Top New York News + Entertainment Startups (64)

Hedra is an AI native platform for multimodal creation. The platform is built around their own cutting-edge proprietary video model, Character-3, which is the first multimodal model in production. Alongside Character-3, the platform also brings other leading foundation models into one ecosystem spanning generative images, video, and audio. Prosumer and enterprise users leverage Hedra to generate content ranging from viral...

Inspired by Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of electronic television, Philo was created to build a better TV experience. The company started in the college market and is available nationwide, offering subscribers dozens of top-rated television channels for a low monthly subscription. In addition to being the first entertainment-focused streaming TV service, Philo offers live TV, unlimited 1-Year DVR, on-demand,...

Activate is a smart, fast, and nimble next generation strategy and technology consulting firm. We are a specialist team of media, entertainment, and technology experts with extensive operating experience underpinning a pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Our focus is on helping media and entertainment clients address their biggest challenge: growth.

Thrillist wants to help you live in the moment, make every day memorable, and find the spice of life. We’re serious about fun, we’ll try anything once, and we love to learn from locals, experts, and innovators. From off-the-beaten-path excursions to daring recipes to the best new movies to that new restaurant that just opened up, we take a free-spirited...

Pushkin Industries is an audio production company co-founded by Jacob Weisberg and Malcolm Gladwell in 2018. Alexander Pushkin, the Russian Romantic writer, is our inspiration. Pushkin was a hybrid, a mix of Russian, African, and French ancestry — as well as a philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. Like him, our company is curious about everything and always wants to try...

Broadway Roulette is a new marketplace for event ticketing that makes it fun and easy to experience cultural events without any of the pain points of traditional ticket-buying. The company began with Broadway, the cornerstone of NYC entertainment, and will expand to other verticals.

If you want to spend more time experiencing new things and less time exercising your already buff scrolling thumb, you’re in the right place. RecSpot is a social app that makes sharing what you love with your friends easy and fun. Never again will you spend a lonely night endlessly searching Netflix for something to watch. Created by entrepreneurs and...

Mojo is an exciting early-stage startup at the intersection of sports and finance. We're pioneering groundbreaking work with complex engineering, advanced data science, sophisticated market making, cutting-edge app design, original content, and more — all designed to give fans a new way to cash in on their sports knowledge and passion. We’re led by visionary founders Marc Lore, Alex Rodriguez,...

Giant Pictures is an independent film company providing distribution for the digital age. From management of streaming channels and content libraries, to new movies and episodic series, we partner with rights owners to maximize the value of their content. Giant Pictures owns and operates specialty theatrical label, Drafthouse Films, and is the distribution and technology partner of the Tribeca Festival....

FITE is the premium digital platform for live sports and entertainment. FITE is available globally through its iOS and Android mobile apps, Apple TV, Android TV, ROKU and Amazon Fire TV. In addition, FITE supports Chromecast, PS4, Xbox, Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex, Cox Contour, Huawei, Foxxum, Netgem TV, Shaw, Netrange, Vidaa/Hisense, LG, Samsung, Vizio SmartCast, Zeasn, Virgin TV and...

mindbodygreen is the leading independent lifestyle media company dedicated to health and wellness.

At Laterpress, we believe in a different and better future for authors. Readers want a direct connection with the authors they love, not with a company or marketplace. And authors deserve to control their relationship with readers. That’s why Laterpress is building a platform that reimagines book publishing and gives power back to storytellers.

Molinari Media, PBC, a leading media and content business, launched FINTECH.TV to deliver the latest news and emerging trends from NYSE, NASDAQ, LSEG, and exchange studios around the world covering the exponential changes occurring in business, finance, digital assets, technology, and sustainable investments. FINTECH.TV offers two dedicated channels – the Digital Asset Report (DAR) and TheIMPACT – with additional content...

Megaphone TV is the world’s first Participation Entertainment Studio, created to meet the rapidly changing viewing habits of consumers, and a 2015 Emmy Award winner for ‘Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media.’ Megaphone enhances the viewer experience of live video content through unique features such as interactive on-air graphics, nationwide realtime audience polling, contests and gaming, social media push and...

The Great Escape Room was one of the originators of the Escape Room craze that has swept the country. Opened in 2015 as a family venture, they created a new genre of entertainment that set the framework for thousands of innovative and creative artists to follow. The Great Escape Room is a real-life room escape game based on popular computer...

Rad NFTV is the first streaming platform powered by NFTs. We invented Non Fungible Television. Rad NFTV’s suite of apps allow you to stream Live TV, Premium Video, and Live Events all unlocked through NFT's. Discover the hottest content in ESports, Music, Comedy, and Sports from companies like Complex, Showtime, The Bob Ross Channel, ESportsTV, Impact Wrestling and more. Rad NFTV’s...

Trendintech was founded in 2015 under the umbrella of New York-based GetU Media LLC. The major topics covered on the website are technology, science, art, and culture.

Playcrafting builds games and gaming initiatives for brands and technologies around the world through our nationwide network of developers. These partnerships have generated 68 games with companies like Bose, Verizon, the NFL, and more. Playcrafting also offers more than 50 events and classes, such as the Play NYC and The Bit Awards.

Recount Media is a new approach to short-form video covering political news, answering the question, "Where can I go to see and understand what's happening in politics, right now?"

Zealot is an award-winning creative marketing company specializing in theatrical trailers, digital content and network creative for the entertainment industry. We work with studios, networks, and producers to create award-winning marketing campaigns. We started in 1998 in Sydney, Australia. Since then we’ve expanded to London, New York, and Los Angeles. Our business is founded on two key principles: creative excellence and...