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Quibi Sues Eko

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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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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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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 caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. What is uCast?

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Interview with Phil Ressler, BigStage Entertainment

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They can put themselves and their friends into the media and the digital experience. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending.

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NextVR Gives Viewers Virtual Front Row Seats to Big Events

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Media companies are placing big bets on virtual reality (VR) programming. NextVR, the Laguna Beach-based VR technology company, has been testing unprecedented immersive experiences in live 3D sporting and entertainment events.

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Interview with Allison Dollar, SnapCuts

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Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging. The rest of our team comes out of the film, television, streaming media, and startup world, mostly in the interactive entertainment world. What is the SnapCuts service? Where are you in terms of launch?

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Capturing Music, Life, and More With Vyclone, with David King Lassman

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The startup--which has the backing of such high profile investors as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's A-Grade Investments, Dreamworks, and Live Nation--also has some major partnership with entertainers like Madonna and No Doubt to create crowdsourced videos of their events. It looks like you have a number of entertainment partnerships already?

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