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ERIKA GOLDRING (L-R) Rob Baird, Granger Smith and Billy Joe Shaver Taking Care of Business to Business A look at companies who are part of the SXSW world BMI executives and top-earning BMI Live singer/songwriter Granger Smith took the stage at SXSW to announce innovative upgrades to BMI Live and BMI Mobile. Interviewed by Bill Werde, Billboard's Editorial Director, Smith enthusiastically explained how he has been "Powered By" the ease and accessibility of these services. We urge everyone to check out the upgrades and can't wait to roll out new innovations next year to support our writers and publishers to "Write On" for SXSW 2014! GLEN BROWN TEXAS FILM IMAX Corporation and Chinese Theatres announced an agreement to add an IMAX® theatre to the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood through an extensive transformation of the landmark site. The addition gives Hollywood its first IMAX® theatre, providing fans with a moviegoing experience that will rival any in southern California. Once complete, this will be IMAX's largest auditorium in the world in terms of seating capacity, and its third-largest commercial theatre screen in North America. Closing of the agreement is subject to the issuance of final permits. 4 TELEVISION COMMERCIAL ANIMATION GAME The Texas Film Commission promotes the state's film, television, commercial, animation and video game industries. We connect industry professionals with our state's incentive program, diverse locations and experienced cast, crews and support services. We're committed to showing you what Texas—and Texans—have to offer. olloclip® introduces a new and innovative camera lens solution for the iPod touch 5th generation device. iPod touch owners can now use olloclip's award-winning 3-in-1 photo lens for iPhone 5 (which includes Fisheye, Wide-Angle and Macro lenses) by simply slipping on the specially designed adapter over the iPod touch 5th generation camera lens. SONNY CASTILLO Sennheiser wrapped up its first appearance at SXSW Interactive in a successful activation that consisted of three days of live interviews with many of today's leading content creators and innovators. Sennheiser and Paste Magazine hosted personalities such as actor Fred Armisen, musician Amanda Palmer, publishing executive Axel Alonso, director/producer Carlton Cuse and comedian Aisha Tyler, among many others. Attendees were able to listen in on Sennheiser wireless headphones. Several thousand people attended the three-day event, which featured live interviews with actors, directors, cinematographers, musicians, video game designers, software developers, comedians and others. The topic of sound and music—and the irrevocable and integral role it plays in creative content creation—was highlighted. Access more than 750 channels of the best movies, TV shows, sports, music and games with the new Roku 3. The fastest, most powerful Roku streaming player to date, Roku 3 delivers a faster processor and an enhanced remote with a headphone jack for private listening, and marks the introduction of Roku's new user interface. Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, announced at SXSW the debut of a new movie buzz indicator called "Fanticipation," a first-of-its-kind tool to measure moviegoer excitement and help predict the films that will connect with fans at the weekend box office. Released weekly, "Fanticipation" ranks fan excitement around upcoming and current movies based on Fandango's proprietary data collected from its online and mobile traffic, the social media engagement of its fans and its advance ticket sales. In addition to being shared on the site, "Fanticipation" will also be featured in Fandango's new original digital video series, Weekend Ticket. S X S W O R L D / M AY 2 0 1 3 Getty Images, Inc., a leading creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products, announced a partnership with Percolate, a technology company that helps brands create content at social scale, to launch a copyright-compliant content inspiration solution for brands. Images licensed from Getty Images will be integrated into a brand's Percolate publishing workflow, removing any copyright infringement concerns while facilitating scalable content creation. Percolate intelligently recommends images based on keywords, colors, events and a brand's interest graph, inspiring brands to create highly relevant and real-time content for their social platforms. Andrew WK At our 10-day SXSW 2013 marathon, IMAGEMeetandGreet met Shaquille O'Neal and others at our trade show booth and hosted events with Andrew WK, Playtex Fresh & Sexy and nu metal band maNga. We introduced our company's Personalized Autograph Experience to hundreds of companies, artists, agents and managers. It was a great way to soft launch our service and our mission to fight autograph fraud. SXSW BUSINESS ROUNDUP To be a part of future SXSWORLD business news roundups, contact your SXSW sales representative or send your updates to sxsworld@sxsw.com.