Left behind by studios focused on big-budget tentpoles, independent films were looking for a champion. Hanny Patel, VP of Video Marketing at AT&T Entertainment Group, joined us from the Sundance Film Festival to discuss how she's creating a new market for emerging filmmakers.
AT&T's DIRECTV created a new window for emerging filmmakers to have a voice. Patel shared how she created the DIRECTV CINEMA Exclusive Premieres program, securing the acquisition of over 65 films that premiered exclusively on DIRECTV. Patel’s goal was to help films whose budget that are less than $10 million, and add value to their customer experience by bringing them something new that they can’t get anywhere else.
New claims for state unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week and they come as a surprise for those witnessing yet another round of layoffs from the tech sector.
Paul Knopp, the U.S. chair and CEO of accounting giant KPMG, joined Cheddar News to discuss key issues such as global cooperation on technology and ESG investing from the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Amazon is discontinuing its decade-old philanthropic program, AmazonSmile, which allowed customers to donate 0.5 percent of the cost of their purchase to select charities.
