Adult video companies are fighting back against free content using direct monetisation, elearning, VR and smart sex toys

HQ Trivia is a pioneer behind interactive game shows on mobile. Companies like Primetime are taking the format to the next level

We asked some of our friends about the past year and their hopes for 2020

A new channel powered by AWS allows fans of keirin cycle racing to keep track of all the action, with lower latency than ever before

How BT Sport is leading the way in media tech innovation with experiments in live VR and 360 part of its DNA…

Advertising is one of the most rapidly developing parts of the digital media ecosystem. This month, we ask our experts to help us understand the opportunities for advertising in this new environment and what it might look like in the future

As artificial intelligence becomes ever more sophisticated, should we be scared of the inevitable changes… or optimistic?

The IBM Player can help sports teams improve, enhancing the viewer experience through added content. We find out how it all began

The next decade is going to require a rapid decarbonisation of the global economy, so what’s the future of industry networking?

Wirewax describes itself as a creative video technology, which manifests itself primarily as an interactive video studio where its customers can upload videos and use its computer technology – which understands those videos – to make them interactive via creative layers.

A new start-up is aiming to put AI-driven video production into the hands of creators

Buying likes and followers has become a common strategy for boosting social media accounts. Is it time to get honest about the influencer inflation?

HoloMe is a London Bridge-based start-up that Amstutz founded in 2017, producing AR software for creators and brands that allows people to exist in hologram-like form

Streamix is a multi-camera live streaming and cloud-based video mixing application for smartphones for people without high-level production skills or big budgets

Holographics is a start-up that evolved out of the Amsterdam-based video production firm, Stream My Event

 Ameen Abdulla is the CEO and founder of Soundwhale, a creative platform that allows users to control their mix for videos

Rippla’s aim is to bring concert streaming away from computers and mobile phones and back into the venues

Danish-born, London-based Michael Moss had identified was a need in the market for an AI-driven media-editing tool that analyses existing content and cuts it down into teasers for show promotion, which could be personalised according to user preferences. 

In Start-up Alley, we take a look at an  machine learning algorithms for OTTs

The Hamsa hand is an ancient Middle Eastern amulet symbolising happiness, luck, health and good fortune. In Hebrew, it also represents the number five. So, for five Israeli developers looking to stake their claim in the VR gaming market, the name is appropriate.

Creative AI is a field that has underpinned Eric Risser’s entire career, he believes his start-up, Artomatix, can solve some of the pain points in industries using 3D-generated graphics.

At the grand old age of nine, Axonista is more of a scale-up than a start-up, but it’s still a significant presence in Dublin’s tech scene. 

Hendrik Dacquin has always been interested in the interaction of broadcasting, interactive media and gaming – it’s a confluence he’s been circling for most of his career.

Athens-based start-up Orbie has created a news aggregator that pulls content from websites and collates it into one automated video stream for publication on smart TVs, VR, mobile and in-car entertainment systems