SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -- Digital Hollywood. Its happening on all platforms - TVs, Tablets, PCs and Smartphones. Video Everywhere to the consumer! Meet the Advertisers, the Technology Companies and Networks! See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 1, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009 -- Digital Hollywood Spring. Digital Hollywood represents the total Transformation of the Industry: The TV Platform; Smartphone Platform, Broadband Platform, Games Platform; A Reinvention of the Entertainment, Advertising and Technology Industries. See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 30, 2009

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 -- Digital Hollywood Spring. Digital Hollywood represents the total Transformation of the Industry: The TV Platform; Smartphone Platform, Broadband Platform, Games Platform; A Reinvention of the Entertainment, Advertising and Technology Industries. See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 29, 2009

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 -- Digital Hollywood Spring. Digital Hollywood represents the total Transformation of the Industry: The TV Platform; Smartphone Platform, Broadband Platform, Games Platform; A Reinvention of the Entertainment, Advertising and Technology Industries. See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 28, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009 -- Digital Hollywood Spring. Digital Hollywood represents the total Transformation of the Industry: The TV Platform; Smartphone Platform, Broadband Platform, Games Platform; A Reinvention of the Entertainment, Advertising and Technology Industries. See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 -- Digital Hollywood. Its happening on all platforms - TVs, Tablets, PCs and Smartphones. Video Everywhere to the consumer! Meet the Advertisers, the Technology Companies and Networks! See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman: Gotcast is the largest online interactive casting platform. But, there was no good for Hollywood to find them. I got to talking with Will Schroter, who was an old business associate of mine and old friend, and we thought it could be very interesting to create a place where Hollywood could reach out to find people.

Hollywood

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The employees who participated in the walkout want Netflix to “adopt measures to avoid future instances of platforming transphobia and hate speech,” they wrote in a letter. When asked in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter , co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t say whether he would meet the group’s demands.

Netflix

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based voice and text-platform provider CallFire is bolstering its executive ranks today with a new hire, saying that it has named Barbara Palmer as the company''s new Chief Revenue Officer. Palmer will head up business development, marketing, and sales for CallFire. READ MORE>>.

Paramount

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 8, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has slowed the visual effects industry, but Hollywood-based Arch Platform Technologies Inc. is helping to bring VFX artists back to their workstations, virtually.

Hollywood

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.

Hollywood

socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 31, 2020

West Hollywood-based Stem Disintermedia Inc. has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Slow Ventures with follow on investment from Santa Monica-based Upfront Ventures and Aspect Ventures.

West Hollywood

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014.

Google

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

Demand Media said the new property will be "inherently social, highly interactive" and leverage its content creation platform, social media tools and application development tools. Tags: demand media model tyra banks celebrity hollywood content fashion beauty. Name of the new site was not announced. READ MORE>>.

Demand

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. The company explained that it would be integrating BuzzLabs' technology into its platform over the next three to six months. READ MORE>>.

CitySearch

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2017

West Hollywood-based OroCommerce , a new startup founded by Magento's Yoav Kutner and Roy Rubin, said today that it has launched a new e-commerce platform specifically aimed at B2B e-commerce.

Platform

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based Stem , which is developing a platform to simplify payments for musicians and other content creators, announced Wednesday morning that it has raised $8M in a Series A funding. Stem says it has created a financial platform that unifies and manages contracts, distribution, payments and data for artists and creators.

Platform

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood. Don't bet on any one platform. Platforms come and go, remember Beta and VHS?

Technical Review

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The offering--the first foray into added services for the site--will provide professional headshots, professional demo reel, and one year of access to its job platform, for $499. GotCast is marketing the package to loved ones interested in getting discovered by Hollywood and on Madison Ave.

Hollywood

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Build platform services that provide more value to our startups than just money (putting our fees into our ecosystem and not just our pockets). At a big Hollywood fund raiser this past weekend a well-known entrepreneur pulled me aside to thank me for hiring Hamet. ” I promise to disclose that deal when/if it closes.

Venture Capital

L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Israeli web development company Wix said last week that it had purchased popular West Hollywood-based online artist platform DeviantArt for $36 million, including $3 million in assumed debt.

West Hollywood

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based GumGum , which provides an in-image advertising platform for publishers, said Friday that it has added Ryan Schinman, CEO of Platinum Rye Entertainment, to its advisory board. gumgum executive advertising entertainment hollywood' GumGum said the addition of Schinman will help its strategic growth plans. READ MORE>>.

GRP Partners

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Boulevard , a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short.

Software

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

According to Hulu, its Hulu Plus service will be available through both platforms, extending its coverage beyond existing desktop, Apple iPad, iPhone 3GS, iphone4, and 3rd generation iPod Touch, along with Sony PlayStation 3 and certain Samnsung Blu-ray players and TVs. READ MORE>>.

Hulu

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2014

The startup, which says it was founded by Todd Wagner, lets celebrities generate exclusive videos on the platform, and allows fans to vote on the kinds of video they''d like to see a celebrity create. chideo celebrity video charity donation nonprofit content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2013

The company said its new Fullscreen Creator Platform is a "brand new mission control for YouTube success." Fullscreen said it is targeting the platform to video creators, as well as brand and agency partners. fullscreen network video search engine optimization content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

Search Engine Optimization

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The company''s platform has been used to create many advertising campaigns, including those in the Super Bowl. tongal content hollywood crowdsourcing feature film video filmmaker documentary' READ MORE>>.

Hollywood

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Hollywood-based Fanattac , a developer of an online, social media platform which looks to connect music fans and artists, has raised $1M in a funding round. The firm, which is headed by Dan Faiman, did not disclose the names of the investors in the company.

Social Media

TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

For over 100 years entrepreneurs have come to Hollywood to try their luck in the dream factory and build an empire in the business of storytelling. We are incredibly excited about how the AmazeVR platform will enable innovative, quality content to be generated at unprecedented scale and speed.”.

Chief Technology Officer

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. Sara Bordo: My co-founder, Brad Sexton and I, both come from the Hollywood studio world. We spoke with Sara Bordo , the firm's founder and CEO, about the company.

Paramount

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2013

A new, Santa Monica-based startup TubeStart , said today that it has launched its crowdfunding platform specifically for YouTube video content creators. tubestart crowdfunding youtube video content hollywood production funding' READ MORE>>.

Sites

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

marketing platform tools social hollywood content youtube downey team epoxy' Epoxy is venture backed by Upfront Ventures, Time Warner Investments, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Advancit Capital, Greycroft Partners and Robert Downey Jr.''s s Downey Ventures. Epoxy''s founders came out of Team Downey. READ MORE>>.

Downey

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood.

Hollywood

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general. The main difference between the mainstream platforms and us, is first, that we have really, really great hands-on support people who only do video all day long, which has a significant impact. READ MORE>>.

Content

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

As it turns out, as we thought about that, we started looking for partners to help us build a platform. It turns out that Technicolor had already been separately developing a platform for digital media distribution. That''s how content deals work in Hollywood. Talk about that platform strategy? READ MORE>>.

Entertainment

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2014

The company said that both will work on its licensing platform, which the company uses to streamline and automate the licensing process for trending content. jukin media viral video youtube content hollywood videos executive frequency cnet' Tran has been at Viacom and Fourth Wall Studios. READ MORE>>.

Media