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August 14, 2021
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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

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Top English Digital Entertainment Startups

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Cineworld PLC

Cineworld PLC

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Cineworld offers cinema experience in the UK and in Ireland.

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Captify offers a search retargeting service that enables advertisers to focus on users to match their desired audience with inventory.

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Moonbug

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Moonbug is a global digital-first entertainment company for kids.

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Shazam Entertainment

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Shazam Entertainment is an app that identify any music playing around you.

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MUBI

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MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor.

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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.

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Electric Gamebox

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Electric Gamebox delivers immersive team adventures in the worldโ€™s smartest room

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Azoomee

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Azoomee / Da Vinci is a kidsโ€™ global media company and app development studio with offices in London, Berlin, Istanbul and Luxembourg.

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Pirate Studios

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Pirate Studios is the music technology company.

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Ondato

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Complete KYC and AML management suite that helps businesses onboard clients, authenticate users, and safely conduct their remote processes.

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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.

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Hutch

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Hutch develops games app for iPhones and ipad.

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Thrillz

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Personalised celebrity video messages and live experiences

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HaikuJAM

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Collaborative Poetry & Artistic Expression App

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Talewind

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A professional UK games studio focused on creating incredible experiences for the metaverse.

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DAZN

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DAZN is the worldโ€™s first truly dedicated live sports streaming service.

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NextUp

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The home of stand-up, showcasing all the wonders of live comedy worldwide.

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Banjo Robinson

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Banjo Robinson turns education into a magical game for kids

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Fusebox Games

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Live the stories you love with Fusebox Games.

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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.

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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.

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Everyman Media Group

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Everyman is an independent cinema group in terms of cinema venues, screens and admissions.

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BBC Three

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The UKโ€™s youth-focused online TV channel.

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Stan.Me

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StanMe is a marketplace that enables collaboration and co-selling of independent creators.

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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.

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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.

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Plumbee

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Plumbee is a social casino games company providing a free-to-play and real-money digital casino entertainment platform.

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YouView

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YouView is a subscription-free and easy-to-use TV service with many live digital channels.

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Mativision

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Enabling LIVE 360 & VR experiences since 2008

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Trailmix

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Trailmix is a mobile game studio company that combines storytelling with free-to-play mobile gaming.

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Free Postcode Lottery

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Free Postcode Lottery is an online lottery platform

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Latimer Group

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Latimer works with the best in youth talent to produce cutting edge film and digital media.

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NETWORK (LONDON) LIMITED

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NETWORK (LONDON) LIMITED is a digital production agency specializing in develops brand strategy & photography.

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Kyra Entertainment

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An entertainment company harnessing the power of Gen Z.

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Frenzi Media

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Immersive 3D Display SaaS Platform

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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.

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GigZoo

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GigZoo is an entertainment marketplace platform connecting talent and customers without limits.

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Twickets

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A London-based ticket resale platform .

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LoveLive

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LoveLive creates music content and offers services for brands, broadcasters, channels, digital platforms and labels.

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Vumicentral

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A single app for all your entertainment needs

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Nerdeo

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An online platform for professionals within the independent film, TV, commercial and Gaming industry.

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SCORRERS

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Scorrers is a global giveaway and webshop platform founded by FC Barcelona player Ivan Rakitic.

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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.

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Livestation

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Livestation is an online platform that distributes live television and radio broadcasts over a data network.

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Gismart

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A leading developer and publisher of entertainment-focused apps and games.

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Digital Extremes

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Digital Extremes ranks as one of the worldโ€™s top independent development studios in the interactive entertainment industry.

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WIREWAX

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WIREWAX is the leading interactive video technology company.

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Fjord

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Fjord is a service design consultancy.

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BattleMe โ€“ 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.

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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.

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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.

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FremantleMedia

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FremantleMedia is one of the worldโ€™s largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of outstanding entertainment brands.

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BCE Premium TV

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BCE Premium TV is a legit streaming service that bundles live sports channels.

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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.

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Government Digital Service

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The Government Digital Service is a team within Cabinet Office tasked with transforming government digital services.

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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.

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MIDiA Research

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MIDiA Research is a media and technology analysis company that offers consulting and syndicated research services.

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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.

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Working Title Films Inc.

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Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London.

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Terrabyte Studios Limited

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Media Company powering online services for all your needs!

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James Grant Group

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James Grant Group provides services for entertainment, music, sports, social talent, and literary clients.

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Arts Alliance Media

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Arts Alliance Media develops software and solutions for the digital cinema industry.

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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.

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M-XR

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Mโ€”XR is developing the next generation 3D capture system.

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Bentleys of London

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Bentleys of London is an exclusive entertainment London agency

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Eckofide

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Eckofide is the worldโ€™s first social content-streaming service โ€“ that simplifies booking creatives.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bittunes

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Bittunes is a monetized distribution platform for digital music.

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Snaptu

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Snaptu is a mobile application platform that runs on virtually every type of internet-enabled mobile phones.

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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.

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Emote Games

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Emote Games develops next generation online games across social networks, offering digital entertainment to its users.

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PPL

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PPL licenses recorded music played in public or broadcast on the radio or TV.

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Boosey & Hawkes

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Boosey & Hawkes is the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world.

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Virve

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A virtual venue with exclusive, online, live events.

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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

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Awesound

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Awesound is a platform for personalized and interactive audio.

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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.

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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

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Argonon

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Argonon is an independent production group.

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Paragon

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YouTube MCN & Digital Media Company

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Ukie

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Ukie is the only trade body for the UKโ€™s games and wider interactive entertainment industry.

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Warp Records

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Warpโ€™s artists create groundbreaking music, videos and cinema; Aphex Twin, Shane Meadows, Grizzly Bear, Boards of Canada.

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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.

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John Henryโ€™s

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Supplying professional services and equipment inc. Audio, Backline, Staging, Rehearsal Studios, Pro Shop, Transport, Technicians, Crew.

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4ThePlayer.com

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Gambling games provider โ€“ Games made by players 4ThePlayers!

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Black Label

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Black Label is an exclusive London agency

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Arrow International Media

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Arrow International Media is a content creation and management business.

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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.

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Endemol Shine UK

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Endemol Shine UK creates innovative formats that have changed the face of popular culture.

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InnoGage Limited

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InnoGage is turning innovative concepts and services to empower people, organisations and governments to co-create tomorrowโ€™s world.

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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

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