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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. Angel City Data has deployed over 2,000 custom desktop, web and mobile software solutions for clients such as Apple, Disney, Warner Bros.,

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MARCH 25, 2013

Burbank-based Warner Bros. Warner said the new studio will focus on free-to-play, mobile, social, and browser-based gmaes. The new studio will oversee publishing of all of the mobile games developed by Warner Bros. Warner explained that the new studio will be led by Greg Ballard. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Burbank-based MeFeedia , the online video guide site, is on a mobile app roll, announced Thursday that it has launched a new, iPad version of its app. The firm has been on a roll with mobile apps in the last few months, having introduced both Android and iPhone apps in September. MeFeedia is headed by Frank Sinton.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The firm said the new support allows companies to support the mobile web, in addition to the company's existing, native apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Android. Beachfront Media , the developer of video publishing tools, said today that its Beachfront Builder software now supports HTML5 applications.

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JULY 1, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney Company said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Tapulous , a Silicon Valley maker of music games for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Disney also said it will add Tapulous founders Bart Decrem and Andrew Lacy, and the Tapulous development team in Palo Alto, to the company's mobile content group.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Burbank-based Walt Disney is laying off around 700 employees at Disney Interactive--a quarter of the interactive division--as the company struggles to adapt to the shift to mobile games. The company also is planning on closing a number of its online properties, and scale back in-house game development.

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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 4, 2014

Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company and satellite operator DISH Network said this morning that they are in a multi-year deal, which will allow DISH to stream Disney, ABC, and ESPN to televisions, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, and other connected devices. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Burbank-based Walt Disney Studios has launched a new, cloud movie service this morning, called Disney Movies Anywhere. disney cloud movie service itunes apple ipod iphone mobile download streaming hollywood content film' Disney said its new service will feature over 400 digital titles. READ MORE>>.

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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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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Burbank-based video technology provider Beachfront Media announced this morning that it is powering a new, mobile Family Feud mobile app for FremantleMedia. The new mobile app, which runs on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android, lets fans of Family Feud search and view content from past Family Feud episodes.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Disney Accelerator has rolled out the newest class of startup from its startup accelerator this week, showing off 11 new companies from the 2017 Disney Accelerator program on Wednesday in Burbank. digital media focused on inspiring women); Epic Games (creators of the Unreal Engine); Hoodline (local news and content discovery); Kahoot!

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Burbank-based Beachfront Media , the developer of video distribution tools, applications, and other infrastructure--and operator of video discovery site MeFeedia.com --said this week that it has racked up 3 billion video views across its properties, resulting in 1 billion ad impressions for its partners.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Burbank-based Warner Bros. Ballard has also served as president and CEO of Glu Mobile, and has served at SONICblue, MyFamily.com (now Ancestry.com), 3Dfx, Warner Custom Music, Capcom, and Digital Pictures. According to Warner, Ballard will head up both its Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Warner Bros.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Burbank-based online video guide startup MeFeedia , which is run by Frank Sinton, is continuing to expand its platform support, saying Thursday that it has launched a new Android Tablet version of its software. The app is free. MeFeedia already offers Android and iPhone versions of its video viewing and discovery apps. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe's services insert in-game ads into mobile games, and the firm also operates the GameJump.com mobile games portal site. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe's services insert in-game ads into mobile games, and the firm also operates the GameJump.com mobile games portal site. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Burbank-based MeFeedia , the online video guide site run by Frank Sinton, said Thursday that it has updated its Android app. According to the firm, it has improved thumbnails and layout on the software, expanded the number of devices it supports, as well as increased the amount of content in categories.

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DECEMBER 26, 2013

In a move to add some Silicon Valley cred to the company''s board, Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has added Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter and CEO of Square Inc., Dorsey was co-founder of Twitter, and also co-founded mobile payment service Square in 2009. as a member of its board of directors, Disney said this week.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer JamCity is continuing its growth, saying on Wednesday that it has raise $350M in new funding, and acquired mobile game studio Ludia. The games publisher had previously acquired Rainbow Star studio in Burbank, TinyCo in San Francisco, Uken Games in Toronto, and 231Play in Berlin.

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JUNE 4, 2018

According to AT&T, it will become the Official Telecommunications and Mobile Gaming Partner of ESL North America, taking part in events such as the Arena of Valor Pro League, the E3 ESL Arena, ESL One New York, and Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) North America. Financial details of the partnership deal was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Burbank-based Beachfront Media , which develops video publishing and syndication tools, and also runs the MeFeedia video discovery site, has extended its platform to support publishing video to connected TVs. Beachfront Media is headed by Frank Sinton.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator run by The Walt Disney Program, concluded its third run of its program on Thursday, concluding with the presentation of its class of nine companies at its Demo Day in Burbank yesterday.

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JULY 11, 2016

The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

SVB and Mastercard said it selected six startups for its Commerce.Innovated virtual accelerator, which is aimed at helping commerce, payments and fintech startups grow their businesses, including Santa Monica's Domuso , Santa Monica-based Earny , and Burbank-based Papaya.

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JULY 9, 2015

The Walt Disney Company announced the names of the companies in its second, startup accelerator program it runs out of Burbank, with the help of Techstars. The second class includes Decisive (SaaS for mobile targeting); EMOTIV (brain monitoring technology); FEM Inc.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The startups included SideVision , an ecommerce software platform; Portal Entertainment a content development company; Bubbl , a developer of mobile and web-based video editing tools; Wisemetrics , social content publishing; Incoming Media , push notification for video; and Toggle , a developer of HDMI dongles for streaming UltraViolet content.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Burbank-based Disney launched a new, mobile messaging service this week called Disney Mix , aimed at kids and families, which lets users send messages back and forth, send stickers, play games, and more using Disney characters.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

The event, held at Disney's Burbank Studios, included companies demonstrating 3D, Disney-themed printed prosthetic arms; artificial intelligence which allows you to carry on a private conversation with Miss Piggy over social messaging services; brain monitoring headsets; and much more.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I created Postcard On The Run because I was excited by the the idea of sharing and creating a keepsake from a mobile device, and making it more than just posting it online. After MySpace, I did the old Burbank to San Jose commute. They're still around. Josh Brooks: Playlist was in Palo Alto.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

We recently ran into a Disney Accelerator startup in Burbank, Decisive (https://decisive.is/), which has created software which is able to apply predictive analytics and software to do exactly those things, and more. Is one color better than another for sharing photos? Exactly what is the magic behind if a piece of content goes viral or not?

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JULY 12, 2017

Epic Games is the creator of Unreal Engine technology, which is used by millions of developers to ship visually stunning, high-quality games and experiences across PC, console, mobile, VR and AR platforms. Developers also choose Epic’s Unreal Engine for cinematic production, visualization, design and simulation.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

TT Games , the European developer of the popular LEGO game titles--including LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Harry Potter, has acquired UK-based mobile game developer Playdemic. TT Games is part of Burbank-based Warner Bros. The companies said PLaydemic will work on creating new LEGO games designed for players on mobile.

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JULY 1, 2016

The glider-like U2’s development at Kelly Johnson’s famous Lockheed “Skunk Works” in Burbank, CA, had gone into high gear only two years before, leading to a first test flight from a secret field in Nevada in the summer of 1955. The missiles were ready to be launched for their first tests; the third of them launched Sputnik and the Space Age.

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