Mark Anderson
This article showcases our top picks for the best English Digital Entertainment companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Digital Entertainment industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top English Digital Entertainment Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Cineworld PLC
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Cineworld offers cinema experience in the UK and in Ireland.
Captify
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Captify offers a search retargeting service that enables advertisers to focus on users to match their desired audience with inventory.
Moonbug
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Moonbug is a global digital-first entertainment company for kids.
Shazam Entertainment
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Shazam Entertainment is an app that identify any music playing around you.
MUBI
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MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor.
Mind Candy
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Moshi provides a sleep and mindfulness app for kids featuring melodic stories created to help kids drift off to sleep quickly.
Electric Gamebox
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Electric Gamebox delivers immersive team adventures in the world’s smartest room
Azoomee
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Azoomee / Da Vinci is a kids’ global media company and app development studio with offices in London, Berlin, Istanbul and Luxembourg.
Pirate Studios
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Pirate Studios is the music technology company.
Ondato
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Complete KYC and AML management suite that helps businesses onboard clients, authenticate users, and safely conduct their remote processes.
OTHERWORLD
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The brick-and-mortar metaverse. An island paradise in the cloud reached through a growing network of multi-sensory immersion pods.
Thrillz
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Personalised celebrity video messages and live experiences
HaikuJAM
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Collaborative Poetry & Artistic Expression App
Talewind
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A professional UK games studio focused on creating incredible experiences for the metaverse.
DAZN
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DAZN is the world’s first truly dedicated live sports streaming service.
NextUp
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The home of stand-up, showcasing all the wonders of live comedy worldwide.
Banjo Robinson
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Banjo Robinson turns education into a magical game for kids
Fusebox Games
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Live the stories you love with Fusebox Games.
Erase All Kittens
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Erase All Kittens is the first game designed to teach children transferable digital skills, and inspire more girls to code and create.
Sliide
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Mobile technology company that work with MNO, MVNO and OEM partners globally to increase engagement, drive revenue, and decrease churn.
Everyman Media Group
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Everyman is an independent cinema group in terms of cinema venues, screens and admissions.
Stan.Me
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StanMe is a marketplace that enables collaboration and co-selling of independent creators.
Mirada
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Mirada offers a multi-screen approach to digital TV platforms with a complete suite of end-to-end modular products.
Globatalent
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The Sport Neobank. An App that allows you to acces discounts on sport products, buy tickets and invest in young athletes.
Plumbee
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Plumbee is a social casino games company providing a free-to-play and real-money digital casino entertainment platform.
YouView
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YouView is a subscription-free and easy-to-use TV service with many live digital channels.
Mativision
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Enabling LIVE 360 & VR experiences since 2008
Trailmix
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Trailmix is a mobile game studio company that combines storytelling with free-to-play mobile gaming.
Free Postcode Lottery
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Free Postcode Lottery is an online lottery platform
Latimer Group
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Latimer works with the best in youth talent to produce cutting edge film and digital media.
NETWORK (LONDON) LIMITED
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NETWORK (LONDON) LIMITED is a digital production agency specializing in develops brand strategy & photography.
Kyra Entertainment
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An entertainment company harnessing the power of Gen Z.
Snaptivity
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Snaptivity is a stadium tech that drives fan engagement by capturing key moments of events using AI, IoT sensors, and robotic cams.
GigZoo
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GigZoo is an entertainment marketplace platform connecting talent and customers without limits.
LoveLive
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LoveLive creates music content and offers services for brands, broadcasters, channels, digital platforms and labels.
Vumicentral
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A single app for all your entertainment needs
Nerdeo
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An online platform for professionals within the independent film, TV, commercial and Gaming industry.
SCORRERS
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Scorrers is a global giveaway and webshop platform founded by FC Barcelona player Ivan Rakitic.
Fat Rabbit
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Fat Rabbit is providing the next level of entertainment for kids, with AI generated content, and a focus on a genuinely positive outcome.
Livestation
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Livestation is an online platform that distributes live television and radio broadcasts over a data network.
Gismart
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A leading developer and publisher of entertainment-focused apps and games.
Digital Extremes
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Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world’s top independent development studios in the interactive entertainment industry.
WIREWAX
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WIREWAX is the leading interactive video technology company.
BattleMe – Hip Hop Community and Rap Studio
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Mobile app creating a community where freestylers and rappers can record tracks and grow their talent through winning contests.
Lotto Social
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With Lotto Social you can join syndicates, manage tickets, discover exciting new ways to play and enjoy more chances to win.
Comedy Central
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Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that produces funny videos, comedy apps, jokes, news, and more.
FremantleMedia
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FremantleMedia is one of the world’s largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of outstanding entertainment brands.
BCE Premium TV
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BCE Premium TV is a legit streaming service that bundles live sports channels.
Films of London
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Films of London is a low-geared, high-intensity film development company, specializing primarily in theatrical feature films.
Government Digital Service
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The Government Digital Service is a team within Cabinet Office tasked with transforming government digital services.
RocketPlay
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RocketPlay was a mobile gaming company that developed highly rated mobile social casino games. The company was acquired by AGS in June 2015.
MIDiA Research
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MIDiA Research is a media and technology analysis company that offers consulting and syndicated research services.
Basebone
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Basebone is a digital content business focused on the mobile phone user. We are the creators and owners of baseplay streaming services.
Working Title Films Inc.
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Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London.
Terrabyte Studios Limited
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Media Company powering online services for all your needs!
James Grant Group
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James Grant Group provides services for entertainment, music, sports, social talent, and literary clients.
Arts Alliance Media
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Arts Alliance Media develops software and solutions for the digital cinema industry.
Avalon Entertainment
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Avalon Entertainment is a multi award winning talent management, live promotion and television production group with offices in the UK.
M-XR
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M—XR is developing the next generation 3D capture system.
Bentleys of London
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Bentleys of London is an exclusive entertainment London agency
Eckofide
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Eckofide is the world’s first social content-streaming service – that simplifies booking creatives.
TotemInteractive
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TotemInteractive enables Digital Out of Home Advertising to become more than just a one-way brand-to-customer ad channel.
Hue Entertainment
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Hue is a stark puzzle platformer where you shift the hue of the world, creating rifts when colours collide.
United International Pictures
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United International Pictures (UIP), formed in 1981, is jointly owned by its Partners, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures.
Bittunes
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Bittunes is a monetized distribution platform for digital music.
Snaptu
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Snaptu is a mobile application platform that runs on virtually every type of internet-enabled mobile phones.
Prime Focus World
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A global Visual Entertainment Services group that provides creative and technical services to the film, broadcast, commercials, internet.
Emote Games
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Emote Games develops next generation online games across social networks, offering digital entertainment to its users.
PPL
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PPL licenses recorded music played in public or broadcast on the radio or TV.
Boosey & Hawkes
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Boosey & Hawkes is the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world.
Virve
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A virtual venue with exclusive, online, live events.
Kubik Records
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The first music label that uses Blockchain Technology and AI in recording, production, remixing, promotion, sales and distribution of Music
Awesound
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Awesound is a platform for personalized and interactive audio.
Minute Shorts
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A video streaming platform that allows you to watch quality short films based on the time you have available.
Amurco
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Amurco is a Music and Media Licensing company based in the UK, providing high quality Music and Media to Broadcasters and Brands globally
Ukie
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Ukie is the only trade body for the UK’s games and wider interactive entertainment industry.
Warp Records
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Warp’s artists create groundbreaking music, videos and cinema; Aphex Twin, Shane Meadows, Grizzly Bear, Boards of Canada.
Gamevy
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Gamevy is a new start-up, owned by its employees and aiming to follow in the footsteps of pioneering companies who work differently.
John Henry’s
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Supplying professional services and equipment inc. Audio, Backline, Staging, Rehearsal Studios, Pro Shop, Transport, Technicians, Crew.
4ThePlayer.com
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Gambling games provider – Games made by players 4ThePlayers!
Arrow International Media
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Arrow International Media is a content creation and management business.
West One Music Group
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West One Music Group is a music studio which provides all kinds of music and musical services.
Endemol Shine UK
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Endemol Shine UK creates innovative formats that have changed the face of popular culture.
InnoGage Limited
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InnoGage is turning innovative concepts and services to empower people, organisations and governments to co-create tomorrow’s world.
Ldnutd
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LDN UTD is a entertainment platform for esports, gaming fans and content creators to play in physical and online try-outs
