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It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. at the intersection of technology and media. According to Warner Media Camp, all of the startups went through mentoring from Turner/Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Catch Media , a provider of software used for digital rights management, has scored a strategic funding from Motorola Mobility Ventures , the strategic investment arm of Motorola, the firms said Thursday. Catch Media provides rights registry, tracking, routing, and other technology for digital content.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What's the idea behind Maple Media? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the entertainment and sports agency which also is an active investor and partner of technology and media companies here, said this morning that it has received a an investment from Temasek , the $200 billion Singapore investment company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. Talk about what CurtCo is working on? It ends up being good for both. That is amazing.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, announced today that it has inked a partnership with celebrity model Tyra Banks , to create a new site focused on fashion and beauty. Financial details of the partnership between Banks and Demand Media were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

West Hollywood-based a href="[link] , which provides a number of live streaming and other products focused on live entertainment--and also runs Slacker Radio--has named Tad Ro as Head of Product. Ro previously has worked for such companies as Verizon Digital Media, TMZ, Virgin Mobile, Spin Media and Rhapsody.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications , a venture backed provider of ringtone and mobile music products, was acquired last week by Zad Mobile. Shaw Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI). Tags: emotive communications mobile merger acquisition ringtone phone.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Two, Los Angeles area companies-- LiveXLive , which operates live entertainment and media events and online media, and Allied Esports , and e-sports company, said this morning that they are in a multi-year partnership. Financial details of the agreement were not announced.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Santa Monica-based Vertical Networks , a "mobile-first" content studio which was backed by Snap , has been acquired by New York-based entertainment and sports media company Whistle. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vertical Networks was founded by Elisabeth Murdoch.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment venue operator AEG , and on-demand, mobile fueling provider Fuelster Technologies , which is based in Porter Ranch, said this week that the two are in a new partnership where Fuelster will offer up on-demand mobile fuel delivery to fans at Staples Center and L.A. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Vyu , which is developing a personalized, mobile entertainment guide service, said this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a seed funding round. The company says its service helps viewers follow, share and discover TV and video via their mobile devices. The startup, led by Ahmed Nassef. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger , a firm which provides technology for managing mobile media distribution and billing said this week that it has named Michael Iaccarino as CEO of the firm. Mobile Messenger provides mobile entertainment and marketing services to its clients.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Los Angeles-based entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has launched itself into the startup business, saying that it has created a new startup studio it calls Creative Labs , according to the company. The new effort is funded by $12.5M READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Lucy Hood , the current President and Chief Operating Officer of the Television Academy --the group which runs the Emmy''s--and someone who had long been part of the intersection between the worlds of technology and entertainment, has died. Hood was a regular at local technology and media conferences. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation , which operates the email service Mail.com, said today that it has acquired an entertainment focused blog, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com. Tags: mail.com mail media merger acquisition deadlinehollywooddaily blog content email. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

How do you keep up with everything that''s happening with your favorite interests, brands, and personalities on your mobile phone? Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The funding was led by Evolution Media Partners, the joint venture created by TPG Growth, Participant Media, and Evolution Media Capital and Highland Capital Partners, and also included Knoll Ventures, Greycroft, The Chernin Group, Sands Capital Ventures and Double M Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

In the mobile age, what is the key to connecting and engaging with users, and where does Hollywood''s creative content fit into the mix? According to LA mobile game maker Seriously (www.seriously.com), mobile games are the best way to engage with the mobile generation. We''ve got a situation in the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company said its core customers are in the media and entertainment, mobile gaming, digital media, education, consumer goods, marketing, ecommerce, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) verticals.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Render Media (www.rndr.com), which is creating a publisher geared at the social world, social channels, and sharing. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. Tell us about Render Media? Demand Media made a business out of that.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based media and communications investor Saban Capital Group announced Thursday that it has opened up an office in Singapore. Saban''s technology holdings include mobile games firm The Playforge and kid''s online site Zui. saban capital singapore media communications venture private equity hollywood content univision'

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JUNE 15, 2017

According to Altice USA, it will offer up a suite of whole-home premium service products to its customers, including in-home installation of devices, remote technical support for mobile devices and computers, and device protection beyond the company's standard equipment coverage.

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MAY 29, 2014

Jordan was most recently Strategic Account Director, Media & Entertainment, for Networked Insights. uSamp said Jordan will help it expand its online and mobile panel products. He also has served at Troy Research and other companies. READ MORE>>. usamp executive vice president'

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MARCH 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based short-form streaming media startup Quibi , founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, has sued a competitor--Interlude US Inc, which runs the interactive multimedia entertainment service Eko , saying that it has "embarked on a campaign of threats and harassment to coerce money or a licensing deal from Quibi".

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JULY 13, 2011

Today's interview is with Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of iPad-based music education software, which uses note detection to help users learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo. It's a diverse group, both entertainment and technology. The firm is backed by Google Ventures, as well as a number of well known angels.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Director National Sales & Strategy for Amazon Media Group, working on the entertainment vertical for such properties as Amazon Mobile, IMDb, IMDb Mobile and Kindle/Kindle Fire. According to GumGum, Matt Weisbecker has been appointed Vice President, Western Sales for GumGum, a new position for the company.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

digital media focused on inspiring women); Epic Games (creators of the Unreal Engine); Hoodline (local news and content discovery); Kahoot! The startup accelerator--run by The Walt Disney Company--said this year's startup included Ambidio (surround sound for personal devices); aXiomatic (esports and gaming); Brit + Co. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2012

A mobile app new project by a local, Los Angeles team has taken to Kickstarter to help fund its efforts to create an animated, interactive caveman for your iPhone and iPad. The team includes entertainment and tech vets who have worked on computer games from Activision, animation from Dreamworks and Disney, and who have worked at Yahoo!

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MARCH 22, 2011

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , which develops mobile video management and gateway products, and digital entertainment firm RealNetworks said today they are in a global business and technology alliance. Ortiva's technology is used to optimize the delivery of videos and streaming media to mobile devices. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Pluto TV , which is developing an online Internet TV platform aimed at curating live TV entertainment for Internet users, said Wednesday afternoon that it has signed up a roster of over 20 new content partners fro the service. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2015

How do you combine the world of online and mobile apps with the world of community and political decisions and discourse? Geoff Campbell: My professional life has all been in digital media. That was all in digital media. So I''ve spent most of my time in digital media. Geoff Campbell: That''s a great question.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Elkins joins the firm from MEC, where she had run interactive media campaigns for Paramount and Dreamworks. Smith was previously at Amazon Media Group, working with IMDb, Amazon, Mobile and Kindle with entertainment accounts.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. What is uCast?

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JULY 1, 2019

The combined companies develop everything from set-top boxes and security services for the telecom, entertainment, mobile and semiconductor industries. The two rolled out a new logo and tagline as part of the renaming of Inside Secure to Verimatrix. The company says it now has more than 400 employees. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing provider based in Los Angeles, has hired former Disney Online executive Paul Yanover as President, the company said today. Yanover was most recently head of a digital media consulting practice, Lookout Interactive Media, and served at Examiner.com.

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