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JANUARY 5, 2011

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the venture-backed publisher of music content, information, and community sites, is getting some new competition this week from Berkeley-based MOG. MOG said it will offer premium brands a "unique targeting platform" for engaging consumers based on musical interests, reaching around 20 million visitors each month.

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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. Additionally, they are syndicated widely across the web.

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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. 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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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.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

According to Walt Disney, the new service--available via iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and the web--allows users to purchase and watch movies from Disney, Pixar, and Marvel. Disney''s new movie service allows for both streaming of titles, as well as downloads to platforms such as and iPhone or Apple TV. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ think Apple.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. How did you get from working on mobile to online dating? That's taken lots of fine tuning.

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JULY 30, 2009

According to EQAL, its new platform is focused on helping those producers and talent to create their own web sites, with features such as blogs, discussions, forums, and user profiles, as well as links to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? warner media camp demo demoday content hollywood' It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community.

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JULY 1, 2010

A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Hollywood Walk of Fame. Includes 70,000 apps for all major mobile OS platforms, including Apple’s. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. It’s core platform stuff.

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MARCH 24, 2010

For today's interview, we spoke with Brandon Hance, the firm's founder, about how his startup is helping musicians to sell both digital and physical merchandise on the web. Is this installed software, or web technology? Brandon Hance: It's all web-based technology, and software we've build in-house. Thanks, and good luck!

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The firm said it will work with creative talent to "produce television formats with a web sensibility" and also help develop digital platforms into TV and digital projects. Serious Business was founded by Jason U. Nadler, Jon Zimelis, and Alex Blagg.

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MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? Most recently, we created a web series. When we started jumping into web series, we were surprised to find there wasn''t anything similar. hollywood content interview startup robert downey team teamdowney marketing tools social video epoxy' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2012

Tobi Bauckhage: We are a movie recommendation and discovery platform. Our platform is all about connecting early fans and early audiences with new and upcoming movies, months before a movie comes out. and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

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AUGUST 27, 2012

Fandango's web sites and apps let moviegoers purchase tickets in advance to films, and print those at home or use their mobile app as a ticket. The firm did not break down which platforms have seen the biggest increase, but the company supports iPhone and iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 with its apps.

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APRIL 23, 2013

I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. We''re now the longest daily web show, ever. Philosophically, we''re not wedded to one company or platform, and will go where the audience is, which just happens to be on YouTube right now.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Greg Goodfried: If it's multi-platform TV, that will usually be th emodel. Hollywood seems to still be struggling with the Internet, because it seems to be breaking all the old models. You are seeing more and more content moving online, in the context of social environments on the web. We really believe in the community side.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. And of course you have Hollywood. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones. Let me use LA as an example. Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

We hope to be on every single platform, over time. We got the core iFilm engineering team in late 2010, and spent about a year and a half building out our platform, and released our first consumer product at the beginning of 2012. You helped define video on the web with iFilm. What's different now, and how has the world changed?

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AUGUST 7, 2013

To this end, he and his brother Hank recently launched Subbable , a platform by which content creators can directly marshal their fan''s financial support. Mr. Green disclosed that his Crash Course web series received over $70k of pledges ($30k in the form of monthly, recurring grants) within the first 7-days the site was launched.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App). That is conformity. People buy at the wrong times.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

When we started this, we were a web-based platform, because that''s what made the most sense when we started. chicago startup aggregation aggregator hollywood content entertainment laudville interview scott phoebe' What''s the next big thing for you? Phoebe Scott: The really big thing we''d like to get going in 2014 is mobile.

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MARCH 3, 2011

We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. We saw people were exchanging sound bites, sending them around to friends, and using the platform as we had envisioned, which was not just for long form audio, but for actual sound bites.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The company said the available on the Xbox One platform allows consumers to rent or buy more than 40,000 new release and catalog movies and next day TV shows. FandangoNOW is also available on the Web, iOS and Android, various smart TVs from Samsung, LG, and VIZIO, along with others.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Where do those videos get distribute? READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. People are not simply watching the TV anymore. Coincident.TV

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JUNE 15, 2011

We caught up with CEO Eric Frankel this week to talk about the firm, his decision to go from the comfortable world of Hollywood as President of Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution, to a startup, how the firm is using the cloud to power it service, as well as where the firm is going next. What's the technology behind this?

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Pluto TV , which is developing an online Internet TV platform aimed at curating live TV entertainment for Internet users, said Wednesday afternoon that it has signed up a roster of over 20 new content partners fro the service. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2011

We're creating a platform that highlights musicians, venues, and local fans. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. One of them is online music events site Loudvine (www.loudvine.com), which was co-founded by Vic Caretti , who gave us the scoop on what the site is all about. What is Loudvine?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2014

They have created a handful of successful games on iOS, Android and Facebook platforms with hits such as Cookie Jam and Paint Monsters. We founded the company on the premise that we should build a game once and distribute it across all platforms: mobile, social, web. Yguada says, “SGN has been around for five years.

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JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. It really showed me how you can leverage the power of an online platform for marketers, helping to convince marketers that leveraging the web was a good way to spend and invest their money.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

You can go to Mogreet.com or go to our wireless web site, at wap.mogreet.com , or use your cell phone on any number of carriers, such as AT&T, Verizon, etc. It's a great testament to the management team, that we've been able to gain traction among big strategic partners, such as carriers and the major Hollywood studios.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform. It's the idea of bringing a modern web experience to this. It's clear that Hollywood people speak a different language from technology people. We're basically putting those two pieces together.

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