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.
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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Cinedigm Sells Hollywood Software
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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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Report: Amazon Facing Issues In Hollywood
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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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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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RivetAI Targets Hollywood With AI Tools
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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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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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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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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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145 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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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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164 Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!
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MARCH 27, 2009
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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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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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176 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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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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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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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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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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FAA Extends More Unmanned Aircraft Exemptions To Hollywood
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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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100 Oculus Courts Hollywood With New Film Unit
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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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100 Microsoft Unveils Surface Tablet In Hollywood
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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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Amazon Targets Hollywood Creators With Video Direct
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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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100 Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!
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APRIL 24, 2009
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Avametric Raises $10.5M To Combine Hollywood VFX With E-Commerce
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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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100 Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Taken Offline By Ransomware
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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 HitFix Snags VP From The Hollywood Reporter
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JANUARY 9, 2012
Los Angeles-based film, TV, and entertainment site HitFix said today that it has snagged the former General Manager for Digital for The Hollywood Reporter, Alex Boyce, as its new Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy. HitFix is an online entertainment site led by Gregory Ellwood and Jennifer Sargent.
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Tech Scenes Episode 1: A Look At SoCal's Startup Ecosystem
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In this episode we explore Los Angeles from Santa Monica, West Hollywood, to Compton and meet up with Royce Disini of Mobcrush, Greg Bettinelli of Upfront Ventures, Leura Fine of Laurel and Wolf, John Tomich of One Stop Internet, and Expree Devora of WeAreLATech. Produced by: Jeff Martin CEO and Founder of Collective Genius.
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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100 Tech Scenes Sarah Zurell of Pavemint - The Creative Tech Talent of Los Angeles
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NOVEMBER 30, 2017
In this solo episode we meet up with Sarah Zurell and talk about Pavemint, the creative talent of Los Angeles, Hollywood to tech, collaboration, diversity, and running full featured product development. Media Sponsor: SOCALTECH - High Tech News and Information for Southern California. www.collective-genius.com. www.socaltech.com.
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Four Companies Where Hollywood Is Intersecting With Technology
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JULY 15, 2010
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. What do industrial equipment and tooling have to do with Hollywood and technology?
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187 Ross Levinsohn Named Head of The Hollywood Reporter
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JANUARY 15, 2013
Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties.
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173 Intel To Open New Studio In Hollywood Aimed At VR
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AUGUST 17, 2016
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said on Tuesday that the semiconductor maker will create a new, studio in Hollywood, will will focus on creating 360-degree virtual reality sports and entertainment content, using its technology.
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Tech Scenes: John Tomich, Onestop Internet
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OCTOBER 19, 2017
Watch Tech Scenes Episode One where we explore Los Angeles from Santa Monica, West Hollywood, to Compton and meet up with Royce Disini of Mobcrush, Greg Bettinelli of Upfront Ventures, Leura Fine of Laurel and Wolf, John Tomich of One Stop Internet, and Expree Devora of WeAreLATech. www.socaltech.com) READ MORE>>.
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138 The RealReal Launches First Bricks And Mortar Store, In West Hollywood
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AUGUST 1, 2018
TheRealReal said it will open up a "concept store" in Los Angeles on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, where it will both offer up its luxury goods and also accept consignments. Online luxury consignment store The RealReal is making its foray into the retail market, with its first ever bricks-and-mortar, physical store, in Los Angeles.
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RealD Signs Hollywood Theaters
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OCTOBER 26, 2009
Los Angeles-based RealD , which manufactures 3D cinema equipment, has signed on another theater chain, Hollywood Theaters. Hollywood Theaters is a chain based in Portland, Oregon, with 529 screens in 20 states. Hollywood Theaters is a chain based in Portland, Oregon, with 529 screens in 20 states. READ MORE>>.
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140 YouTube Sensation Annoying Orange Goes Hollywood
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APRIL 14, 2011
The Annoying Orange , the animated YouTube series, is the latest YouTube sensation to go mainstream in Hollywood, according to a report today. According to Deadline.com, the animated series is being financed by management/production company The Collective. READ MORE>>.
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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble
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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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Amazon Sets Santa Monica For Big Announcement: Hollywood Link?
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AUGUST 23, 2012
The tech press is abuzz about an announcement from Amazon, set for September 6th, speculating that the company is either planning a new Kindle announcement or something related to Hollywood.
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Sponsor Post: LA Tech Gives Back: 157 Volunteers, 32 Companies
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OCTOBER 25, 2017
The first, LA Tech Gives Back event was held this last week, on Thursday, October 19th, with 157 volunteers attending from 32 companies helping out Thursday at three different volunteer sites: Mark Twain Middle School in Venice, The Center at Blessed Sacrament in Hollywood, and LA Child Guidance Clinic in Downtown LA.
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113 Why Seriously Thinks Mobile Games Are Key To Hollywood's Future
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JANUARY 29, 2015
In the mobile age, what is the key to connecting and engaging with users, and where does Hollywood''s creative content fit into the mix? What''s the connection between Seriously and Hollywood? You''ve got a situation, where Youtube is considered to have bigger celebrities now than Hollywood. He composed our music, too.
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