Business Wire announces the newest episode of BizWireTV today, a weekly series covering trending news stories published over the newswire’s distribution network. The show spotlights stories on disruptive startups and technologies, entrepreneurs and funding announcements, hot business trends and companies to watch.

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This episode of BizWireTV features guest host Milanee Kapadia. Watch for new episodes each Friday available on www.BusinessWire.com

This week’s episode features:

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit: news of government plans to accelerate the development of self-driving cars. Tweet this!

Ford (NYSE:F) conducts industry-first snow tests of autonomous vehicles. Tweet this!

NASA selects Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA) for new 8-year contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. Tweet this!

CES 2016 breaks records after setting stage for global innovation. Tweet this!

Lenovo (NQB:LNVGY) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) partner on new Project Tango device.Tweet this!

Kodak (NYSE:KODK) launches Super 8 filmmaking revival initiative at CES 2016.Tweet this!

Virtual reality software company Envelop VR closes out Series A Round with additional funding from GV. Tweet this!

Five new partners invest $192 million in Skyscanner. Tweet this!

AIG (NYSE:AIG) makes strategic investment in Human Condition Safety, a workplace wearables startup. Tweet this!

Portable gluten-tester, Nima from 6SensorLabs, wins CES Hardware Battlefield 2016.Tweet this!

A core component of the video programming is news-related data analysis powered by Business Wire’s NewsTrak reports and NUVI social media tracking.

The weekly schedule for BizWireTV episodes:

BizWireTV: Friday at 6:00am
BizWireTV Accelerator Report: Sunday at 3:00pm

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