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JUNE 10, 2013

However, Silicon Beach Fest , the upcoming conference which combines both the local high tech community as well as the entertainment industry, seems to be emblematic of the spirit and energy which has become apparent recently in the local startup scene. Last year''s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Cloud9 , an e-sports organization which participates in the League of Legends, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, and many other e-sports leagues, said Monday that it has raised $25M in a series A funding.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2019

Coupled with the launch of a new networking application called AllBright Connect and the company’s AllBright Magazine, the women’s networking organization is on a full-on media blitz. The company said that the new facilities would be opening in the coming months.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile entertainment and gaming developer Jam City said today that it is getting behind an effort to encourage its users to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, through a joint effort with nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization When We All Vote.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Mediamorph is a provider of entertainment content distribution and tracking services. The newly combined companies will operate under a new umbrella organization, Whip Media Group. Financial details of the acquisition wer e not announced. TV Time is led by longtime Southern California technology veteran Richard Rosenblatt.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

“What we are seeing is that there’s a significant appetite from public market investors to interactive entertainment as a category,” said Scopely co-chief executive Walter Driver. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.” ” LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200M at a $1.7B ” .

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which organizes community esports events at theaters and other locations, has partnered with sports entertainment venue company Topgolf , where Topgolf will host amateur e-sports events and competitions.

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JUNE 19, 2013

The event--the third iteration of Silicon Beach Fest, which had its debut in June of last year--is a celebration of the technology industry''s rise in Los Angeles, with keynotes from Mark Suster of GRP Partners/LaunchpadLA and Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment/Telemundo. The festival even includes a number of beach events on Saturday.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Saban Brands said the buy will strengthen its position in kids entertainment. As a part of the acquisition, Saban said it will establish a new physical presence in San Diego, and add 12 employees to its organization. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

The LA Dodgers has opened the doors on its first, startup accelerator program class this morning, unveiling the 10 companies included in the first LA Dodgers Sports & Entertainment Accelerator. The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2023

A website or blog without appealing or entertaining content for your market segment is not enchanting. Visitors should never have to wonder what your organization does and why you do what you do. Few people these days wants to deal with a nameless, faceless, and location-less organization. Refresh it often. Introduce the team.

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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 said it has linked with EIDR, an organization developing a new content identifier system for the movie and television industry.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

According to the two, their Comcast NBCUniversal Hackathon is organized around the theme "New Forms of Storytelling Driven by Technology", and will award $25,000 in cash and prizes to the winning team.

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MARCH 13, 2014

ScanMyPhotos.com said the new service ScanMyPhotos.com Enterprise for Business--is intended for used by celebrities and large organizations, such as companies in the entertainment industry, motion picture studios, celebrities, governments, and academic insitutions.

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APRIL 1, 2014

Break.com , the online viral video and entertainment site, is looking to promote "positive pranks", saying yesterday that it has tied with YouTube comedy duo SMOTH and YouTube pranksters Stuart Edge, LAHWF, Greg Benson and Jack Vale, to put a positive spin on video pranks.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

According to Gipper, its new app allows anyone to post, organize, share high school sports, letting players, parents, coaches, schools, and other upload sports highlights. Kraft also was the founder of Thrively, UberMedia, and BigStage Entertainment, among other companies. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

A website or blog without appealing or entertaining content for your market segment is not enchanting. Visitors should never have to wonder what your organization does and why you do what you do. Few people these days wants to deal with a nameless, faceless, and location-less organization. Refresh it often. Introduce the team.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The company said Thursday that it has released technology which help employers cut down on employees watching time-wasting viral videos and entertainment--while still allowing those employees to access other, useful content on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and other social sites.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Walter Grieves: We have 20 percent entertainment and about 50 percent tech startups. Most of the companies here take interns, and we've organized things like that. It looks like you've targeted both entertainment and technology here? We really believe our goal is to bridge entertainment and technology together.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Irvine-based hard drive maker Western Digital , and Los Angeles-based studios Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group , along with flash storage maker SanDisk, said today they have created a new organization called the Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA).

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MARCH 22, 2016

McDonald was formerly SVP/Head of Original Marketing at Starz Entertainment; Zhang was VP of Engineering at Yahoo!; Tinder said that CTO Ryan Ogle will become responsible for its product organization, Jonathan Badeen becomes Chief Strategy Officer at the company, and current CMO Phil Schwarz will shift to leading marketing initiatives.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 23, 2011

Southland Technology Conference (SoTeC) is a non-profit organization that organizes conferences for IT professionals. SoTeC has been known for providing attendees with dynamic, cutting edge, informative and entertaining keynote presentations. Saturday, October 29, 2011 -- Southland Technology Conference (SoTeC).

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OCTOBER 22, 2011

Southland Technology Conference (SoTeC) is a non-profit organization that organizes conferences for IT professionals. SoTeC has been known for providing attendees with dynamic, cutting edge, informative and entertaining keynote presentations. Friday, October 28, 2011 -- Southland Technology Conference (SoTeC).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Join us for our panel on how charities and other organizations use social media and entertainment / celebrity for social good. Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Digital LA - Social Media for Social Good panel. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 24, 2013

According to BlackLine, the link will provide its accounting and finance software along with professional services to large organizations in the Southern California region. Financial details of the alliance were not announced.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 10, 2011

This day-long event explores how communities, organizations, and individuals can thrive mentally, physically, and artistically. Come be entertained and inspired. Attendees will have opportunities to hear and discuss "ideas worth spreading" from innovators in well-being, creative cultures, sustainability and lifelong learning.

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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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APRIL 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Digital Media Wire , the entertainment and technology conference organizer, said today that it has added Peter Levin, founder of GeekChicDaily, to its advisory board. Digital Media Wire is run by Ned Sherman. Digital Media Wire said Levin will help advise the firm on new business initiatives.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

In this TZ Highlight Andy goes over the reason he started MMOABC, the convergence of gaming and home entertainment, virtual worlds, what gamers are looking for in games and the addiction of games. Immersive Tech (ImTech) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote the development and adoption of immersive technology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2011

Jason Pollock (founder of Boom Content), will discuss how social media is changing the landscape of the entertainment industry. He will discuss current trends, how organizations and people are using Facebook and Twitter, and what emerging technologies and trends are popping up in Silicon Valley. See [link] (more)

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Soon after, Netflix’s trans employee resource group began organizing a walkout. Pagels-Minor, the organizer of the walkout and global lead of both the Black and Trans employee resource groups, was fired on Friday. NetflixWalkout. — Dana Herlihey (@danaherlihey) October 20, 2021.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

The effort to bring all this to market has taken longer than originally thought when the company was founded and organized, but it's been a steady march of progress. 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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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Technology Outlook: A Panel of CIOs Discussing Major Trends, How They're Leveraging New Technologies, and How They're Making their Firms More Competitive Today's IT organizations are experiencing major paradigm shifts. Sr VP Technology - Fox Entertainment Group, 20th Century Fox Colin Schiller ?

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AUGUST 18, 2010

According to the company, it has linked with two environmental organizations to power a augmented reality kiosk at the SEA Lab in Redondo Beach. Total Immersion's technology is used to insert real-time, interactive graphics into a live video stream, and have been heavily applied to the entertainment and advertising markets.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Our mission is to organize all of the world''s real time location information. You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. What is Tilofy about? Ali Khoshgozaran: Tilofy comes from location and unify.

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