GAME THEORY: NexD has had enviable success for blue-chip companies such as Samsung, Adidas and Nissan
Start-up: HoloMe, UK, 2017
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
Start-up: Streamix, Italy, 2017
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
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Start-up: Holographics, Netherlands, 2019
Holographics is a start-up that evolved out of the Amsterdam-based video production firm, Stream My Event
Start-up: Soundwhale, USA, 2017
Ameen Abdulla is the CEO and founder of Soundwhale, a creative platform that allows users to control their mix for videos
Start-up: Rippla, UK, 2017
Rippla’s aim is to bring concert streaming away from computers and mobile phones and back into the venues
Start-up: PromoMii, Denmark, 2016
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.
Start-up: Jump, Spain, 2019
In Start-up Alley, we take a look at an machine learning algorithms for OTTs
Start-up: One Hamsa, Israel, 2016
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.