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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Santa Monica-based Betterworks , the employee perks operator run by prolific Los Angeles investor Paige Craig, has expanded its menu of employee perks into the areas of Entertainment, Auto Care, and Pets.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A pitch to offer artists a way to give geo-fenced, live events to fans around the world has brought the new Los Angeles startup Moment House $1.5 The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto.

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JUNE 19, 2013

The event is harnessing the startup energy in Santa Monica, and features all across town, at ROC , Cross Campus , the Viceroy , Santa Monica Place , and elsewhere. Overall, the event organizers say there are 150 speakers participating in over 30 panels. The festival even includes a number of beach events on Saturday.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 -- Digital Entertainment World (DEW2018). This year's event will be held in the hip and modern Marina del Rey Marriott just steps from the beach and located in the heart of LA's thriving Silicon Beach with easy access to Santa Monica, Venice and Playa Vista. DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of."

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Monday, February 5, 2018 -- Digital Entertainment World (DEW2018). This year's event will be held in the hip and modern Marina del Rey Marriott just steps from the beach and located in the heart of LA's thriving Silicon Beach with easy access to Santa Monica, Venice and Playa Vista. DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of."

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JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. We also hackathons and other events.

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MAY 22, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Citrix said this morning that it has launched a new, multimedia webcasting service aimed at large scale web events. Citrix said its new GoToWebinar Premier Event offering can handle up to 20,000 attnedees. Citrix already provided similar webcasting services, albeit on a much smaller scale.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Users of Apple's new iPhone 5 and iOS 6 have another vendor supporting Apple's new wallet feature, Passbook today, as Goldstar , the Pasadena-based provider of half price live entertainment tickets announced integration with the feature.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Overwatch League , the e-sports league run by Blizzard Entertainment around its title of the same name, is making its first event expansions beyond Los Angeles. The move is the first event expansion for The Overwatch League, as it has begun growing its list of teams. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

It looks like there's a new startup accelerator in town today: MediaCamp , an entertainment-focused startup acceleration program backed by Turner Broadcasting, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Warner said the effort will kick off with a series of networking events this spring. According to Warner Bros., READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

San Diego-based local events site Eventful is powering a big concert award with music publication and brand Billboard. According to the two, they have launched the fifth annual Eventful Fans' Choice Award, which will allow music fans and concert goers to vote for their favorite concert tour, via Eventful's platform.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 -- Digital Entertainment World 2019. DEW 2019 focuses on "The Power of Creativity and Influence" and will cover topics from OTT to Innovation to eSports to Millennials to Content Marketing to VR/AR to Music Rights to Startups, etc.,

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Monday, February 4, 2019 -- Digital Entertainment World 2019. Described by Hollywood insiders, digital influencers and industry leaders throughout the world as a "must-attend" event, now in its 6th year Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is where you want to be if you are in the business of creating or monetizing digital entertainment content.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 -- 2018 Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival. The Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival (HETF) is an exciting international event bridging the US and China, with expert speakers and panel discussions on trends in entertainment technology, cross-border opportunities, and investments.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the online service which offers up discounted tickets to entertainment events and tickets, is announcing today that it has linked up with TED , the nonprofit conference operator focused on spreading innovative ideas. Goldstar offers up discounted entertainment tickets in major cities around the U.S.,

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

During an event in Los Angeles today, Google specifically positioned this region as ideal for the media and entertainment industry in the area. But as Google announced today , the new Los Angeles cloud region will go live in July, making it the company’s fifth region in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which organizes community esports events at theaters and other locations, has partnered with sports entertainment venue company Topgolf , where Topgolf will host amateur e-sports events and competitions.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ , and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), said this morning they are in a new marketing agreement. The two companies said that WWE-branded video games developed by THQ will be integrated into events, pay-per view and television sponsorships, magazines, and other WWE properties. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2019

BitAngels is a group of cryptocurrency investors helping to grow the blockchain ecosystem through community events spotlighting new companies. This event will provide investors, entrepreneurs, and blockchain enthusiasts the opportunity to learn about new projects, including security token offerings. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

The biggest news for Digital LA this year has been creating and spearheading Silicon Beach Fest, LA's first startup entertainment community festival in Santa Monica and Venice in June, 2012. In addition to Silicon Beach Fest, we also held Digital LA events at Sundance, SXSW, E3, Comic-Con, and in London during the Olympics.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , which provides payroll and production management services and technology to the entertainment industry, said it has acquired CAPS Payroll , a provider of payroll services for the commercial production, venues, music tours, live events, unscripted television and independent film markets.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , which operates a STEM-focused "micro amusement park" that combines entertainment, technology, and often STEM education in its site in Los Angeles, is teaming up with music festival operator Superfly , to launched a new immersive music event series. Financial details of the link were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

These days, it's not unusual for a handful of tech and startup mixers and events to be going down on the westside. High-end hors d'oeuvres, an open bar with top-shelf liquor and little entertainments throughout the event. Still, there was something special about the Nextspace @ Amplify Grand opening on Wednesday night.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Pasadena-based Goldstar , the half-price, entertainment ticket retailer headed by Jim McCarthy, said Monday that it has launched a new feature which lets users easily get seats next to their friends on events. Goldstar had said it was approaching five million tickets sold on August 17th.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based Blizzard Entertainment apologized for the controversey that the company has faced, after it banned one of its competitors for expressing support for the Hong Kong protests in October. Allen Brack apologized for how the company reacted to the issue at its Hearthstone e-sports event.

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JUNE 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based GumGum , which provides an in-image advertising platform for publishers, said Friday that it has added Ryan Schinman, CEO of Platinum Rye Entertainment, to its advisory board. Platinum Rye Entertainment books celebrity talent, models, recording artists, sports figures and other celebrities for ad campaigns and PR events.

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MAY 15, 2013

Online live entertainment ticket marketplace ScoreBig.com has signed on a big new partner this morning, United MileagePlus. Los Angeles-based ScoreBig.com, which is headed by ticketing industry vet Adam Kanner, said that it is the exclusive marketing partner for live-event ticketing for MileagePlus. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2010

Kieve Huffman: Dather is an event-based, multimedia timeline. We support any content they have and want to share, and link it all to that event, so you have one cohesive place for all of it to live. Is this meant as a personal tool, or a corporate tool--it looks like you've got a number of entertainment clients adopting your tool?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. NowLive is trying to do just that, leveraging both technology and the entertainment world to build its business. What's unique about NowLive?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Santa Monica has just gotten yet another boost in its bid to become the capital of Silicon Beach, as Microsoft said this week that it is opening up a new, 125-person strong entertainment studio in the city as part of an effort to create interactive content for the Xbox.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

ScoreBig.com is led by Adam Kanner, and offers up an online marketplace for live entertainment tickets. The marketplace includes live sports, concert and theater events, and helps venues, sports teams, and others help move unsold tickets, while providing steep discounts for consumers via a reverse auction system. Venture Partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

We just wrapped up our REACH | The Wearable Future event last week where we had Intel, Epson, Indiegogo, LA Times and ShotTracker discuss where wearables have been, where they are now and what is the future of wearables. The post Wearable Tech LA | Where Entertainment & Health Meet Wearables July 17th appeared first on TechZulu.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Philip Lelyveld , USC Entertainment Technology Center. Thanks also to our sponsors (positions still open), who are making the event to celebrate our winners possible! 2014 dfr2014 event list founders startup socaltech socaltech50' Zack James and Rich Raddon , ZEFR (shared). Will Kassoy , AdColony. Ben Katz , CARD.com.

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MAY 26, 2011

The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, the millions of dollars already includes 28,000 total hotel room nights already booked for the event. The event is again being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and is owned by the Entertainment Software Association and produced by IDG World Expo. According to LA INC.,

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The startup--which has the backing of such high profile investors as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's A-Grade Investments, Dreamworks, and Live Nation--also has some major partnership with entertainers like Madonna and No Doubt to create crowdsourced videos of their events. What's the idea behind Vyclone?

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MARCH 13, 2014

Carnival , the company''s crowdfunded entertainment event which it has been describing as a varnival reimagined with "lasers, fire, and robots". The event is aimed at inspiring kids to learn about science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

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