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MAY 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu has officially launched its new, live TV streaming service into beta, saying it will offer up more than 50 sports, news, entertainment, and kids' channels for $39.99 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Online video streaming site Hulu is asking its owners, Walt Disney Co., and News Corp., Comcast Corp., for about $200M to help fund program purchases, according to a report this morning from the Wall Street Journal.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

Some Seriously Great News. Andrew and Petri had left game developer Rovio (of Angry Birds fame) and were creating a new games company called Seriously that would combine compelling intellectual property (characters), great narratives, and fun game play in a mobile-first application. Some Seriously Great News. Congrats, Kevin.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2013

Kilar also said that Disney and News Corporation are still working on "forward-looking plans" with the site. According to Kilar, Forssell helped grow the company from 2 content partners and no revenue to over 450 content partners and approximately $700 million revenue in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

Hulu's other owners are Walt Disney Co., and News Corp. Citing two people with "knowledge of the matter", Bloomberg said Providence had originally invested $100M in 2007, and will be paid $200M for its 10 percent share of the video streaming site. No details on the deal have been announced. Comcast Corp., READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Orrell-Jones was previously SVP of Network Business at Nintendo of America, and also served at Disney Interactive Media Group. Slacker operates an online, music and radio streaming service, and has been looking to differentiate itself from the streaming music crowd with content from partners such as ABC News, ESPN Sports, and others.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

The streaming TV and movie service, which is set to hit nearly $1 billion in revenues this year, is one of Southern California's biggest technology/Internet companies, despite a strange relationship with its studio owners, which include Disney, News Corp., and Comcast.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

According to News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company, and Hulu's management team, the firm has decided to terminate the Hulu sale process. The owners of Los Angeles-based video site Hulu have dropped plans to sell the business, according to a statement released by Hulu late Thursday evening.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

The studio owners of Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu are looking to sell the streaming site (again), according to rumors yesterday, as News Corporation and Walt Disney continue to struggle over what to do with the site.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Video demo of Laffster's Mock The Vote political news app. Walt Disney Co. All about startup Chewse, one of the Los Angeles startups to join the Fall 2012 class of 500Startups, and its group food ordering service. Laffster's Mock The Vote Demo. Darth Vader Goes To Disneyland. just bought LucasFilm.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Covert said that his new firm will provide premium M&A and financing services to Internet, media, and technology companies in the U.S. Covert was involved in such deals as MySpace's acquisition by News Corp., the acquisition of Club Penguin by Disney, Sony's acquisition of Grouper, among others. and internationally.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

The two said the new company will help media companies monetize content. Champion was the former CEO of Youbet.com, and also has served at the LA Daily News, the Orange County Register, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Enquirer.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Today, we have Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? The biggest news was the continued bullish market now coming on ten years even though historical cycles show markets don't usually last more than 7-8 years. I am answering this as the exec chairman of HelloTech and a venture partner at Amplify.LA

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The news of Steve Job’s passing has exploded across the internet with tribute videos, old video viewings, and news blasts in the form of tweets, posts, and updates at an all time high. 10,000 tweets per second following news of his death on Wednesday night. In 2006, he sold Pixar to Disney for $7.6B

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Wolpert is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry, helping to run technology accelerator Amplify, investing in countless startups, working with Accel Partners, and having been Chief Strategy Officer of RealNetworks, President of Disney Online, among other positions.

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

Wolpert is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry, helping to run technology accelerator Amplify, investing in countless startups, working with Accel Partners, and having been Chief Strategy Officer of RealNetworks, President of Disney Online, among other positions.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Rosen headed up FIM's efforts in Rotten Tomatoes and AmericanIdol.com, and according to Velocity led efforts in creating Hulu, FIM's joint venture with News Corp and NBC Universal. Rosen has also served at Fandango, a number of Idealab companies, Disney, and McKinsey and Company. Rosen will be based in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>

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LATechDigest

JUNE 13, 2016

Follow LA Tech Digest on Twitter ( link ) for news as it happens. **. SM New Tech. GIRLS WHO CODE Comes to Disney. Only a few hours away from welcoming @GirlsWhoCode to @Disney for 7 weeks! THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. Monday, June 13. Table Top Invitational. Tuesday, June 14. E3 ( -6/16). Hack for LA.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year? Previously, Cody established and launched the Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area.

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LATechDigest

MAY 16, 2016

Follow LA Tech Digest on Twitter ( link ) for news as it happens. **. SNAPCHAT Expands into New Offices at Santa Monica Airport ( link ). DISNEY Reports $147M Loss, Shuts Down Video Game Division ( link ). THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. Monday May 16. Silicon Beach Startup 101 (-5/20). LA Fintech. Tuesday May 17.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year? Kevin Winston: Digital LA's biggest news of 2016 was celebrating our fifth annual Silicon Beach Fest, with more than 2,000 attendees at the Marina del Rey Hotel. This year, Disney Accelerator graduated Jaunt VR at its demo day at the Dinsey lot.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

In other Google-related news, Recode reported that Bill Maris, the founder and president of Google Ventures (now called GV), has left the firm and will be replaced by David Krane. The news was a relief for Redwood City, CA-based Heron, which has been waiting for word on the status of its drug since September 2015. . —The U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

So there’s cognitive dissonance to scrolling through Twitter, seeing posts about uptick in the frequency of natural disasters interspersed among news about how people are buying expensive JPGs through an energy-intensive crypto transaction that uses enough electricity to power an American home for almost a week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In today’s fast changing customer environment, what works today may be “old news” tomorrow. Disney, for example, has managed to maintain its broad entertainment appeal by evolving from Mickey Mouse cartoons, to Old Yeller type movies, Pixar animation movies, to Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 26, 2018

We’ve got more gene therapy coverage, plus news about big M&A—perhaps the first big splashes from incoming. One of the latest exhibits in the debate is an $850,000 gene therapy to treat a rare, inherited form of vision loss. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

He is currently also consulting as Social Producer at CBS News for their show What’s Trending. Since then, he has partnered with brands including Nike, Pepsi, Fox, Disney, Audi, and others. His firm works to infuse projects with the management, social and production assistance needed to break away from the pack.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

The invitation-only attendees included founders, business development leaders, and marketing directors from companies big and small, including NBCUniversal, Mobclix, DDB Los Angeles, Airpush, adly, Mobile Roadie, Disney Animation Studios, BetterWorks, and more. He is also a Social Producer at CBS News’s What’s Trending.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. In 1982, Oprah was the co-host of the local television news in Baltimore Maryland. This article previously appeared in Forbes. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to running OrganicStartup, Sangster was responsible for strategic planning and corporate development at the Walt Disney Internet Group. Sangster identified new media growth opportunities, developed strategy, and managed the evaluation and execution of acquisitions that helped Disney meet its strategic objectives.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

These same top networks – Maker, Machinima, Zefr, FullScreen, BigFrame – and the like have create nearly 1,000 new tech / media jobs in LA in the past 3 years alone. billion deal to Disney. Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney. So my first Tweet about Ferris was the following: I’ve been wanting to share this exciting news for a while. As a VC (especially based in LA), I see hundreds of video apps. L1I6RUWYJu.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder. What started off as a creative project for charismatic founder Erik Torenberg has turned into a promising social site with fast monthly growth and a natural expansion into new verticals (news, debate, DJ battles, karaoke, etc.)

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six. He also has some other big news in his life but I’ll let him talk about that. Between the group of us we were probably helping launch 75-100 companies / year. And Jamie hers. And Adam his.

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APRIL 25, 2011

and live shows (CMA Awards Red Carpet, Oscars Backstage Pass – All Access Show Oscar.com) for Disney/ABC Television Digital Media Group. Director, oversees creative development and physical production of derivative webisodes (Grey’s Anatomy, Cougar Town, Ugly Betty, etc.), davidbeebe. Neal Weiss, Yahoo! Originals is Yahoo!’s

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LATechDigest

MAY 23, 2016

Follow LA Tech Digest on Twitter ( link ) for news as it happens. **. DISNEY Puts All Its VR in a Single App ( link ). THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. Monday May 23. Biz E-Sports Summit (-5/24). Tuesday May 24. FastCo Counter-Conf (-5/25). Space Tech Expo (-5/26). Now Next Why. Animation Workshop. Hack for LA. LA Catalyst.

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