SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Burbank Tech Talks and TechFire. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire is featuring a Burbank tech success story, Angel City Data's Founder and President, David Knight. Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Founder Stories: David Knight, Angel City Data. Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, USC, the BBC, and NASA.

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JUNE 18, 2015

Disney/ABC Television , which had planned to replace about 35 information technology workers split between its New York and Burbank offices with imported H-1B workers from an outsourcer, has abruptly cancelled those plans.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney reported Sunday that it has just surpassed one hundred million fans across its network of Facebook pages. Think your company is popular on Facebook? Think again.

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JULY 14, 2011

Users of the Twitter micro-blogging service snapped up a special, JetBlue promotional offer yesterday offering up $4 flights between Long Beach Airport and Burbank's Bob Hope Airport Saturday, selling out the special flight offer in less than 4 hours. The drive from Burbank to Long Beach is usually a short, 40 minute drive.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

Burbank-based Shag Enterprises Inc, an artificial intelligence company that’s created a predictive platform for online ordering, announced on May 15 it raised $1.4 million in seed funding led by New York-based E&A Venture Capital.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Google said today that it will offer free wireless at 47 airports, including Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston, Baltimore, Burbank, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Ft. As a bonus, Google said that Burbank airport will be offering free, airport-wide Wi-Fi indefinately as part of its holiday promotion. Lauderdale, Orlando, St.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

Burbank-based Walt Disney bought LucasFilm , the company started by George Lucas and which owns Star Wars, for $4.05 If you're Darth Vader, what do you do now that you are owned by Walt Disney Co. ? A video just released by Walt Disney Parks imagines the result. billion Tuesday). READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2011

Burbank-based Warner Bros. said Monday that it is beginning to test renting movies via Facebook , using Facebook Credits, allowing consumers to watch movies directly from the social networking site. According to Warner, its first title is The Dark Knight, which it will be renting for 30 Facebook Credits, or $3.

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MAY 9, 2018

Heading from sunny Burbank, Calif. Those games are set to begin July 11th and will take place in Burbank at the company’s “Blizzard Arena Los Angeles.” Eventually the league is looking to set up stadiums in locations outside of Burbank. that might rival LA for esports popularity.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Surf Air had initially launched with flights out of Burbank in June, and also has been serving the Santa Barbara market since July. The new Hawthorne location will help specifically with Surf Air''s clientele on the Westside of Los Angeles, as Hawthorne is much easier to get to from the Westside compared with Burbank. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Burbank-based MeFeedia , the online video guide site headed by Frank Sinton, said today that it has launched both iPhone and Android apps. The firm said the new apps allow users to find favorite videos, linking to such sources as YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo. The new apps run on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the Android.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Culver City-based YouTube network Maker Studios has been acquired by Burbank-based Walt Disney Company , in a deal worth $500M, plus up to $450M in performance earn out. Maker operates a network of YouTube content channels--over 55,000--which gets 5.5 billion views per month, according to Disney.

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MARCH 30, 2020

RCT Studio, a Burbank-based developer of interactive games, announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.

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JUNE 17, 2013

The service is the newest technology-meets-aviation startup to debut in as many weeks in the Los Angeles area -- just last week, Surf Air launched an all-you-can-fly subscription airline out of Burbank airport, catering to the technology set commuting between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. OpenAirplane is based in Chicago.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Burbank-based Warner Brothers Interactive has chopped 60 people in its Seattle game studios, according to a report from Joystiq, which confirmed the cuts with Warner Brothers. It's unclear if Warner Brothers Interactive had cut any other positions across the company's other locations or at its Burbank headquarters. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2013

Surf Air launched its service between Burbank and San Francisco in June. The new flights make Santa Barbara as close to San Francisco as it is to Los Angeles, and could help bolster the area''s high tech companies. There are already a significant number of high tech companies--particularly, in online advertising--in the Santa Barbara region.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Burbank-based 3ality Digital , the provider of 3D production technology and services, said Wednesday that it has acquired Element Technica , a manufacturer of motorized 3D camera rigs. The firm also explained that it will be expanding as a part of the combination of the firms, at its headquarters in Burbank. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The new flights will go between both Burbank and Hawthorne Municipal Airport. The company said it plans to start Las Vegas service on weekends, starting March 21st. The company said the flights are still pending federal approval. The company''s last expansion was Hawthorne and Palm Springs. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 11, 2013

The first flight is set to depart Burbank at 10:45am, landing in San Carlos at noon. surfair surf subscription airline muckerlab airport certification burbank carlos' The new investors in Surf Air include Velos Partners and Base Ventures. Surf Air is led by Wade Eyerly. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. , the film company owned by George Lucas, in a deal worth $4.05 billion, Disney said Tuesday afternoon. Disney said it would pay stock and cash for Lucasfilm, with approximately half in cash and 40M in shares. Lucasfilm owns the rights to Star Wars.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Burbank-based MeFeedia , the online video guide site headed by Frank Sinton, said Friday that it has partnered with social networking site Bebo. According to MeFeedia, users of Bebo can now watch videos from MeFeedia directly from the site, giving Bebo's users access to videos from over 30,000 different sites aggregated by the company.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Burbank-based Testronic Labs , a provider of provider of quality assurance services for the video game, home entertainment, and other industries, has launched a new division specifically focused on casual and social games.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

Burbank-based Condusiv , the developer of disk optimization software, said over the weekend that it has named Frederic T. Boyer as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 15, 2019

Team SoloMid partners with Lenovo; Feather spreads its wings in L.A.; CareerArc grows, names new executives

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MAY 14, 2012

Burbank-based Mefeedia , the online video discovery site headed by Frank Sinton, has launched a new app for Android Tablets, focused on kids videos. The app, Kid Videos , provides appropriate videos for kids from a wide range of video sites, including YouTube, DailyMotion, and Vimeo.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Burbank-based Deluxe , the provider of post-production, distribution, asset management, and related services to Hollywood, said today that it has acquired B2B, cloud software provider mediapeers. Mediapeers becomes part of Delxue''s Burbank Deluxe Media Unit. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

A local startup, which organizes and runs drone racing events , is holding an invite-only event this weekend to qualify UAV pilots for a competition in Dubai later this year. According to the Aerial Grand Prix , it is hosting a local qualifier to advance pilots to the World Drine Prix in Dubai, which is dangling a $1M prize.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Burbank-based Disney Interactive Media Group announced yesterday that it has named Mark L. Walker as Senior Vice President of Disney.com. Walker joins the firm from Yahoo! News and information, where he headed up the online news site. Walker also previously served as Vice President of Business Development for Yahoo!

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APRIL 7, 2021

Burbank-based payroll company Cast & Crew announced April 7 that it has acquired LeBog Software, the developer of an expense management system called Digital Purchase Order.

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APRIL 11, 2011

3D filmmaker James Cameron of Avatar fame announced Monday that he has launched a new, technology firm based in Burbank focused on creating 3D technology.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Burbank-based Magic Ruby , a new service aimed at the social television segment, said today that it has launched to help provide revenue for advertisers, content creators, distributors, and app developers.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Burbank-based 3ality Digital , a developer of 3D production technology and services, has scored a new funding from Clearlake Capital Group. According to Clearlake, it led and sponsored a recapitalization of 3ality, acquiring the majority of newly issued preferred stock of the company.

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MAY 21, 2012

Burbank-based Disney Mobile and Disney Consumer Products announced this morning that they are merchandising products from its mobile game, Where's My Water? Disney said it will take Swampy, the main character of the game, to licensees and retailers. The deal includes links with Hasbro, JAKKS Pacific/CDI, and Toys "R" Us.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Surf Air offers up direct flights between Burbank and Silicon Valley, as well as Santa Barbara and Silicon Valley, and is targeting its membership service to the many, frequent technology and other executives who travel back and forth between the areas on a frequent basis.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Burbank-based Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment said Friday that it has set up shop in San Francisco, and has created a new, digital video game studio there called WB Games San Francisco. Warner said the new studio will focus on free-to-play, mobile, social, and browser-based gmaes.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Many commuters and executives who fly between Southern California and Silicon Valley were stymied by a massive shutdown of flights by Southwest Airlines Thursday afternoon, after high winds and heavy rain prompted the airline to cancel travel to and from Burbank, Ontario, Orange County, and San Diego airports.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm backed by Walt Disney Co., has invested in a Chinese provider of online advertising. According to Beijing-based Yoyi Media , it received a Series A investment on undisclosed size from Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners.

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