socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech NewsNews and events about the Southern California high tech industryJacked Inks Deal With Raycom- June 23, 2008 Santa Monica-based Jacked, which develops an Internet service which provides information about TV sportscasts, said Monday that it has signed a three-year partnership with Raycom Sports, which markets, produces, and distributes sports programming. According to the firm, Raycom will integrate its SportsTop product within its broadcasts. Raycom produces NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference college football and basketball games. Financial details of the deal were not...http://www.socaltech.com/jacked_inks_deal_with_raycom/s-0015979.html Ex-Intermix Exec Gets $50M For Digital Media Acquisitions- June 23, 2008 Orange County-based ATCOR Holdings, a new company focused on acquiring and operating high-growth businesses in the online advertising, marketing, and digital media area, has scored $50M in a venture round, according to venture capital firm Austin Ventures. ATCOR Holdings will be headed by Sherman Atkinson, former COO of Intermix Media. Atkinson has also served at Buy.com as COO and President of the firm's BuyServices subsidiary. According to Austin Ventures, Atkinson will be based somewhere in..http://www.socaltech.com/ex_intermix_exec_gets___m_for_digital_media_acquisitions/s-001597... MediaFLO In Wimbledon Coverage Deal- June 23, 2008 San Diego-based MediaFLO USA, the mobile video unit of Qualcomm, said Monday that it has signed a deal with ESPN and NBC Sports to provide comprehensive, live coverage of the Wimbledon championship tennis event. According to MediaFLO, the event will be available to AT&T subscribers, and will come through ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go. MediaFLO's mobile broadcasting services feature television news and entertainment coverage from major networks, including CBS, FOX, NBC, CNBC,..http://www.socaltech.com/mediaflo_in_wimbledon_coverage_deal/s-0015967.html X1 Technologies Gets Search Patent- June 23, 2008 Pasadena-based X1 Technologies said Monday that it has landed a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for the firm's search indexing systems. According to X1 Technologies, the patent covers the firm's technique for dynamically producing search results as characters are entered into the firm's search software. The patent is entitled "Methods and Systems for Search Indexing", and is U.S. Patent No. 7,370,035. According to the US Patent and Trademark office, the patent was granted to...http://www.socaltech.com/x_technologies_gets_search_patent/s-0015958.html Fandango Buys Movies.com- June 23, 2008 Los Angeles-based movie website Fandango said this morning that it has acquired Movies.com, an online movie content site which was owned by Walt Disney Internet Group. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Movies.com is an online web site which features information about showtimes, upcoming movies, and other movie-related information. According to Fandango, its advertising sales force will now represent both sites to advertisers. Fandango is a unit of Comcast, which acquired the firm..http://www.socaltech.com/fandango_buys_movies_com/s-0015953.html Passenger Gets Win With FOX- June 23, 2008 Los Angeles-based community software-as-a-service startup Passenger has scored a win with FOX, saying this morning that it will launch an online community for viewers of Fox Broadcasting's drama, reality, comedy, and animation programs. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed, however Passenger said that it will provide an online community geared towards viewers 18-49, to help the network make programming and marketing decisions. Passenger said the deal includes using the community...http://www.socaltech.com/passenger_gets_win_with_fox/s-0015956.html Eventful Targets Politics- June 23, 2008 San Diego-based online events listing web site Eventful has set its sights on the political advertising market, saying today that it is offering congressional, state, and local candidates tools and event widgets to support their web strategies. According to Eventful, it has rolled out tools to help candidates promote their activities through the web. The firm said that a number of politicians have integrated the firm's Eventful Demand and other tools as part of their campaign efforts.... (more)http://www.socaltech.com/eventful_targets_politics/s-0015957.html Conexant Expands Board- June 23, 2008 Newport Beach-based semiconductor firm COnexant Systems announced today that it has added two new members to the firm's board of directors. Conexant said that it has added William E. Bendush and Matthew E. Massengill to its board. Bendush was most recently SVP and CFO at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, and also served at Silicon Systems and other firms. Massengill was most recently chairman and CEO of Western Digital Corporation, where he was for 22 years. The new directors brings the...http://www.socaltech.com/conexant_expands_board/s-0015954.html Illumina Hires Quality VP- June 23, 2008 San Diego-based Illumina, a developer of systems for the life sciences industry, said Monday that it has appointed Frederick Clerie as Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Frederick will manage the firm's quality systems, around developing, manufacturing, and distributing products. Frederick joins from Siemens Diagnostics (formerly the Diagnostics Division of Bayer Healthcare). Frederick has held a number of positions at Bayer Diagnostics, as well. Illumnia's products are.http://www.socaltech.com/illumina_hires_quality_vp/s-0015955.html Topspin Media Uncloaks Digital Media Firm- June 20, 2008 Santa Monica-based Topspin Media, a stealth media firm which has been venture funded by Redpoint Ventures and is headed by Ian Rogers, former head of Yahoo! Music, has unveiled details of the firm. Rogers, in a blog post to the firm's web site Friday, provided further information about the company, saying that the firm is building software tools to help music artists market efficiently. According to Rogers, the firm employs a team of software developers in both Santa Monica and San Francisco,...http://www.socaltech.com/topspin_media_uncloaks_digital_media_firm/s-0015952.html |