Amazon To Cut 18,000, Unclear On Hollywood Impact
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JANUARY 5, 2023
It's unclear how those cuts might affect the company's efforts in Hollywood, where Amazon has a significant presence.
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Hollywood Studios To Collect $9.9M From VidAngel
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
A group of Hollywood studios will collect $9.9M VidAngel's service removed "objectional" material from popular Hollywood films, and offered $1-per-movie streaming, all without any licensing agreements from those movie studios. from bankrupt "movie sanitizing" service VidAngel , and VidAngel will drop a appeal of a $62.4M
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West Hollywood Vacation Rental Outfit Raises $5 Million
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 19, 2018
AvantStay, a West Hollywood-based hospitality firm that provides short-term vacation rentals to groups, announced Dec. 19 it received $5 million in a round led by Menlo park investment firm Bullpen Capital.
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Sports stars, franchises and Hollywood agencies are betting $38 million on an esports revolution
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
What started with an esports team is now quickly becoming an esports empire, backed by some of the biggest names in sports and money managers for entertainment family dynasties and Hollywood power brokers.
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Digital Hollywood
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017 -- Digital Hollywood. Skirball Center. Keynote Event and Evening Host Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy. See [link] (more)
Digital Hollywood
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 -- Digital Hollywood. Skirball Center. Keynote Event and Evening Host Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy. See [link] (more)
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SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 -- Digital Hollywood. Skirball Center. Keynote Event and Evening Host Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy. See [link] (more)
2018 Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 -- 2018 Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival. The Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival (HETF) is an exciting international event bridging the US and China, with expert speakers and panel discussions on trends in entertainment technology, cross-border opportunities, and investments.
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Cinedigm Sells Hollywood Software
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Century City-based Cinedigm said late Tuesday that it has sold its Hollywood Software division to an outside team of investors, led by David Gajda, one of the company''s original founders. Hollywood Software''s tools are used for managing digital theatrical distribution and exhibition. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud
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. in Los Angeles.
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Last Chance: Hollywood's Ultraviolet Shutting Down July 31st
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JULY 29, 2019
Are you one of those early adopters who opted for all digital purchases of Hollywood movies, using Ultraviolet?
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Report: Amazon Facing Issues In Hollywood
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2017
A report from the WSJ says that Amazon is "failing to dominate" in Hollywood, and is running issues with "lackluster releases" and strained relationships with its producers. Amazon runs all of its content business and production out of the Los Angeles area, as part of Amazon Studios. READ MORE>>.
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RivetAI Targets Hollywood With AI Tools
socalTECH
JUNE 28, 2018
Can artificial intelligence help Hollywood unlock more creativity from storytellers? Los Angeles-based RivetAI hopes it can, saying Thursday that it has launched to apply artificial intelligence technology to help assist storytellers in planning and producing content.
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113 Blankspaces Targets New Location In Hollywood
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 26, 2016
Coworking space operator Blankspaces says it is planning a big expansion in mid-June, and plans to open up a new location in Hollywood. According to the company, the new space will have 14,500 feet, and will be its biggest location so far.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 18, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017 -- Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood. Global Ventures Summit Pre-Event Mixer. Connect with the founders of the Global Ventures Summit with special guests from Silicon Valley's venture capital funds and LA's social media influencers. See [link] (more)
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Netflix Expands In Hollywood
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AUGUST 28, 2015
Internet video streaming and rental service Netflix is in a major expansion in Hollywood, and has signed a lease fo 200,052 square feet on the Sunset Corridor, the company said Thursday. ICON said the deal for the Netflix offices is the largest office lease signed to date in Hollywood, in terms of square feet.
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Hollywood Tech Happy Hour
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 10, 2017
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 -- Hollywood Tech Happy Hour. Imagine if there was a place, where at one table an entrepreneur meets her next $100,000 investor. A designer meets a new client, a web developer with a great internet startup.
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Silicon Valley VC's New LPs: Hollywood?
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NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Apparently, according to Variety, that source is increasingly Hollywood , and its stars and executives. The article did not quantify how much Hollywood money is going to technology venture capital and private equity. Looking for some funding for your new Menlo Park venture capital fund? Image courtesy of Bigstock. READ MORE>>.
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Hollywood Software Acquired By Rentrak
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JANUARY 27, 2016
Los Angeles-based Hollywood Software, Inc. Hollywood Software's products are installed at such studios as 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Lionsgate, according to the companies, with its digital cinema management software being used to manage more than 15,000 screens worldwide. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.
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Report: Dominate Fund Retreats From Hollywood
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
An effort to raise an investment fund from Hollywood, to specifically invest in technology companies, looks to have pulled back its effort to court celebrities and actors, according to a report this week. financial investment celebrity capital venture hollywood fund dominate' READ MORE>>.
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147 Snap, NBCUniversal Create New Snapchat Centric, Hollywood Studio
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OCTOBER 18, 2017
Venice-based Snap and Burbank-based NBCUniversal have partnered to form a new, Snapchat-centered, Hollywood studio, which will specifically create content for Snapchat, the two said this week. According to the two, the new studio's ownership will be split evenly between Snap and NBCU, and will be based in Santa Monica.
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113 New Fund Targets Celebrities, Hollywood
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NOVEMBER 20, 2012
It seems like combining Hollywood and venture capital is the rage in Silicon Valley this week, as news came Tuesday of a new, seed-stage venture capital fund--run by former Mashable blogger Ben Parr--looking to raise money from Hollywood celebrities for access to hot, Silicon Valley Startups. READ MORE>>.
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Hollywood Insiders Back Social Shopping Site The Hunt
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APRIL 18, 2013
In a turn from the usual formula of Silicon Valley investors backing a Hollywood, celebrity-driven startup, a Silicon Valley startup has scored the backing of a group of Hollywood insiders. thehunt online shopping fashion hollywood ecommerce visual photo social venture capital' READ MORE>>.
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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
But here’s what Silicon Valley doesn’t get about Hollywood. And what Hollywood does’t get about Silicon Valley? ” Guess what, Hollywood. And I’m also funding a new breed of entrepreneurs bringing tool sets to this new Hollywood ecosystem that has developed. As humans we like story telling.
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374 Why Hollywood is Joining the Video On-Demand Market
Tech.Co
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Hollywood studios are jumping on the trend of the VOD market. Nevertheless, Hollywood is still finding it difficult to adopt new trends fast enough. I am not as bold as to say that by next year, or even in the next 10 years, we’ll see tumbleweeds blowing through the studios of Hollywood. For example, Warner Bros.
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AT&T Eyes Focus On Silicon Beach, Hollywood
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JULY 17, 2017
AT&T says that it is bolstering its operations in both Silicon Beach and Hollywood, as part of its $85.4 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.
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Hollywood Tech Happy Hour -Tech Save America
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 -- Hollywood Tech Happy Hour -Tech Save America. See [link] (more)
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FAA Gives Nod To Hollywood For Drone Use
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
Hollywood is helping to pave the way for commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles, thanks to a FAA ruling Thursday letting the film and television industry use drones in their filming efforts. hollywood drone flight aerospace airplane filming content movie movies mpaa' The announcement was made by U.S. READ MORE>>.
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ParkMe Expands Data In Hollywood, Venice
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MARCH 25, 2015
Santa Monica-based parking information provider ParkMe said Tuesday that it has expanded the depth of its information in the Los Angeles area, by adding parking information in Hollywood and Venice. parkme hollywood venice angeles xerox parking data' READ MORE>>.
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Report: YouTube Stars More Popular With Teens Than Hollywood Celebrities
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AUGUST 11, 2014
Watch out, Hollywood--a report from Variety says that YouTube stars are more popular than mainstream celebrities with American teenagers aged 13 to 18. youtube hollywood celebrity smosh finebros pewdiepie katyperry video star celebrities popularity teenager' PewDiePie, KSI, and Ryan Higa. READ MORE>>.
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A Surprising Entrepreneurial Journey To The Pinnacle Of Hollywood
InfoChachkie
MAY 13, 2013
With no industry connections or family ties, talent agent John Ferriter applied basic entrepreneurial principles to reach the pinnacle of Hollywood''s elite. You can watch John describe his surprising Hollywood journey in the following 20-minute excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. I need to figure out business.''".
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241 Angry Birds Maker Eyes Hollywood
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JULY 19, 2011
The latest, videogame firm looking to get into Hollywood looks to be Rovio , the maker of the popular videogame Angry Birds , according to a report today. Rovio is not the first videogame maker to court Hollywood, however, it might just be the first one spawned out of the new, smartphone mobile games market and the iPhone.
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YouTube's New Investments Aimed At Hollywood Creators
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
youtube hollywood channel content creator video funding investment' YouTube said that its earlier effort to fund multi-channel networks have resulted in eighty-six of those channels among the top 1 percent of its most popular content. Image: YouTube Space LA. READ MORE>>.
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147 Hollywood Software Buys Digital Cinema Systems, Inc.
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APRIL 22, 2015
Woodland Hills-based Hollywood Software , a developer of enterprise software used by studios, independent movie distributors, and exhibitors to run their distribution and exhibition businesses, said it has acquired Digital Cinema Systems, Inc. , hollywood software digital cinema systems merger acquisition content movie projection system'
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100 MySetLife Adds Content From Hollywood Reporter, FilmContact.com
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APRIL 6, 2011
Los Angeles-based MySetLife , developer of an iPhone application that allows filmmakers to network with other industry contacts, and also manage things like invoices, timecards, and more, said Tuesday that it has partnered with the Hollywood Reporter, FilmContact.com, and Los Angeles-based Invested.in.
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Fintech Launches Crypto Bank Account for Hispanics
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 3, 2022
A West Hollywood-based fintech announced the launch of a banking program Dec. 20 aimed at building Hispanic wealth through stakes in the crypto sector.
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FAA Extends More Unmanned Aircraft Exemptions To Hollywood
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
The FAA said Monday that it has granted eight more regulatory exemptions for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), nearly all of them to a set of linked companies in Van Nuys which film for Hollywood. Purwin, who has a long list of credits filming for Hollywood. drone hollywood purwin content license aerospace'
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socalTECH
JANUARY 27, 2015
Irvine-based Oculus , the virtual reality headgear and technology maker which is now part of Facebook, announced Monday at the Sundance Film Festival that it has created a new unit to help Hollywood make virtual reality movies. oculus rift virtual reality content hollywood immersive sundance' READ MORE>>.
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Amazon Targets Hollywood Creators With Video Direct
socalTECH
MAY 10, 2016
Amazon--which has made waves in Hollywood through its content efforts for Amazon Prime Video--said it also plans to give away one million dollars a month to the top creators who submit content through Amazon Video Direct (AVD).
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Avametric Raises $10.5M To Combine Hollywood VFX With E-Commerce
socalTECH
MARCH 10, 2016
In a crossover between the worlds of Hollywood special effects and e-commerce, a new startup, Avametric , said it is looking to fuse "Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and Fashion" by using the software behind visual effects rendering to render clothing and accessories on computer models of consumers.
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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2013
Hollywood's an old industry, used to doing business in traditional ways. One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Where's the service now?
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256 Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Taken Offline By Ransomware
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center , a medical center in the Los Angeles area, has been unable to use their computers for more than a week , due to "ransomware" placed on those computers by hackers. According to reports, those hackers have demanded $3.6 million in ransom to allow the hospital to access its data.
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100 Microsoft Unveils Surface Tablet In Hollywood
socalTECH
JUNE 19, 2012
What was that gigantic gathering of tech journalists in Hollywood last night? Microsoft picked Hollywood's Milk Studios as the location of a super stealthy, invitation-only event to announced its Surface tablet computer. Just a product announcement event for Microsoft.
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133 Hollywood Presbyterian Pays $17,000 In Bitcoin Ransom
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FEBRUARY 18, 2016
The head of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center , the Los Angeles area hospital which has been grappling with a ransomware attack on its systems which nearly shut down the hospital, said in a notice posted to its website that it has paid $17,000 in Bitcoin, in order to access its computer systems and data.
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