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M-GO's Take On The Digital Entertainment Streaming Market, with John Batter

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Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? Why a new, streaming service -- and how is this different from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc? How long has the service been available? The second piece, is you asked about Netflix, and we''re really not competitive with Netflix at all.

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GameFly Eyes Blockbuster Games-By-Mail Program

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Los Angeles-based video game rental service GameFly is seeing more competition from video rental firm Blockbuster this week, after its competitor announced that it is expanding its online movie rental service to include video games.

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As Quibi reportedly seeks another $1 billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service

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Even as Quibi , the short form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo , reportedly looks to raise another $1 billion , rival service Fiction Riot continues to steadily build out its pipeline of short form serials. The company is reportedly spending $5 million per hour of storytelling for some of its titles.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

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The second is that the retailers were constrained by their high costs of local real estate and service staff relative to the costs of centralized warehouses where goods could be stacked high, sorted by robots, managed by RFIDs and then shipped via overnight to eager, cost-conscious customers across the US. .” 10x the experience.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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How could it be when they always have “schlocky” ads or PSAs (public service announcements). We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. Online text book rental service. Online radio music service. These are both either “remnant” or free ad types.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. The philosophy of OPEC has been that if they can limit the amount of oil supplied to the world they can maintain high prices in a world where demand and competition should naturally have downward pressure on oil prices.

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USC's Silicon Beach Awards and Presentations (Discount Code)

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USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. We will also recognize the next generation of innovators as we award over $50,000 to participants in the USC Silicon Beach Awards venture competition.

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