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JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. Phoebe Scott: I started Laudville, because I consume a lot of entertainment of all kinds. What is Laudville?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011 -- paidContent Entertainment. Last November, industry leaders, disruptors, creators, distributors and investors gathered in West Hollywood for the day-long paidContent Entertainment: The Battle for the Digital Home. link] (more)

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 13, 2017

Sony Entertainment chief executive Michael Lynton, 57, will step down from his post to focus on his position as chairman of the board of Snap Inc., according to news reports from The New York Times, Deadline.com, and others.

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MARCH 24, 2020

According to the company--which normally runs in-person, corporate team building events--its new "Cyber Sleuths" virtual game uses video and web-conferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Team, Google Hangouts learn the tools to succeed working remotely for the first time.

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MAY 16, 2011

San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment said over the weekend that it has begun restoring its online game services, after the massive hack of the firm's services. In a bid to regain users, Sony also said it will provide 30 days of additional game time, plus one day for each day its services were down. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Hollywood-based Taltopia.com , an online social networking site for artists, said today that it is launching a new tool which aggregates casting calls and job postings in the entertainment and arts industry. Tags: taltopia casting calls hollywood entertainment content jobs. The firm is backed by angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Calabasas-based software developer Final Draft , which develops screenwriting software, has been acquired by Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services. Final Draft was founded by Marc Madnick and Ben Cahan in 1986, after Madnick--at the time, an aspiring screenwriter--found the process cumbersome and difficult.

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MAY 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu is entertaining offers from at least five different bidders, according to a report over the weekend, including one that values Hulu at between $600M to $800M. READ MORE>>. hulu streaming video merger acquisition content hollywood'

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AUGUST 8, 2012

San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment has rolled out a new technology for its popular EverQuest II online game, which allows users to control their avatars' faces and change their voices, as part of a deal with Santa Monica-based Image Metrics.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

San Diego-based Websense is taking aim at all of those time-wasting, viral videos your employees have been forwarding around, with its security software.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

San DIego-based Sony Online Entertainment announced yesterday that it has launched a new program which allows users to create their own, in-game items for its popular EverQuest franchise. Sony said the new program is the first time that players will be able to build and sell their own items in the game.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

For each witness there are several friends who corroborated that the stories were repeated to them at the time they occurred and have been recounted over the years. It’s time for Les Moonves to go. Les Moonves comes across on the surface as one of the most charming and likable guys in the entertainment industry. Mark Halperin.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based video streaming and entertainment site Hulu has just inked a deal with the New York Times , to feature videos produced for the paper , according to a report today. The report , from the Nieman Journalism Lab, says that videos produced for NYTimes.com will be available alongside the rest of Hulu's content.

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APRIL 29, 2010

In the newest bid for revenue at the Los Angeles Times, the paper said this week that it will begin adding green, affiliate revenue links within its news stories. The affiliate links follow a similar implementation of affiliate revenue links at the Chicago Tribune, which is owned by LA Times owner Tribune Co.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

Malibu and Beverly Hills have long been hot neighborhoods for entertainment execs. As the line blurs between tech and entertainment, and as Silicon Valley seeks synergy with L.A.’s One after another, tech and entertainment companies – and hybrids of the two – have taken root here. commercial real estate market.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

During an event in Los Angeles today, Google specifically positioned this region as ideal for the media and entertainment industry in the area. That’s not what Google is focusing on today, though.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Entrepreneurs who experience success with their first startup are often amazed to realize that the risks and fears of doing it right the second time go up, rather than down. These work the first time, and are required every time for success: Seek extraordinary people and revere talent. Startup successes are never perfect.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ripe Digital Entertainment , a producer of digital video entertainment, has shut down, according to Deadline Hollywood Daily. Ripe Digital Entertainment was backed by Hearst-Argyle, Time Warner Investments, Columbia Capital, and Rho Ventures.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

And if you work in the entertainment industry, you have Stage 32. by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. To be sure, there are other places to go for education if you’re seeking success in the entertainment industry.

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JULY 17, 2017

billion takeover of Time Warner. According to AT&T spokespeople at the company's SHAPE Tech & Entertainment Expo, which was held at the Warner Bros. AT&T and Time Warner are currently working through antitrust clearances over the deal. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

As an executive at the National Basketball Association (NBA), Adam Kanner saw those issues--plus the industry's own desire to sell its unsold inventory--so he created ScoreBig (www.scorebig.com), an online marketplace aimed at connecting consumers with awesome deals on below-face value, live entertainment tickets.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

We just wrapped up our REACH | The Wearable Future event last week where we had Intel, Epson, Indiegogo, LA Times and ShotTracker discuss where wearables have been, where they are now and what is the future of wearables. The post Wearable Tech LA | Where Entertainment & Health Meet Wearables July 17th appeared first on TechZulu.

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MAY 13, 2021

Curio said the seed funding came from Fenbushi Capital, Kenetic Capital, Protocol Labs, LongHash Ventures, Picus Capital, along with entertainment angels Marc Geiger (SaveLive, WME) and Rich Battista (Time, Fox Entertainment).

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Just in time for the holiday season, a group of prominent Los Angeles entertainment and technology executives have come together to back the new startup, Enjoius, which aims to make it easier for hosts to plan their perfect party.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Just in time for the holiday season, a group of prominent Los Angeles entertainment and technology executives have come together to back the new startup, Enjoius, which aims to make it easier for hosts to plan their perfect party. Read More.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

Join us tonight live at 8pm PST from UCLA Korn Hall for Digital LA’s Branded Entertainment panel right here on TechZulu. They’ll discuss how content creators and brands work together to create, develop, and market digital branded entertainment. Matt McMahon, Fox Digital Entertainment, VP Mobile. Originals is Yahoo!’s

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living. Stig has been spending time in LA building out the company’s studio there and the plan will be to set up more of these across other cities globally. PortalOne is building its business in the midst of a perfect storm.

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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. DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com was founded by Nikki Finke, a former Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine writer and reporter.

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JULY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Whip Media Group , a developer of software used by the entertainment industry to manage content, said that Shout! is using its products to streamline and monetize their transactional digital sales, and to provide real-time performance data to partners. Factory , also based in Los Angeles, has selected its platform.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

DICE , a game studio owned by Electronic Arts, is setting up a new studio in Los Angeles , to be headed by game designer Vince Zampella, according to an interview with Zampella in the LA Times. Zampella was co-founder of Respawn Entertainment, known for its Titanfall title, and was at Infinity Ward working on the Call of Duty game franchise.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. “I n media and entertainment there are lots of isolated studios around the world.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

According to a report from the New York Times, Microsoft has hired Nancy Tellem to head up a Microsoft production studio based in Los Angeles, which the report said would create programming for both the Xbox 360 and other efforts.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

We watch our news and entertainment anywhere we want to on any kind of device we choose. Many of us now never physically touch our music. We are entering the smartphone era, where 65% of time on our mobile devices is spent in non-communicating activities. We are treating these more as computers and less as phones.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to Wave, it has launched a new, mulkti-channel virtual entertainment platform, specifically allowing artists to perform live for fans in online games, social networks, live-streaming channels, or entertainment networks.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Like most facts of life, social media’s impact on branding and marketing could only be seen over time. If the above is any indication, then social media has officially become the right arm of branding and advertising companies the world over to connect with their consumer bases; a practice that will only gain more steam as time goes on.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

According to Jam City, such details as decorating the "Great Hall" in the game with pumpkins and spooky decor; a time-sensitive "quest" timed to the full moon; and more all are keyed into the Halloween theme. interactive Entertainment and its Portkey Games label, is based on the world created by author J.K. Rowling.

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MAY 14, 2020

VMS Investment Group, Founder H Fund, China Asset (Holdings) Limited, Spectrum 28, Formation Group, Time Warner Investments, Comcast Ventures, Stephen Ross's RSE Ventures, Mandalay Entertainment CEO Peter Guber. NextVR's backers had included CITIC Guoan Information Industry Co Ltd, NetEase, CMC Holdings, SoftBank Corp.,

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