Friday, April 24, 2015How ScoreStream Is Crowdsourcing Its Way Into High School Sports MediaIn the world of sports, getting high school sports scores have always been an issue for local media, such as newspapers and television stations. In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We caught up with serial entrepreneur Derrick Oien, who is CEO of the company, to learn more.
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Instantly Taps Bourque As GMLos Angeles-based Instant.ly, which is backed by Greycroft, Openview Venture Partners, DFJ Frontier, and DuPont Capital, has tapped startup veteran Carla Bourque as its new General Manager, Automated Sample, the company recently announced. Bourque had been the CEO of Smartify, the marketing automation and analytics company. Instantly offers up a service which helps brands access market research and sampling. Bourque also has served at Buddy Media, Say Media/Six Apart, Nielsen Online, Catalina Ma (More info...)
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Fandango Rolls Out Apple Watch AppLos Angeles-based movie site Fandango launched a new app for the Apple Watch today, letting users pull up barcoded movie tickets on the new Apple Watch, as well as other feature as directions to a theater, countdown-to-showtime clock, and more. Fandango said the Apple Watch app works in conjunction with Fandango's app on the iPhone. The app also includes movie trivia and facts, and will eventually include the ability to rate films. Fandango said the new app is available from the Apple Watch App (More info...)
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Awesomeness TV Launches Millenial Mom ChannelLos Angeles-based AwesomenessTV disclosed Thursday that it is launching a brand new online video channel and brand focused on millenial mothers, called Awestruck. The new channell--which will be carried through YouTube, Facebook, and Verizon--will feature comedy, dramas, talk shows, and much more. AwesomenessTV is owned by Dreamworks Animation.
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XPRIZE Launches MOONBOTS ChallengeXPRIZE, the Marina Del Rey-based organization that is known for running competitions to spur innovation solutions to some of the world's biggest problems, has launched a new effort called the MOONBOTS Challenge. According to XPRIZE, the new challenge is aimed at kids 8 to 17, and invites them to design, create, and program their own lunar rover. The new challenge is specifically aimed at persuading teens to create small, 2-4 person teams to create their own robots--with a grand prize of sending (More info...)
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Hulu, Turner Broadcasting Ink Deal For Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, TNT TitlesLos Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu and Turner Broadcasting said Thursday that the two are in their first licensing agreement between the companies, which will bring such titles as Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Last Ship, and Murder in the First to Hulu's service. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The companies said that the multi-year licensing agreement will grant Hulu the exclusive SVOD rights to previous seasons of programming from Cartoon Network an (More info...)
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