About the Entertainment Technology Center at USC

The Entertainment Technology Center is an organization within the USC School of Cinematic Arts which brings together the top entertainment, technology and CE companies to explore opportunities for new consumer entertainment offerings today and into the future. Our goal is to bring next generation consumers to the table to understand the impact of new technology on the consumer and all aspects of the entertainment industry - technology development and implementation, the creative process, and existing business models.

The ETC@USC was founded by George Lucas in 1993, with the goal of bringing technology and entertainment visionaries together to collaborate on the future of entertainment technology. Our Sponsoring [1] participants comprise the major studios: Disney, MGM, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Viacom/Paramount, and Warner Bros.; along with Cisco Systems, Deluxe Laboratories, Lucasfilm, and Thomson.

For more information on what we do to move entertainment technology forward, visit our Projects & Initiatives [2] page.

Our Mission

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To provide a neutral setting and a place for conversation for the entertainment industry to discuss pressing issues.

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To advance the use of technology within the entertainment industry.

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To understand the impact of technology on the consumer and the creative process.

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To create an environment for testing and evaluation of proposed technology solutions.

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To help identify new business models for the entertainment industry.

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To improve the consumer experience and advance the art into the 21st century.
For more informaton please contact us [7] .