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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. The appetite for space has just been voracious.

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MARCH 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , a provider of 3D theater projection technology, has signed on theater firm AMC Entertainment as a customer of the firm. According to AMC and RealD, AMC is set to deploy up to 1,500 RealD 3D screens in the US and Canada. Tags: reald theater projection hardware entertainment content. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2020

The event incorporates mastering skills needed to work on web-conferencing, including screen-sharing, file transfer, and using whiteboards. Each participant connects remotely from their home office to solve puzzles and clues in hopes of helping their team succeed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2010

El Segundo-based iSuppli announced Thursday that it has acquired UK-based Screen Digest , a firm which provides market research covering film, television, broadband media, mobile media, cinema, home entertainment, TV technology and video games. Screen Digest has over 45 analysts and is based in London.

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MARCH 21, 2013

StoryBots , the developer of entertaining, fun, and educational application and content, has launched a trio of new applications, the firm said Thursday. The StoryBots are brightly colored, on-screen creatures created by the brothers to help entertain and educate kids. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen. and Petri was co-founder and head of creative at Remedy Entertainment that launched the hit PC games Max Payne and Alan Wake.

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JULY 19, 2011

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment said today that its Columbia Pictures unit it tying the release of its new film, 30 Minutes or Less, into a foursquare promotion. The effort will award badges for checking into pizza parlors, banks, food trucks, screenings, and movie theater openings.

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JULY 18, 2018

Pocket.watch says it develops eerything from small-screen video to big-screen blockbusters, games, toys, and other products focused on kids. Los Angeles-based media brand Pocket.watch , which creates content for kids, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, led by Viacom, the company said today. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

me , a developer of mobile, interactive applications for the television and entertainment market, announced today that it has linked with Caesars Interactive Entertainment , to produce an application for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The firm said it has created a "second-screen" experience for the WSOP telecasts on ESPN.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down. In Entertainment, we're seeing more and more people prefer their iPad over the Big Screen experience.

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MARCH 29, 2012

Row 44 said its new entertainment service allows passengers to stream movies and television on-demand, via their Wi-Fi devices. Row 44 said its service is ideal for airlines who do not want to incur the cost, weight, and installation time of in-flight entertainment hardware and screens. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , which provides 3D movie projection technology, said over the weekend that it has inked a deal with Chinese language film producer and distributor Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited (MAEG), to install its 3D technology across one hundred screens in China. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV. And…they have opened up their API for all of you clever developers to create the amazing interactive second screen apps of the future. It is essentially a super large screen pad. What does that mean?

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Hudson has previously served at such firms as Fox Filmed Entertainment and GCA Savvian. Upfront said that Hudson will work on deal sourcing, deal screening, deal support, portfolio analysis, and other similar activities. Hudson had previously been an Associate at the firm. Upfront Ventures was previously known as GRP Partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses. See you there!

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JUNE 14, 2012

THe firm said that SMI Corporation Limited , a Chinese entertainment and media company operating the Stellar International Cineplex brand, will equip 100 screens across its network with RealD's technology. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I want to say that we are deeply committed to inclusion on screen and behind the camera and in our workplace,” Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter. But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” brb walking out.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. What we find, especially in the mobile world, is you've only got one or two screens to get a consumer to make a purchase, before they abandon the visit. We're really headed for three screens.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Culver City-based Crackle , the online video streaming and entertainment site which features Sony Pictures library of television and film properties, announced Friday that it has launched both Windows Phone and NOOK Tablet apps. Crackle also said it will be releasing a Amazon Kindle Fire version of the app. The new app is free.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It was built in pilot with BMW, HP and one huge, beloved entertainment company here in LA that I guess was a bit gun shy to include their name in our announcement. Here’s a screen shot of my home page on awe.sm. Today awe.sm No brainer.

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JULY 15, 2010

Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. If so, you very likely watched in on a RealD-enabled movie screen. Seen a 3D movie lately?

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

You are there to speak to the audience so make sure you know what they care about and how to entertain them. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. ” But writing lots of words on a slide you put up on a big screen so that later people will be able to understand what you said is also suboptimal. Big pet peeve.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based RealD , which provides technology for projecting 3D movies on digital theater screens, announced this morning that it has signed up another theater chain as a customer. RealD said that Vue Entertainment, which operates multiplex cinemas in the UK, will add RealD to 200 screens in its chain. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen. The website says, “StoryBots are brightly colored, infinitely curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens. The post StoryBots Brings Edutainment to Second Screens | Delighting Kids appeared first on TechZulu. In mid-August of 2011, they created JibJab Jr.

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MARCH 1, 2013

Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. I was selling products to Live Nation, Demand Media, Kelly Blue Book, Rovi, and the Screen Actors Guild. My co-founder, Taylor Mcpartland, is the entertainment guy. He spent the past 8 years as a producer and writer, and has a phenomenal Rolodex in the entertainment business.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

We have thousands of theater screens and we have thousands of shops that sell your DVDs and Blu-Ray, yet we have 10 people – if we’re lucky – who we are relying on to take us to the future of online distribution. Music and movies provide two different forms of entertainment. Business Entertainment Startups Movie Yekra'

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JUNE 30, 2010

The technology allows users to interact with objects on-screen in real time. The firm has been racking up a number of wins, particularly in the area of entertainment and promotions. Total Immersion uses its technology to enhance live, webcam video of users and objects to overlay interactive computer graphics with that video.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile entertainment and gaming developer Jam City said today that it is getting behind an effort to encourage its users to register to vote in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, through a joint effort with nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization When We All Vote.

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JUNE 20, 2013

Financial details of the link were not announced, however, the deal is representative of the increasingly merger of the traditional world of television broadcast, cable, and TV screens with the world of YouTube and online video. READ MORE>>. videos content youtube fullscreen fishbowl television hollywood video home funniest americas'

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Among those involved in TheBlu are Andy Jones (Avatar), Joichi Ito (MIT Media Lab), Scott Yara (EMC/Greenplum), Yair Landau (MK Capital, formerly of Sony Pictures Entertainment), among others. As a studio, we are building entertainment titles that capture that spirit. Our business model is based on selling entertainment to consumers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

The power of large screen real estate. It’s fun social entertainment that without words helps me feel connected to people that I’m close to or whom I want to follow. So I thought I’d try a different approach and reword Fred’s title and call it “Web Second, Mobile First.” The power of a keyboard.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2012

After its January launch of its player, a tiny wireless USB Roku plug in Streaming Stick™, Roku in partnership with 3M today, unveiled a first of its kind Streaming Projector running on the Roku Streaming Stick, changing big screen forever. Bringing Back Big-Screen. And what a partnership, getting viewers these experience!

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

According to Snapchat and Screen Gems, thec ompany behind the upcoming action/horror film, they will create the first ever sponsored, interactive 3D Lens, which will place Snapchatters inside an Underworld-themed environment. Screen Gems is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Screen Gems is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 29, 2009

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 -- Tubefilter's Hollywood Web Television Meetup brings together the most dynamic group of professionals in the online entertainment industry. This month we're screening web series submitted by YOU - members of the community! See [link] (more).

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living. First of all, gaming, like other streamed entertainment, has been a lifesaver for many a consumer confined to staying at home during the pandemic. said Evan Feinberg, partner, Tiger Global, in a statement.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

In creating Convoz, I have watched Cham literally dissect every screen interaction, UX navigation, social integration, etc. I promise you insights, entertainment, emotion, thoughtful challenges and a bit of celebrity guest appearances :) TED?—?eat eat your heart out. Next up for Cham?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. We have four free ones up right now on StoryBots.

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