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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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

From a marketing marketing perspective, that allows filmmakers to quickly and easily promote their films through social media and build a fan base, and incentivize fans to support their films by offering access to exclusive content, livestream video chats, and production updates, as an example. Why is this important to filmmakers?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

Netflix, Hulu, and even YouTube and other content streaming sites have all but obliterated the independent DVD rental business of yesterday. And the site is growing, it now includes video content made by brands you may recognize from places that you visit elsewhere on the web, like the Popsugar entertainment news brand. To date, Blip.tv

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Web Netflix Social Media Product 65

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN. Over $5,000 In Giveaways!

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Hulu/Hulu Plus. Hulu offers current shows ASAP. Pay to Watch: If you didn’t already know, paying a few bucks more a month will get you Hulu Plus without (hardly any) commercials. Hidden Content: Hulu has some content that can only be viewed with a qualifying cable subscription.

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Tips Netflix Hulu Services 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. Valuable personality traits in his previous life working in entertainment, no doubt. LET’S TALK ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

Her father, just three decades before, was selling packets of gum in the streets of Guanajuato and how had a daughter who was educated in high education and ready to build a productive, American future. She now works as a nursing assistant. No summary of León’s speech can do it justice so please do yourself a favor and watch it.

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Education Startup Los Angeles USC 174

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Michael Tringe: I went to USC film school, and graduated with a MFA in film production. I started writing, doing production, and wrote a winning student short, and also worked at Creative Artist in film distribution and sales. Speaking of digital entertainment, where do you think we are now in terms of making that model work?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

The reason why, is we're more than a consulting firm, in that we also provide access to capital, and access to production, resources, and talent. You've worked on both sides, in both entertainment and traditional media, and technology. We are an innovation, investment, and advisory firm. It's a full range of activities.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

If you want to hire very experienced product managers there are less of these than I would like. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. You’re not in the grind of your staff being constantly approached by every other start-up within 10 miles.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

There is a true renaissance happening in entertainment today, where the distribution channels of television and cable are being disrupted and transformed quickly into new models. There was an inkling of the changes to be when interactive TV services like NetFlix, Hulu and On Demand debuted as frenemies to traditional TV viewing.

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Screening Content Mobile Netflix 82

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). He started off the session of breaking news of the most important product announcement of his life to date – the pregnancy of his wife with his baby daughter.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

Our product and engineering team has spent hundreds of hours to take that complexity, and distilled it into a very simple interface. For the last three months, we've been working very closely with people in technology, finance, media, entertainment and consumer goods. There's a fairly complex platform we've patented.

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Startup Technical Review Software Review Platform 216

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Haim's background is in media and the entertainment industry, for several decades. Southern California has great opportunities for investments in that area, particularly given our relationship with the media entertainment industry. We've also seen lots of business models coming out of the media companies, like Fox, and others.

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Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Haim's background is in media and the entertainment industry, for several decades. Southern California has great opportunities for investments in that area, particularly given our relationship with the media entertainment industry. We've also seen lots of business models coming out of the media companies, like Fox, and others.

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Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Following a quick ice-breaker game of “Half-baked” where anyone in the room throws out a word to then generate an entertaining pitch, the real pitches began. All attendees really did such an amazing job building out their products, talking to customers and putting on a great show of presentations. What a SWLA.

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

It should be the next generation content/ entertainment portal that leverages millions of user profiles to more accurately provide data to advertisers on what is appealing to specific demographics. Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. MySpace = Yahoo2.0:

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Development Team Review Content Sites eHow 76

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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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. Given how Apple’s products are normally delivered to near perfection it is likely to be a huge holiday hit this year.

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