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MARCH 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has sued a new startup, Humu , founded by former Google head of people operations Laszlo Bock, over its name. Humu is reportedly working on human resources software. The lawsuit was filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu has just rolled out a unique feature to the video streaming service today, saying that it is applying facial recognition techniques which will allow its viewers to identify actors in videos, by hovering over their face. Have you ever wondered what the name of that actor is on your favorite show? READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online video streaming site, said today that it is planning to open up a new Seattle office by the end of the year. According to Hulu, the new development center will work with the firm's development teams in Los Angeles and Beijing. Tags: hulu video content employment jobs seattle. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based video site Hulu rolled out its new video player on Saturday, saying that it now includes such features as a 10-second rewind, new pause features, browsing videos inside the player without stopping what you're watching, and more. Hulu said the update provides a "friendlier interface" for users. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 27, 2013

Studio City-based FilmTrack , which develops software-as-a-service for managing rights and content management for the film, video, and television industry, has raised $20M in a funding round. Lang was recently CEO of Miramax, and was at Fox Entertainment, involved with both Hulu and MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2021

Santa Monica-based a href="[link] Cycle, a developer of software for market research, said it has rolled out a new tool to help with ongoing issue tracking for companies using continuous product development. The company said its customers include Peloton, Hulu, Thomson Reuters, Viacom, ro.co, Gymshark and others.

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JULY 29, 2011

A report, published Friday by Wired, says that Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has cut its use of web analytics service Kissmetrics -- a startup founded by former Orange County entrepreneur Neil Patel -- after U.C. Berkeley security researchers detected the use of undetectable cookie code by Kissmetrics.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based 3Rodeo , a brand venture capital investment firm led by former Hulu executive Noah Heller, says it is targeting investments in startups in Los Angeles. Size of the new fund was not announced. Size of the new fund was not announced.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Intuit --which develops its online Turbotax software in San Diego--also featured an ad trying to convince viewers to skip the game and do their taxes instead. If you missed the commercials, Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu has all of the commercials posted in its Hulu AdZone. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops cloud-based learning and human capital management software, said late Wednesday that it has acquired Grovo Learning , a provider of "micro-learning" content, in a deal worth $24M in cash. Grovo was founded in 2010, and has offices in New York City and San Francisco.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The big three options right now are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, and they’re getting bigger: Americans are watching more than an hour of streaming content per day , a number excepted to steadily increase over time. Hulu Basics. Hulu offers current shows ASAP. However, Hulu – and you – pay a price for these advantages.

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MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse announced on Thursday that it has named Ross Levinsohn, the former CEO of Yahoo!, He also served at News Corporation, where he was involved in the formation of Hulu, and also is co-founder and partner at Whisper Advisors, and a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

The startup--led by Matt Knox--says the app helps users with movie recommendations across such services as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and more. Los Angeles-based Bingie , a new startup, debuted a new, social recommendations app that helps users get movie recommendations from their friends on Thursday.

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APRIL 6, 2015

MakerSquare , which operates coding camps and classes to help students get software jobs, is setting up a new location in Los Angeles, according to the Hack Reactor collective. angeles camp code software education school hackreactor reactor hack makersquare' The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th.

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JULY 17, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA said late Monday evening that it has turned to the NGINX web server package for its web server software. Financial aspects of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010. Editor's note: socalTECH was a sponsor of this event.).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model.

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MAY 19, 2013

Garcetti worked with LegalZoom, ShopZilla, Hulu and others to try and change the tax ordinance to support the emergence of our biggest tech companies in LA city only to be stymied by the head of the office of finance, Antoinette Christovale as outlined in this article. Thousands of jobs.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health).

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MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model.

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Xconomy

MAY 2, 2018

If you’ve already liberated yourself from a cable subscription in favor of streaming video services over the Internet, you’re parcelling out your dollars to get the content you want most from services such as Netflix, Hulu, and N.B.A. League Pass.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Hulu/Hulu Plus. Hulu offers current shows ASAP. Pay to Watch: If you didn’t already know, paying a few bucks more a month will get you Hulu Plus without (hardly any) commercials. Hidden Content: Hulu has some content that can only be viewed with a qualifying cable subscription.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Terence Chiu: Indeed Prime is a new product Indeed is building, to attract top software engineers, and connect them with the best, attractive companies hiring software engineers. Definitely, basic software engineering is the most popular role. Within that, there's increased demand for mobile developers.

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MARCH 1, 2013

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. Darren Marble: I spent the last ten years in enterprise sales, selling enterprise software and services to Fortune 500 companies. What's your background?

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APRIL 26, 2011

I spend about twelve months before starting BetterWorks thinking about the SMB space, and the lack of tools and software for companies. You've got some pretty big firepower on the software side at BetterWorks -- what is it about benefits that would require that software and talent?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

He simply asserted, “the end of software” by putting up a logo with the word software and a red line through it. Just because it’s online doesn’t mean it’s not software. ” Many people in Internet TV talk to me about “ Torso TV ” or “ Why Hulu is like OPEC.

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APRIL 6, 2015

With the growing need for Software Engineers at technology, entertainment and media companies in the Los Angeles area, Hack Reactor, which has three founders who are University of Southern California graduates, identified fertile ground for MakerSquare to educate, train and mentor technologists in Southern California. “Los

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

In the case of Los Angeles-based Laffster (www.laffster.com), you apply software algorithms, science, and research to figure it all out. Even the best sites don't have people watching lots of video, with the exception of long form content sites like Hulu and the Netflixes of the world. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Our software sorts video content relative to its importance to you, based on your social graph and social impact. So the video content you recommend--is that user generated like YouTube, or professional content like Hulu? Aaron Crayford: It doesn't matter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

Subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via SparkBoxToys. All-you-can-eat content model.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Utilizing this same core technology, TVSync has developed automatic content recognition (ACR) software that can be accessed in seconds by video and/or audio using the camera and/or mic from a mobile device. The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

I kind of thought there was a similar opportunity you see in the video space with YouTube, Hulu, thePlatform all going after. Once I had that, it was clear to me that putting some software linking that with the Internet would be very powerful.

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MARCH 12, 2013

Those include quite a few brands you probably recognize, including Twitter, Hulu, Pinterest, EMI, Wordpress, Break.com, and a whole host of other companies. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He joined SGN from Fox where he was Vice President of Business Development and worked on the acquisition of MySpace and the launch of Hulu. Yguado is a co-founder of SGN, previously in charge of game development and responsible for successful cross-platform titles including Panda Jam, Jewels of the Amazon, and Bingo Blingo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

Subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via Pley. All-you-can-eat content model.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. We're also looking, at the same time, at infrastructure--infrastructure software, which advertising agencies or marketers would use. What's your prior experience and how'd you get into this?

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. We're also looking, at the same time, at infrastructure--infrastructure software, which advertising agencies or marketers would use. What's your prior experience and how'd you get into this?

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