Hollywood Software Firms Merge
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 17, 2020
Burbank-based Entertainment Partners has acquired Culver City-based software developer SyncOnSet Technologies Inc.
DGene Snags $20M For Film Restoration Software
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NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The company said it is building software "to expand creativity and redefine virtual production and immersive entertainment". The company says it has relationships with Hollywood studios, and is working to "revive older films and TV shows so they may be watched across streaming platforms.". The funding was led by Alibaba Group.
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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 28, 2018
This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. “I n media and entertainment there are lots of isolated studios around the world.
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Cast & Crew Acquires LeBog Software
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APRIL 7, 2021
Los Angeles-based Cast & Crew, which develops payroll and human resources, accounting and financial, and workflow and productivity software for the entertainment industry, said yesterday that it has acquired LeBog Software, a developer of digital purchase order software. LeBog Software is based in Berlin.
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Entertainment Partners Acquired By TPG Capital
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MARCH 27, 2019
Burbank-based Entertainment Partners , a provider of workforce management and automated production software and services for the entertainment industry, has been acquired by private equity investor TPG Capital. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Entertainment Partners Acquires Ease
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AUGUST 14, 2015
Burbank-based Enntertainment Partners , a provider of payroll an dproduction management services for the entertainment industry, and Ease Enertainment Services , a provider of technology to the industry, said Thursday that Entertainment Partners will acquire Ease. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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FilmTrack Gets $20M For Rights Management Software
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AUGUST 27, 2013
Studio City-based FilmTrack , which develops software-as-a-service for managing rights and content management for the film, video, and television industry, has raised $20M in a funding round. Lang was recently CEO of Miramax, and was at Fox Entertainment, involved with both Hulu and MySpace. READ MORE>>.
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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2013
Hollywood's an old industry, used to doing business in traditional ways. However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. What's your background?
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256 BluFocus Buys The Master QC Group
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Burbank-based BlueFocus , a provider of digital technology, hardware and software to Hollywood, said on Monday that it has acquired The Master QC Group LLC , a provider of file-based master quality control for Hollywood studios and production houses. Financial details of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Four Companies Where Hollywood Is Intersecting With Technology
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JULY 15, 2010
Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. What do industrial equipment and tooling have to do with Hollywood and technology?
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Final Draft Acquired By Cast & Crew Entertainment
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FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Calabasas-based software developer Final Draft , which develops screenwriting software, has been acquired by Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Cast & Crew said the buy will help expand its suite of technology solutions.
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FilmTrack Raises $10M, Acquires Dashbox
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NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Los Angeles-based FilmTrack , a developer of contracts and rights management software for the media and entertainment industry, has raised $10M in a Series B funding, and also acquired Dashbox, a developer of cloud-based music asset and metadata management software. FilmTrack is led by Jason Kassin. READ MORE>>.
Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 24, 2019
Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. Google was also a founding member of the Academy Software Foundation , an open source foundation that focuses specifically on tools for the film industry.
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261 Cast & Crew Acquired By Private Equity Investor EQT
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DECEMBER 11, 2018
Burbank-based Cast & Crew , which provides software and services for both payroll and production management to Hollywood, has been acquired by private equity investor EQT Partners. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Cast & Crew previously was owned by private equity investor Silver Lake. READ MORE>>.
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Cast & Crew To Acquire The TEAM Companies
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NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Burbank-based Cast & Crew, which provides payroll software and services to the entertainment industry, said last week that it has signed a deal to acquire The Team Companies, a developer of payroll and production management services to the advertising, music and concert tours and live events industries.
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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 21, 2021
When asked in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter , co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t say whether he would meet the group’s demands. I want to say that we are deeply committed to inclusion on screen and behind the camera and in our workplace,” Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter. brb walking out.
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3BLACKDOT Snags Machinima Vet For Game Development Effort
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AUGUST 19, 2014
Interactive Entertainment. 3blackdot machinima game development software content hollywood halo executive' The company said that he worked with Warner Bros. and Microsoft on premium content efforts tied with Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Mortal Kombat: Legacy II and Street Fighter: Assassins Fist. READ MORE>>.
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Deluxe Buys Sfera For Cloud Software
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NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Los Angeles-based Deluxe Entertainment Services Group , the provider of services to the entertainment and content industry, has acquired cloud-based localization provider Sfera. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Final Draft Names President
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Burbank-based Final Draft --which is owned by software developer Cast & Crew --says it has named Shelly Mellot as President of the company. Final Draft is a developer of screenwriting software. Final Draft's software is used by scriptwriters, and automatically formats scripts to industry standards. READ MORE>>.
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FilmTrack Backs Content ID Effort
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APRIL 8, 2015
Los Angeles-based content and rights management software developer FilmTrack said late Tuesday that it is backing a new metadata standard for the media and entertainment industry. filmtrack content identification eidr hollywood asset' READ MORE>>.
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NBCUniversal, Comcast Plan Technology Hackathon In Universal City
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NOVEMBER 11, 2014
NBCUniversal said the hackathon challenges participants to use content, products, and technology from NBC Entertainment, Telemundo, Fandango, Universal Cable Productions, Syfy, and Universal Pictures. software hollywood media tech city universal hackathon technology comcast nbcuniversal' READ MORE>>.
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138 Wrapbook Finds $3.6M For Film, Production Payroll Management
socalTECH
AUGUST 25, 2020
Los Angeles-based Wrapbook , a startup developing payroll, compliance, and insurance software for the entertainment industry, said it has raised $3.6M According to Wrapbook, its software platform handles the labor-intensive process of onboarding, paying and insuring film and production crews. in a seed funding round.
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113 Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood, LA Tech Summit, and Idea to Screen | Why You Need to Attend Any or All
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. The intersection of entertainment and technology has been a long time coming. Time sure flies when you’re having fun, or building a startup.
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100 Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
TechCrunch LA
MAY 21, 2019
For over 100 years entrepreneurs have come to Hollywood to try their luck in the dream factory and build an empire in the business of storytelling. Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment.
Whip Media Group Selected By Shout! Factory
socalTECH
JULY 22, 2020
Los Angeles-based Whip Media Group , a developer of software used by the entertainment industry to manage content, said that Shout! Factory , also based in Los Angeles, has selected its platform. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Whip Media says that Shout!
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Warner Media Camp Graduates Second Class
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AUGUST 5, 2014
What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? Baker said the camp is both a way for the company to establish relationships with emerging technology companies, as well as help the overall technology and entertainment ecosystem. at the intersection of technology and media.
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Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 25, 2021
Formed when M Ventures (a firm founded by former Washington DC mayor Adrian Fenty); the first Black talent agency partner in the history of Hollywood, Charles D. Andreessen Horowitz Hires Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty To Be Its Newest Special Advisor. “Adrian and I go back to 93 [when] we were in law school.
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Hollywood Gets Sued By RealNetworks
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment, Inc., RealNetworks is seeking to rule that its RealDVD software fully complies with a license agreement from the DVD Copy Control Association, which governs encryption software for DVDs. Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.,
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Image Metrics Buys Avatar Technology Firm
socalTECH
JUNE 30, 2010
Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a publicly held developer of facial animation technology for the entertainment industry, said today that it has acquired Character-FX , a firm which develops avatar creation technology. Riggs has worked at Luma Pictures, Digital Domain, and Threshold Entertainment. READ MORE>>.
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FilmTrack Finds $5.5M More
socalTECH
AUGUST 14, 2017
Studio City-based FilmTrack , which develops software used for rights management in the media and entertainment industry, has raised $5.5M FilmTrack, led by CEO Jason Cassin, says it will use the funding to further advance its rights management software. in a Series C funding round. FilmTrack was founded in 1996. READ MORE>>.
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AT&T Mobile App Hackathon | Superheroes & Geeks, Only in Hollywood!
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 6, 2012
Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood. We walked over down to Hollywood Blvd. We walked over down to Hollywood Blvd. appeared first on TechZulu.
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Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 3, 2020
Traditional venture capitalists may have made it rain on expensive Hollywood studios that were promising virtual reality would be the future of entertainment and social networking (given coronavirus fears, it may yet be), but Talespin and others like it are focused on much more mundane goals.
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220 Prime Focus Technologies Gets Private Equity Investment
socalTECH
AUGUST 31, 2016
Los Angeles-based Prime Focus Technologies , a developer of ERP software for the media industry, says it has received its first round of funding from private equity investor Ambit Pragma. Global Eagle Entertainment, Cricket Australia, CBS Television Studios, 20th Century Fox Television Studios, and many others.
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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. As a studio, we are building entertainment titles that capture that spirit.
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208 Sophoi Acquired By Oracle
socalTECH
OCTOBER 12, 2009
Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Sophoi's product was used for intellectual property management at media and entertainment companies. Tags: sophoi oracle merger acquisition software content hollywood intellectual property.
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140 Live streaming studio, Culture Genesis, launches its first show, the quiz-based Trivia Mob
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging to refashion the Los Angeles studio system for the digital age forming companies that combining live-streamed video, podcasts, and the newfound social media celebrities to craft entertainment for a new breed of consumer. but around the world,” said Rogers, in a statement. “We
Talenthouse & TechZulu Hackathon! | Creative Discovery and Sharing of Art
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 10, 2013
The West Hollywood based team over at Talenthouse feels the same way. We here at TechZulu put our heads together with the people at Talenthouse to bring you an exciting weekend of hacking, music, food, art, and Hollywood quality entertainment. This is Hollywood after all people. Want to Sponsor?
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How Addroid Is Hoping To Solve The Ad Industry's Flash Problem, with Matt Cooper
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2015
One of the side effects of the war over Flash, has been with advertisers--particularly in Hollywood--who rely on Flash to help display their advertising banners and video to users. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. It worked so well, Hollywood abandoned the 40K format.
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100 Five Startups Revolutionizing Music, In Southern California
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2013
Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business.
How Epoxy Is Helping Content Creators Make Their Video More Social
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MAY 21, 2014
Juan Bruce: What we are doing at Epoxy, is we develop software tools for online video channels, allowing them to connect with their audiences where they audience connects most, which is social media. As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment.
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215 Techstars Music Names New Class Of Startups In LA
socalTECH
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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Teresis Enhances Mac Support
socalTECH
MARCH 9, 2009
Santa Ana-based Teresis Media Management , a provider of workflow and digital asset management products for the entertainment and broadcast industry, said this morning that it has enhanced support for Mac users. Tags: hollywood management content software teresis media.
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100 Silicon Beach Fest 2013 & TechZulu Penthouse Featuring TZXSN
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 29, 2013
Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival, celebrating the burgeoning tech scene in Los Angeles. Silicon Beach uniquely features startup and Hollywood entertainment speakers at panels, parties, hackathon, demo day, startup showcase, and more events, June 19-22, 2013 in Los Angeles.
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89 FilmTrack Finds $10M In Debt Funding
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2015
Studio City-based FilmTrack , which develops rights and content management software for the entertainment industry, has raised $10M in a debt funding round, the company said this week. The funding comes fom Wellington Financial and Silicon Valley Bank.
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