Media & Entertainment Landscape of the United Kingdom
12,320 Media & Entertainment companies in the United Kingdom, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in the United Kingdom
Shows the 12,320 UK media & entertainment firms, highlighting the most‑hiring, best‑funded and most‑covered companies; 237 are hiring now and 619 have reported a funding round.
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Bgis11last posted Jun 2026
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Informa Connect9last posted May 2026
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Genius Sports8last posted May 2026
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Babcock International7last posted Feb 2026
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Lumanity7last posted Apr 2026
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roundel6last posted Feb 2026
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Financial Times6last posted Jul 2026
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Golden Wolf6last posted May 2026
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DAZN$1.4BSeries E · Feb 2025
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Playtech$1.3BPost IPO · Mar 2019
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Jackpotjoy$519MConventional Debt · Nov 2017
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Synamedia$460MConventional Debt · Dec 2023
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Viagogo$395MConventional Debt · Aug 2020
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Intertain$240.3MConventional Debt · Dec 2016
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Dice$238.3MSeries D · Feb 2023
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Inspired Gaming$195.1MPE · May 2010
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ITV$4.8BFY2025 filing
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Fan Expo HQ$241.6MFY2022 filing
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SciPlay$189.9MFY2023 filing
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LiveScore Group$156.4Msnapshot Mar 2023
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Green Man Gaming$53.4Msnapshot Dec 2023
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Somesuch$29Msnapshot Dec 2021
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Boomtown Fair$24.8MFY2023 filing
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Football Radar$13.6Msnapshot Dec 2022
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rapp68,004tracked employees
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cineworld28,000tracked employees
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Betfred11,000tracked employees
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the economist group4,983tracked employees
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reach plc4,305tracked employees
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Genting Casinos3,828tracked employees
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BBC6.6%111 tracked events
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BBC Studios3.3%56 tracked events
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Global2.9%49 tracked events
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Fremantle2.6%43 tracked events
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Stability AI2.5%42 tracked events
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The Independent17,122articles in the window
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Sky Sports11,437articles in the window
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Fintech9,145articles in the window
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Dazn App3,182articles in the window
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GiveMeSport1,862articles in the window
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See all 12,320 Media & Entertainment companies in the United Kingdom
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in the United Kingdom grew, 2016–2025
Displays the annual count of new companies from 2016‑2025, with the highest number, 785, recorded in 2020 and 74 founded in 2025.
Where Media & Entertainment companies in the United Kingdom are based
The Media & Entertainment market map of the United Kingdom: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, noting consumer digital as the largest segment (6,101 firms) and advertising as the most common revenue model (6,443 firms).
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital6,101 companies · $5.1B raised · 83 hiring
- Enterprise Tech1,893 companies · $4.8B raised · 53 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce1,280 companies · $2.4B raised · 27 hiring
- Enterprise Software717 companies · $3.1B raised · 19 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers577 companies · $7.5M raised · 4 hiring
- Marketplaces530 companies · $2.3B raised · 15 hiring
- Real Money Gaming510 companies · $1B raised · 7 hiring
- SaaS386 companies · $2.5B raised · 14 hiring
- Loneliness Economy340 companies · $273M raised · 6 hiring
- Internet First Sports Media264 companies · $169M raised · 5 hiring
- Edtech181 companies · $132.1M raised · 3 hiring
- Blockchain in Media and Entertainment180 companies · $1.5B raised · 1 hiring
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in the United Kingdom
- M&AVisum Technologies has acquired IT services firm Crowdtech2026-05-01
- M&ADAZN has agreed to acquire ViewLift, in a move designed to accelerate its expansion in the US market and strengthen its proposition for sports rights holders.2026-05-01
- FundingMidnite, a London-based sportsbook and casino operator that raised €30 million in January 2026 to scale operations, accelerate product development and support international expansion2026-04-22
- M&AThese collapsed before DMGT struck a roughly £500 million agreement with RedBird IMI.2026-04-14
- M&ABlue Cloud Softech Solutions today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the acquisition of 100% of Global Impx Inc. (GIX), a U.S.-based energy and digital infrastructure platform, through an all-share transaction.2026-04-08
- M&ARedbird IMI, which acquired UK-based All3Media for £1.15 billion ($1.51 billion) in 2024, has merged the production powerhouse with Banijay Entertainment, which has its headquarters in Paris.2026-04-06
- M&AJoint administrators Gordon McIntyre and Donald McKinnin of Wbg Services have now completed a sale of the business to Stirling Animation Studio Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magic Light Pictures, via a pre-pack administration process.2026-03-29
- M&ASerafin sees the value in having them as assets.2026-03-19
- M&AATC Music Group acquired the remaining majority stake in Cirkay to strengthen its digital fan engagement and music marketing capabilities.2026-03-18
- FundingLaminar, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of an open-source observability platform for AI agents, raised $3m in seed funding.2026-03-18
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in the United Kingdom was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Investor group represented by TTB Partners | undisclosed | Rumored | 2026-06-17 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-17 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-14 | ||
| Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-14 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for companies in the sector.
OnlyfansIPO · 1 reportJan 2026
Buzz16IPO · 1 reportJul 2025
RivalryKevin Wimer · ResignationApr 2026
sailwayzJim Bue · Departure — was Interim Executive DirectorApr 2026
Pragmatic SolutionsMichael Wallington · Appointment → Chief Product OfficerApr 2026
The GuardianJames Goode · Appointment — was group chief financial officer and executive director of PA Media GroupApr 2026
PrintZeozGig (Marketplace)Mar 2026
future usHelix (Audience Intelligence Platform)Mar 2026
Insurance POSTInsurance Pulse (AI chatbot)Mar 2026
HachetteConvention pick‑up (Shopping logistics)Feb 2026
Incisive MediaTarget IQ (Account-based advertising service)Feb 2026
Bostonscale undisclosed · cost-cuttingApr 2026
Wild Child Animationscale undisclosed · financial difficultiesMar 2026
THE ART NEWSPAPERapproved registration — The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article AdministrationMar 2026
DMGTunder regulatory scrutinyFeb 2026
AudiotonixApprovalFeb 2026
- evolution v playtechdefamation · OngoingApr 2026
- evolution v black cube, calcagni & kanefsky, playtechdefamation lawsuit · OngoingApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +9.0%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in the United Kingdom
Profiles 2,543 founders and CEOs across 2,109 firms, with Oxford (51), Cambridge (38) and Imperial College (24) as top alma maters, and Google (7), Goldman Sachs (6) and Facebook (6) as common prior employers.
Ex Oracle.
Hiro Capital, ex-Amadeus Capital Partners, ex-Two Way, Yale School of Management, 1986
Stability Ai, ex-Weta Digital, ex-Sfx Entertainment, Columbia Business School, 2004
Ex - Talkradio, Virgin Radio
Players' Lounge, Motif, Invisible Technologies, Thriva Health, CHUNKER, Openland, Tint.ai, Edmit, Mustard.
Guard, ex-Shazam, ex-Dropbox, uc berkeley
Pimoroni, ex-Intercede, Marmalade, 7digital, BT. King's College London B.Sc 1997
Ex-fastfilmz, McKinsey · MIT Sloan School of Management MBA 2003
Ex-Homa Games, GameAnalytics. Hult International Business School MBA 2016, UCL MSc 2022
- flagged as repeat founders15
- no repeat-founder flag2,026
- women402
- men1,926
Look up the people behind Media & Entertainment companies in the United Kingdom
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Media & Entertainment in the United Kingdom
Summarizes 1,208 funding rounds since 2016 from 799 investors, with a typical round size of $622 k.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 206 | — | Oct 2024 |
| Techstars | 10 | 9 | Mar 2024 |
| Ukri | 10 | — | Feb 2025 |
| Sky | 8 | — | Jun 2022 |
| Octopus Ventures | 7 | 6 | Dec 2023 |
| Channel 4 | 7 | 4 | Oct 2022 |
| Founders Factory | 6 | 6 | Jan 2020 |
| 7percent Ventures | 6 | 4 | Jul 2022 |
| LocalGlobe | 6 | 4 | May 2024 |
| Y Combinator | 6 | 3 | Sep 2025 |
The typical round is $622k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in the United Kingdom
Highlights the largest disclosed round—DAZN’s $1 billion Series E—and lists ten other large recent funding rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Emega-round | $1B | Feb 2025 | Surjsports | |
| Series Dmega-round | $391M | Jan 2018 | Dentsu | |
| Series B | $180M | Nov 2017 | — | |
| Series D | $166.6M | Jun 2005 | — | |
| Series C | $129.6M | Jul 2021 | SoftBank Vision Fund, Blisce, Xavier Niel +4 more | |
| Series B | $105.4M | May 2011 | ISM Capital, Chrystal Capital | |
| Seed | $101M | Sep 2022 | Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, OSV | |
| Seed | $80M | Jun 2024 | Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eric Schmidt +5 more | |
| Series B | $80M | Apr 2018 | PPF Group | |
| Series A | $78.3M | Oct 2019 | — |
126 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Seed$4.1MMay 2026
Seed$3MMay 2026
Seed$6MMar 2026
Seed$563kMar 2026
SeedundisclosedMar 2026
SeedundisclosedMar 2026
Series A$8MFeb 2026
Seed$676kFeb 2026
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in the United Kingdom
Tracks 896,656 news articles in the last year, most frequently covering geopolitical disputes, professional league updates and related topics.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in United Kingdom. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas300,642▲+33%
- International and transnational geographic entities300,637▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions300,589▲+33%
- Professional league updates58,915▲+22%
- International political relations44,986▲+45%
- International sports competitions36,740▼-11%
- Athlete transfer rumors34,272▲+62%
- Celebrity fashion and style updates33,995→-3%
- Security and defense policies30,273▲+52%
- Reality tv competition shows27,173→-2%
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158 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in United Kingdom as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United Kingdom Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Media & Entertainment jobs in the United Kingdom: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 137 job postings from 30 employers in the past year, emphasizing skills like SQL, Python, Excel, UX and UI, with a median advertised salary of $48 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in the United Kingdom put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- sql51→
- python39▲
- excel37▼
- ux27▼
- ui27▼
- design systems23→
- payroll23→
- c++22▲
- powerpoint20▼
- word17▼
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