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SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 -- Digital Hollywood. Keynote Event and Evening Host Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy. Skirball Center. See [link] (more)
Deluxe Buys Sundog Media Toolkit
socalTECH
JANUARY 8, 2021
Los Angeles-based Deluxe, which provides digital services to the motion picture, television, and digital media industry, said yesterday that it has acquired Sundog Media Toolkit, Ltd., a UK-based provider of a cloud platform for the industry. Financial details of the buy were not announced.
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Dear Media Finds $8M
socalTECH
APRIL 30, 2020
West Hollywood-based Dear Media , which is developing a podcasting network focused on female voices, said on Thursday that it has raised $8M in a funding round. Dear Media is led by CEO Michael Bosstick, and the company was co-founded with Raina Penchansky. The funding came from private equity investor Magnet Companies.
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Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 18, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017 -- Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood. Connect with the founders of the Global Ventures Summit with special guests from Silicon Valley's venture capital funds and LA's social media influencers. Global Ventures Summit Pre-Event Mixer. See [link] (more)
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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 28, 2018
This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. “I n media and entertainment there are lots of isolated studios around the world.
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Sports stars, franchises and Hollywood agencies are betting $38 million on an esports revolution
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
What started with an esports team is now quickly becoming an esports empire, backed by some of the biggest names in sports and money managers for entertainment family dynasties and Hollywood power brokers.
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271 Jukin Media Names Essner President, COO
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Los Angeles-based Jukin Media , a company which says it discovers, acquires, and distributes viral videos, has tapped technology veteran Lee Essner as the company''s new President and Chief Operating Officer. president executive content hollywood licensing video viral essner media jukin' READ MORE>>.
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Penske Media, MRC In Data Joint Venture
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Los Angeles-based companies MRC , the owner of a independent TV studios and a number of other entertainment companies and holdings--including measurement firm Nielsen Music--and Penske Media Corporation (PMC), announced late last week that they are in a new, joint venture, which will join their ata businesses. READ MORE>>.
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Loop Media Powers New Streaming Channel On XUMO
socalTECH
MARCH 7, 2019
Burbank-based streaming media firm Loop Media says it has launched its first, OTT service, called The Preview Channel , on XUMO TV. Loop Media recently announced its "short-form" streaming startup, saying it raised $10M in funding.
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Hollywood Insiders Back Social Shopping Site The Hunt
socalTECH
APRIL 18, 2013
In a turn from the usual formula of Silicon Valley investors backing a Hollywood, celebrity-driven startup, a Silicon Valley startup has scored the backing of a group of Hollywood insiders. The Hunt says it is developing a community-driven, online shopping site, focused on making social media photos "shoppable". READ MORE>>.
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LiveOne Buys Gramophone Media
socalTECH
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Los Angeles-based on-demand livestreaming and podcasting company LiveOne--which until recently was known as LiveXLive Media--says it has acquired Gramophone Media, a New York-based artist and brand development company. LiveOne says the acquisition is the sixth for the company.
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113 LiveXLive Acquires Gramaphone Media
socalTECH
MAY 28, 2021
Los Angeles-based livestreaming and podcasting company LiveXLive Media announced this morning that it has acquired Gramaphone Media, an artist and brand development company which was founded and is led by Eshy Gazit. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The business will continue to be led by Gazit.
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113 Ross Levinsohn Named Head of The Hollywood Reporter
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2013
Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties.
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173 Jukin Media Gets Strategic Funding
socalTECH
MAY 13, 2014
Los Angeles-based viral video company Jukin Media has raised a strategic funding round, for that company''s video entertainment network on YouTube, according to the company. Jukin Media''s YouTube channels include viral video channels FailArmy, JukinVideo, and CutiesNFuzzies. Jukin Media was founded by Jonathan Skogmo.
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YouTube's New Investments Aimed At Hollywood Creators
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
Google''s YouTube has created a huge upswing in content and media startups-and fortunes--in Los Angeles, with the rise of multi-channel networks. youtube hollywood channel content creator video funding investment' A new effort by YouTube to fund individual content creators-- announcd last week --might further fuel that fire.
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Whip Media Launches Content Marketplace
socalTECH
MAY 25, 2021
Los Angeles-based Whip Media said on Tuesday that it has launched the Whip Media Exchange, a new data-and AI-powered content marketplace aimed at the global film and TV content licensing market. Whip Media is led by longtime technology executive Richard Rosenblatt, who is both founder and CEO of the company.
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113 Penske Media Names Two VPs
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2017
Los Angeles-based Penske Media Corporation (PMC), the publisher of Variety, WWD, Footwear News, Deadline, Indiewire, TVLine, Hollywood Life, and the Robb Report, has promoted two of its executives to VPs. According to PMC, it has named Judith R.
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Loop Media Buys ScreenPlay
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Burbank-based streaming video startup Loop Media announced on Thursday that it has acquired ScreenPlay , a video service provider which licenses videos for use in such locations as Hard Rock Cafes, Norwegian Cruise Line, Yard House, Buffalo Wild Wings and Margaritaville. Financial details of the cash-and-stock deal were not announced.
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Whip Media Names Bizdev VP
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Los Angeles-based Whip Media has named Jamie Otero a the company's new Vice President of Business Development and Content Strategy. The company said the appointment comes as it has added Globo, Univision's VIX and Onza to the Whip Media Exchange, the company's data and AI-powered content rights marketplace.
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113 FAA Gives Nod To Hollywood For Drone Use
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
Hollywood is helping to pave the way for commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles, thanks to a FAA ruling Thursday letting the film and television industry use drones in their filming efforts. hollywood drone flight aerospace airplane filming content movie movies mpaa' The announcement was made by U.S. READ MORE>>.
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140 LiveXLive's Slacker Launches Social Media Influencer Station
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JULY 10, 2018
West Hollywood-based LiveXLive Media , the parent company of Slacker Radio , said today that Heard Well , a record label which is "powered by social tastemakers", will launch a new station on its platform. The new station will be hosted by "social influencers" and focus on spotlighting emerging artists from the online creator comunity.
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Break Media, Alloy Digital To Merge
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2013
Los Angeles-based online content publisher Break Media and Alloy Digital said Tuesday that the two are merging to form a new, Internet video company called Defy Media. Break Media founder and CEO Keith Richman will become President of the new company, with Alloy CEO Matt Diamond becoming CEO, according to reports. READ MORE>>.
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157 Jukin Media Adds To Executive Team
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JUNE 18, 2014
Los Angeles-based viral video entertainment network Jukin Media is continuing to build out its executive team, saying today that it has named Jerry Boonstra as its new Chief Technology Officer, and Theresa Tran as its new Head of Product. jukin media viral video youtube content hollywood videos executive frequency cnet'
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Why Hollywood is Joining the Video On-Demand Market
Tech.Co
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Hollywood studios are jumping on the trend of the VOD market. Nevertheless, Hollywood is still finding it difficult to adopt new trends fast enough. I am not as bold as to say that by next year, or even in the next 10 years, we’ll see tumbleweeds blowing through the studios of Hollywood. For example, Warner Bros.
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85 Snap, NBCUniversal Create New Snapchat Centric, Hollywood Studio
socalTECH
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Venice-based Snap and Burbank-based NBCUniversal have partnered to form a new, Snapchat-centered, Hollywood studio, which will specifically create content for Snapchat, the two said this week. According to the two, the new studio's ownership will be split evenly between Snap and NBCU, and will be based in Santa Monica.
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Pluto.TV Takes On Media Aggregation
socalTECH
MARCH 31, 2014
pluto media aggregation content hollywood video streaming television aggregate spotrunner nick grouf' Interscope), Jamie Tarses (ABC Entertainment), Brent Weinstein (UTA), David Waxman (TenOneTen), and Jeremy Welt (Maker Studios). Pluto.TV''s founders are Nick Grouf, Ilya Pozin and Tom Ryan; Grouf was the founder of SpotRunner.
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159 How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2013
Hollywood's an old industry, used to doing business in traditional ways. One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. What is FilmBreak?
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Fullscreen In Talks To Sell Itself To Otter Media, Says Report
socalTECH
JULY 24, 2014
Los Angeles-based multichannel content network Fullscreen is in the midst of selling itself to Otter Media , the joint venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group, according to reports. fullscreen otter media chernin group hollywood youtube network video merger acquisition rumor' Fullscreen is led by George Strompolos.
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Warner Media Camp Graduates Second Class
socalTECH
AUGUST 5, 2014
What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. at the intersection of technology and media. READ MORE>>.
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124 ZEFR Links With Fuisz Media
socalTECH
AUGUST 26, 2013
Venice, California-based ZEFR , which helps brands and content owners monetize use of their assets on YouTube, said Monday that it has linked with Fuisz Media , to include direct purchase links on video or people in any video. Fuisz Media is also based in Venice, and is led by Justin Fuisz. READ MORE>>.
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AEG Digital Media Taps Amazon For Cloud Video
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Los Angeles-based AEG Digital Media , a provider of online broadcast services, said late last night that it has rolled out a new product which uses Amazon Web Services to provide cloud-based, video transport and ingest. AEG Digital Media serves traditional broadcasters and television stations. READ MORE>>.
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CityGrid Media Buys BuzzLabs
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2011
West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
You will not fundamentally change consumers media consumption habits. But here’s what Silicon Valley doesn’t get about Hollywood. And what Hollywood does’t get about Silicon Valley? ” Guess what, Hollywood. The concise guide is here. My narrative has stayed pretty simple: People in the US watch 5.3
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374 Fullscreen Bolsters Media Cred With New Engineering VP
socalTECH
MAY 22, 2013
Los Angeles-based YouTube network Fullscreen has bolstered its team--and media credibility--with a new hire, the company said Wednesday. fullscreen media entertainment youtube network content hollywood executive' READ MORE>>.
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170 Wave.tv Snags $32M For Sports Media
socalTECH
JULY 24, 2020
Los Angeles-based Wave.tv , a sports media company focused on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Youtube, and Tiktok, said this week that it raised $32M in its Series A funding round. The company said the funding will go to expand its portfolio of media brands. The company said the funding will go to expand its portfolio of media brands.
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Media Leaders Hollywood
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 8, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 -- Media Leaders Hollywood. See [link] (more).
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Google Aims At Hollywood With LA Cloud Services Move
socalTECH
JUNE 29, 2018
In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud. according to Google , it is specifically targeting the media and entertainment companies in Los Angeles with the new service.
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Loop Media Unveils Streaming Media Service, Backed By $10M In Funding
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
A new, Burbank-based startup, Loop Media , said on Thursday afternoon that it has launched a new "short-form" streaming media service, which it says will feature music videos, film trailers, game trailers and TV clips. The startup--which says it has been in "stealth" mode for over two years--says it is backed by $10M in seed funding.
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Whip Media Group Selected By Shout! Factory
socalTECH
JULY 22, 2020
Los Angeles-based Whip Media Group , a developer of software used by the entertainment industry to manage content, said that Shout! Whip Media says that Shout! Factory , also based in Los Angeles, has selected its platform. Financial details of the deal were not announced.
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113 Walt Disney, DISH In Streaming Media Deal
socalTECH
MARCH 4, 2014
content hollywood broadcast satellite movies television media streaming dish disney' The deal also includes an interesting requirement that DISH turn off its "AutoHop" functionality, which automatically skips adds in television content. READ MORE>>.
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147 Jukin Media Feeds Viral Videos To Publishers
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Los Angeles-based Jukin Media , which licenses and distributes viral, user-generated and other video content, said today that it has launched a brand new product to make it easier for publishers to tap into that viral content. jukin media viral video feed hollywood content license mrss publisher' READ MORE>>.
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Digital LA - Celebs Go Social @ Madame Tussauds Hollywood (SMW LA)
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012 -- Digital LA - Celebs Go Social @ Madame Tussauds Hollywood (SMW LA). Join our panel where we'll discuss how celebs use social media to promote their projects, create buzz, partner with brands, and drive fans to action, from buying tickets to supporting a cause. SMWLAceleb See [link] (more)
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