. READ MORE>>.
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Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
TechCrunch LA
MAY 21, 2019
But technology companies keep pushing it, driven in part by a belief that maybe this time the next advancement in hardware and services will convince consumers to strap a headset onto their face and stay for a while in a virtual world. We see no reason that VR content shouldn’t be compelling enough to support a Netflix model.
CBS, Amazon Tie In Streaming Deal For Under The Dome
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
CBS and Amazon.com announced a deal this morning, which will bring exclusive access to the upcoming CBS "Under the Dome" series to Amazon Prime Instant Video, Amazon's video-on-demand service. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon announced another, similar deal, for PBS' Downton Abbey, last week.
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Gaikai Appoints VP
socalTECH
JUNE 15, 2011
Peacock has previously served at such firms as Teradata , Netflix , and Capital one. Gaikai develops an instant game streaming service, which allows game players to play games from their web browser, rather than having to download and install games. Wayne Peacock as its Senior VP, Business Intelligence.
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Chumby Powers Best Buy Connected TV
socalTECH
AUGUST 1, 2011
San Diego-based Chumby , the developer of Internet-connected hardware, software widgets, and other related technology, is powering a new television from Best Buy. The new Best Buy TV also includes access to Netflix, CinemaNow, YouTube, Pandora, Napster, and other online services, using Tivo's user interface.
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Central Desktop Sees Growth, Boosts Hires In 2009
socalTECH
JANUARY 12, 2010
Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. The firm said its customers now include such companies as Netflix, U.S.
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7 Keys To Building And Keeping A Business Innovative
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. Many businesses give lip service to their celebration of innovation, but punish, rather than reward, risk-taking and creativity. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Celebrate ideas. Encourage courage.
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Citrusbyte Wants the World to Build Better Software
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
The difficult decision comes when trying to decide if you should license an outside API or develop one internally. Citrusbyte is a full stack, design and development firm that specializes in helping companies get the APIs they need to run more efficiently.
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7 Winning Strategies For Smartphone App Startups
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 9, 2015
One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app.
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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync
socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2019
We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace. Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform.
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Eight Tech Gadgets To Add To Your Gifts List
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. The company's all- in-one Play:3 lets users control their music wirelessly, and stream from your music library, music services, or radio stations. The Mint Plus Cleaner--which was developed in Pasadena by Evolution Robotics, the. Mint Plus Cleaner.
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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2013
Who is the ideal audience for this service--studios, independents, others? Darren Marble: I spent the last ten years in enterprise sales, selling enterprise software and services to Fortune 500 companies. Where's the service now? Darren Marble: Top-tier, independent filmmakers. What's your background?
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Four Innovative SaaS To Get Excited About
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 23, 2016
SaaS – or Software as a Service – platforms are all the rage. Founded by Amit Rathmore in California, Quintype delivers modern-day media operations via this cloud-based SaaS service. Fenero is a provider of cloud-based contact center solutions for sales and customer service operations worldwide. RelinkLabs.
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49 7 Strategies To Accelerate Creativity In Your Company
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. Many businesses give lip service to their celebration of innovation, but punish, rather than reward, risk-taking and creativity. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Celebrate ideas. Encourage courage.
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90 How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2013
If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. First, for people who haven't yet heard about FreedomPop, talk about what the service is all about?
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How to Out Amazon, Amazon
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. if you don’t know how to supply and service the large channels where consumers want to purchase products. What is it, really?
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When Intent And Content Align, Online Ads Suck A Whole Lot Less
InfoChachkie
MAY 14, 2012
Along with GoToMyPC, companies like Netflix, Classmates and ZoneLabs were learning from each other. and Overture Services. It has developed a service akin to DataPop’s, focused primarily on dynamically increasing the relevancy of website content. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.
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171 Yekra’s Digital Rights Distribution and AffiliateConnect Platform Raises $3M
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 10, 2013
Content is king, and local startup Yekra has just secured $3 million in funding for their digital rights distribution service for the every man. Yekra also allows creators to establish an exclusivity rights period and set up distribution to other platforms including Netflix and Hulu Plus. The company has been funded for $3.1M
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69 TVSync’s Open API Uses Video and Audio Recognition Across All Four Screens
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 20, 2012
Utilizing this same core technology, TVSync has developed automatic content recognition (ACR) software that can be accessed in seconds by video and/or audio using the camera and/or mic from a mobile device. And…they have opened up their API for all of you clever developers to create the amazing interactive second screen apps of the future.
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Interview with Tobi Bauckhage, Moviepilot
socalTECH
MAY 23, 2012
In the last four years, we built Moviepilot.de, which is like Yahoo Movies or Netflix on steroids. We try to understand your preferences, like Netflix does with their recommendations, and understand and give you a personalized experience. Do you see a lot of competition from current US services?
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164 7 Rules For Maintaining A Creative Business Culture
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. Many businesses give lip service to their celebration of innovation, but punish, rather than reward, risk-taking and creativity. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Celebrate ideas. Encourage courage.
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Combine Creative Products with a New Business Model
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 13, 2013
To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. Many businesses give lip service to their celebration of innovation, but punish, rather than reward, risk-taking and creativity. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Celebrate ideas. Encourage courage.
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Don’t Allow Your Startup To Be a ‘One-Trick Pony’
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 14, 2012
To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. Many businesses give lip service to their celebration of innovation, but punish, rather than reward, risk-taking and creativity. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Celebrate ideas. Encourage courage.
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100 Follow Seven Rules for a Creative Startup Culture
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 11, 2011
To promote passion, you need to develop a sense of purpose, promote collaboration, and have fun. Many businesses give lip service to their celebration of innovation, but punish, rather than reward, risk-taking and creativity. With a team full of passion, you can accomplish just about anything. Celebrate ideas. Encourage courage.
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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. It is Blockbuster video in the dawn of Netflix. We need to market to that customer to make them aware of our product or service.
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150 Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Canoo has spent the past year discussing the development of its prototype vehicle with the manufacturer so the company could provide advice on how to design and develop the car. The idea, the company says, is to bring convenience and afforability of a Netflix movie service to the auto industry.
TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. where he led the incubated startup to $300m in revenues as the fastest growing Service Provider for Collaboration services to include video, web, and audio. Any funding?
Hands-On with Nokia’s Lumia 900 and Windows Phone 7
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 19, 2012
With a full day’s usage (reading twitter, watching some Netflix, downloading apps, making a few phone calls), the battery still had plenty of juice at the end of the day to continue, and then some. I didn’t notice any jitters or call quality issues, nor did phone usage seem to destroy the battery life. The Camera.
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GameFly Sells Cloud Streaming Tech, Team To Electronic Arts
socalTECH
MAY 23, 2018
Los Angeles-based game streaming provider GameFly and Electronic Arts said Tuesday that Electronic Arts has acquired GameFly's cloud-streaming technology, but that GameFly will continue to operate its games-by-mail subscription service. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. GameFly is led by CEo David Hodess.
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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)
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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Why recurring revenues increase your company’s value
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Have you noticed how many web apps and content have turned into subscription services during the last several years? Call it the Netflix effect. Application developers once considered their products as licensed in what would closely be allied to a single sale. The massive shift in revenue models in recent years.
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