Save the Date! OnHollywood 2008 will take place June 10-11 at the Sofitel in Hollywood, CA.

OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. Our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies and feature the Best of Broadband "BOB" Awards. Fifty of the top CEOs from the OnHollywood 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our "CEO Showcase."

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The third annual OnHollywood 100 competition has begun!
Disruptive technology forced big changes in Hollywood this year: new contracts, new genres, new stars.  As the behemoth industry steps into the digital era, entertainment execs will be paying even closer attention to the global Silicon Valley--especially the startups that are writing the rules and creating the tools for the digital entertainment age.

To help identify these startups, we'd like your help. We're looking for the top emerging private companies that are creating new business opportunities in digital entertainment. To qualify, companies must demonstrate significant market traction and be pursuing game-changing technology in one of the following sectors:

• Consumer Services
• Content Delivery Platforms
• Digital Content Publishers
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Male entertainment portal Giant Realm today announced a $2 million investment from Softbank Capital, bringing their series A total to $5.5 million.

Softbank joins existing investors Comcast Interactive Capital, Edison Venture Fund and William Morris Agency.

Giant Realm targets men "from puberty to marriage," CEO James Green told AO's Matt Bowman. Its communities focus on video games, movies, TV and music. 

The MPAA has won a battle in its ongoing war to close the piracy flood gates. An LA Judge ordered TorrentSpy to pay $30,000 per infringement for 3,699 films and shows.

From CNET:

In a major win for Hollywood studios, a California federal judge has ordered TorrentSpy to pay some $110 million in damages for infringing the copyright of thousands of films and TV shows through its BitTorrent search engine.

The Los Angeles judge, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, also issued a permanent injunction against TorrentSpy, which was once one of the most popular indexes of BitTorrent files before it shut down in March after a two-year copyright battle with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The company closed its site on March 24, citing financial hardship and a desire to protect the privacy of its users.

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