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2018 Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival

SoCal Tech Calendar

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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Music Platform Stem Secures $10 Million in Funding

L.A. Business Journal

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.

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

TechCrunch LA

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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Why Hollywood is Joining the Video On-Demand Market

Tech.Co

Hollywood studios are jumping on the trend of the VOD market. Nevertheless, Hollywood is still finding it difficult to adopt new trends fast enough. VOD Streaming Platforms Are Open for Independent Filmmakers. But VOD also provides Indie producers a platform forth which to display their works. For example, Warner Bros.

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Arch Shifts VFX Work to the Cloud

L.A. Business Journal

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.

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AT&T Eyes Focus On Silicon Beach, Hollywood

socalTECH

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>>.

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Angry Birds Maker Eyes Hollywood

socalTECH

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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