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APRIL 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based Big Stage Entertainment is announcing this morning that it has raised an additional $2.7M The company said the new funding will go to accelerate research and development, along with sales and marketing. The company said the new funding will go to accelerate research and development, along with sales and marketing.

Entertainment

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The USC Marshall Institute for Communication Technology Management --which focuses on research in technology, communications and media--said this week that it has hired on a Cisco veteran to head up its strategy, research, and industry relations. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2018

Pasadena-based robot developer Miso Robotics says it has officially launched its burger flipping robot, "Flippy", at CaliBurger's Pasadena location--and, separately, has inked a partnership to bring its robotics technology to the sports and entertainment venue market. READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

the venture fund of the Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd. Entertainment Co., Gordon Cheng (Cameron Pace Group China), and Idealab.

Artificial Inteligence

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Woolard's LinkedIn profile shows him serving in a string of consulting CFO positions with DLC Projects, including for MGA Entertainment, Altra Biofuels, Buzznet, OleOle, Dreamworks, and others. Tags: sample united research market sampling panel executive usamp. Courtright was previously at DMS, which uSamp acquired in June.

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MAY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , the developer of market research products and services, said yesterday that it has named Joe Jordan as its new Vice President, Panel Operations. Jordan was most recently Strategic Account Director, Media & Entertainment, for Networked Insights. He also has served at Troy Research and other companies.

Research

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Hollywood-based social media research company Fizziology said this morning that it has launched a new, U.K. research arm, which will help provide customers with tracking of online conversations in that country.

Social Media

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JANUARY 21, 2010

The school--which has been actively encouraging startup activity based on its research in recent years--said that 16 USC startups raised $148M, in a combination of new startup funding and additional rounds of financing for those companies. USC also reported that it owns equity in 32 startups, though none of those startups were identified.

USC

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Los Angeles-based MarketCast , a market research company providing research services to the global entertainment industry, has been acquired by Kohlberg & Company , according to reports. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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MAY 5, 2014

Crawford is a member of the board of Lionsgate Entertainment, and previously was a portfolio manager at Capital Research and Management. Pasadena-based UberMedia , the provider of mobile advertising technology, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a funding round.

Idealab

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Los Angeles-based market research provider and software developer MarketCast said on Wednesday that it has acquired Invoke, a provider of market research focused on video streaming services. MarketCast said the acquisition will help it grow its entertainment research and content testing for streaming and broadcast content.

Research

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

SheKnows said the new site will serve "busy, active women and mothers" who don't necessarily have time to research exercise and entertainment options. The new city guide feature will initially focus on 30 cities, including such areas as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago, Baltimore. READ MORE>>.

Guide

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

Helinet , a provider of flight services to the entertainment, media, and other industries which is based in Van Nuys, said Thursday that it has acquired Shotover Camera Systems , a developer of a gyro-stablized, camera systems used for shooting aerial footage in Ultra High Definition.

Van Nuys

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based media and entertainment research firm MarketCast says it has acquired data science services provider Deductive. According to MarketCast, Deductive--formerly known as Dativa--will help expand its data science services for media and entertainment companies and brands.

Entertainment

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based research and analytics provider MarketCast says it has appointed its very first Chief Product Officer, naming Carmen Palmer to the role. MarketCast provides studios, entertainment platforms, sports, and lifestyle brands with research and analytics services. previously.

Product

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

According to researchers, someone in flow will experience a lack of sense of self, a decline in fear, and time distortion. For example, Steven Kotler, a pioneer in flow state research, broke almost 100 bones as a journalist researching the topic. What we seek is that elusive, perfect focus or flow state. Gameplay in RaveRunner.

Research

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JUNE 14, 2021

Bracey was most recently EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, and also served as Chief Financial Officer of Youbet.com, before its sale to Churchill Downs. She also served at Ticketmaster Entertainment, National Opinion Research Center, and FOX Broadcasting Company, in addition to Ernst & Young.

Ticketmaster

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MAY 21, 2014

They''re similar to Ideo, in that they''re doing broad design and innovation, and consumer understanding and research, in areas from medical devices to mobile devices, cars, and digital. As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment.

Downey

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Social Media

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The funding was led by Acacia Research Corporation, and also included entertainment and sports hospitality firm Levy, Joseph Essas, the chief technology officer of OpenTable, as well as investors associated with CaliBurger.

Chief Technology Officer

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MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. On the one hand, it has led to valuable services of great value.

UCLA

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market.

Entertainment

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JULY 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based MarketCast Group , which provides market research and consumer analytics services to the media, entertainment, sports, and lifestyle industries, has named a new CEO, and shifted its current CEO to Chairman.

Electronic Arts

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JULY 11, 2017

We are excited to have Matt Kautz, VP of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Research for Machinima presenting on Harnessing Marketing Analytics for Business Impact: The New Market Research Landscape in Media and Entertainment. Los Angeles Marketing Analytics Group. See [link] (more)

Marketing

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JULY 24, 2017

Hulu said Campbell will oversee the company's brand marketing, performance marketing, media, content marketing, creative, entertainment publicity and consumer research teams. READ MORE>>.

Hulu

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MARCH 17, 2009

Huntington Beach-based BridgeCo , a developer of semiconductors for the home entertainment equipment market, fresh off a $6M financing round, said it will use some of that funding to open up a new, research and development center in Bangalore, India. READ MORE>>.

Software Engineering

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Croquet said that Smith previously has worked at such companies as Wearality, Virtus, Red Storm Entertainment, and Gensym, and that he is a former Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Fellow at Lockheed Martin. The startup says its development team came together as part of Y Combinator Research's Human Advanced Research Community (HARC).

Tool

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JUNE 30, 2012

We are constantly bombarded by ads in multiple types of media, to the extent that we most often tune them out unless particularly entertaining from the first moment. Dave’s book: Positioning.

Case Study

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Culver City-based Encantos , the venture-backed developer of family entertainment education brands which raised $2M in January , says it has launched a new program which links the company with educators, the companys said today.

Education

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I have about 11 years in the technology sector including roles doing market research, sales and product development. It was great to hear from a long, lost colleague the other day.

Los Angeles

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

The product comes out of the firm's 3D visualization arm, which provides 3D tools to research and development and other applications. The firm said the product targets industries such as defense, entertainment, oil and gas, education, design and development, and medical, all of which are heavily using 3D visualization technology.

Product

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APRIL 2, 2011

Virtual worlds have become an important part of the information economy, not only for entertainment, but for education, scientific research, social networking, and military defense. Each day millions of users interact through such interfaces. Millions of dollars change hands. How is such activity to be governed?

UCI

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The company, led by Steve Raymond, says its team comes from Weta Digital, YouTube, NVIDIA, Google, Valve, Microsoft Research, PayPal, Sony Computer Entertainment, DreamWorks, Yahoo!, The company has an Android app, for Tango-enabled devices, which lets users interact with those "holograms". Viacom and Pixar. READ MORE>>.

Yahoo

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops 3D avatar technology, said today that it has partnered with video game company GGL Global Gaming, to provide free game content on its web site. According to Big Stage, the deal will allow users on the site to insert the firm's 3D avatars into game photos and videos. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , the venture-backed startup which is developing photo-realistic avatar technology, has exited its beta and officially launched its site. The firm had launched a beta of its site in August.

Tech Coast Angels

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

One of the best-informed, and entertaining, technologists is Peter Coffee. Peter Coffee is Director of Platform Research at salesforce.com. Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Peter Coffee's Annual Technology Forecast. Don't miss the pre-meeting roundtable. See [link] (more)

Technology

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based movie information and ticketing provider Fandango has booted up a new, research and development group called FandangoLabs , the company said this morning.

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