Digital TV network Kin was made for the era of self-isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic has the entertainment industry in a stranglehold.With widespread self-isolation mandates, film and TV studios have halted productions, delayed releases, or pushed them to streaming services ahead of schedule. It’s difficult to estimate COVID-19’s full impact within the industry, but analysts have projected upward of $20 billion in losses.Some studios and producers have…
11 Entrepreneurs Who’ve Defied the Odds
These individuals have successfully adapted in our current, extraordinary moment. May 15, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Heading into 2020, I was enthralled to have been recognized as one of the world’s top five women fashion influencers and eagerly anticipated the launch of my BOLDTV series, featuring inaugural guest and New York Fashion Week…
A media company explains how it’s gotten attention on TikTok with music, employee personalities, and lo-fi production
This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. As the short-form video app TikTok continues to gain traction in the US and other key markets, media companies are creating accounts so as not to miss out on its fast-growing audience.Food publisher The Infatuation joined TikTok in September…
‘It’s a Race to the Bottom.’ The Coronavirus is Cutting Into Gig Worker Incomes as the Newly Jobless Flood Apps
For years, Jennell Lévêque has been getting up early and swiping through her phone in the hope that Amazon Flex would drop some shifts for delivery drivers and that she’d be quick enough to nab one. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, even with six apps open for various delivery platforms, Lévêque has gotten barely any […]
Vote for Europe’s hottest startups in The Europas Awards + workshops, pitches, networking
The Europas Awards — which have been recognising the hottest European tech startups in since 2009 — are now open for the public voting stage, prior to the formal judging process. The entries have been sorted and sifted by journalists to compile an editorially-driven ‘long list’ of some of Europe’s most exciting startups and investors.…
Daily Crunch: Target acquires Deliv’s delivery tech
Target makes another acquisition, social platforms struggle with a “Plandemic” conspiracy video and Boston Dynamics’ robot Spot encourages social distancing. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 8, 2020. 1. Target to acquire same-day delivery tech from Deliv Target, which already owns on-demand delivery service Shipt, is in the process of acquiring technology assets from same-day […]
NBCUniversal makes its content and ads more shoppable with a new Checkout experience
NBCUniversal is introducing a new way to incorporate commerce into the viewing and reading experience, which it calls NBCUniversal Checkout. The new product is part of the company’s One Platform ad offering. As demonstrated for me yesterday, it allows the readers of articles and viewers of videos on NBCUniversal properties to click on a featured product,…