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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future

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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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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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Hollywood's an old industry, used to doing business in traditional ways. However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. That results in a drastically lower marketing and PA budget for the film.

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Four Companies Where Hollywood Is Intersecting With Technology

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Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. The firm is also one of Southern California's upcoming IPOs, expected to debut soon on the public markets. .

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Angry Birds Maker Eyes Hollywood

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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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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

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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. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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Hollywood Insiders Back Social Shopping Site The Hunt

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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. The Hunt said the new funding will go towards its engineering team, for marketing, and for runway for continued growth. READ MORE>>.

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Hollywood Scores Win Over RealNetworks RealDVD

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A group of Hollywood studios has scored a win over RealNetworks today, as the firm settled a lawsuit which targeted a DVD copying and ripping service called RealDVD , which RealNetworks was attempting to launch into the market. Tags: copy copying realdvd realnetworks hollywood content lawsuit.

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