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ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER @ USC

The Entertainment Technology Center @ USC, founded in 1993 with the help of George Lucas, is a non-profit organization within USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. The ETC brings together the top entertainment, technology and consumer electronic companies to evaluate what consumers really want, which is then translated to the companies that make technology products.  The ETC strives to show how technology impacts the next generation consumer, which will improve the consumer experience and will uncover new revenue streams for entertainment-related products.  Along with USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, current ETC sponsors include: The Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fox, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc., DTS, Lucasfilm Ltd, TATA Consultancy Services, and Technicolor, also Singapore IDA, Thales, Dolby, LG Electronics, RealD, MasterImage 3D, and Panasonic. www.etcenter.org.