Media & Entertainment Startups

Spherie provides reality capture services including 360° and linear film production, 3D scanning, drone inspection, and AR/VR development to digitize physical spaces into spatial data and immersive media. It serves tourism, industry, and media production clients, and has developed patented drone systems that capture unobstructed 360° footage.

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Spiegel & Grau is an independent multi-platform publisher of books and stories. Founded in 2006, it has operated independently since 2021.

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SpinetiX develops digital signage products, including networked hardware and software for content playback and management. The company applies its expertise in video streaming and networked infrastructure to the digital signage market.

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Spintank is a communications and cultural strategy agency, operating since 2006, that works with brands and organizations on cultural change, editorial reporting, brand experiences, and communication around topics such as AI. It positions itself as a "cultural shift" consultancy for companies and institutional clients.

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A creative branding and design studio that partners with authors and other individuals to develop distinctive brand identities. The page highlights work with New York Times bestselling author Julie Barton and offers discovery calls for prospective clients.

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Splashlight is a creative content production studio specializing in digital photography, video, animation, and AI-generated content for campaigns, editorial, and social media, primarily serving e-commerce and brand clients. The company offers services ranging from concept development and talent casting to post-production editing, with over 20 years of industry experience.

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Splashmob is a mobile web platform that enables interactive second-screen experiences for audiences at events or presentations, allowing sharing of media, polls, and real-time engagement tracking without requiring a native app installation.

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Splashup (formerly fauxto) is an online image editing tool that supports layer-based effects along with other editing features. The product is in beta and does not yet offer its full set of editing capabilities.

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Splendid is a mid-sized integrated media group that markets and produces films and entertainment programs for cinema, home entertainment, and SVOD/television. It also provides services to the film and TV industry including digitization, content management, and dubbing, operating primarily in German-speaking Europe and the Benelux countries.

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The Journal of Business (Spokane Journal of Business) is a regional business news publication covering companies, real estate, and economic developments in the Spokane and Inland Northwest area. It reports on local business openings, acquisitions, and community awards.

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Spokenote provides a platform for sending personalized, targeted videos to an audience, using tools such as trackable QR codes on direct mail and exportable video campaigns. It serves organizations including nonprofits and universities for fundraising, donor engagement, enrollment, and event experiences.

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Operates a Korean-language website offering live sports match scores, results, and streaming/broadcast coverage, along with betting-style odds (win-draw-loss, handicap, under/over) for soccer, basketball, and baseball leagues worldwide.

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SPORT1 is a German sports media outlet providing news, live results, and video content across football (Bundesliga, transfers), tennis, darts, handball, cycling, and other sports. It offers a newsticker, on-demand media library, and live TV streaming for German-speaking sports audiences.

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Sport24 is a Russian sports media outlet delivering news, interviews, photos, and video content across multiple sports disciplines. The platform operates a website and mobile applications with advertising distribution services and sports statistics databases.

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SPORTFIVE is a global sports marketing agency that connects brands, rightsholders, media platforms and fans, offering 360° marketing solutions, sponsorship partnerships, event delivery and fan engagement. It works with brands, organizations, athletes and rightsholders across the sports and esports industries.

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Sportradar provides audiovisual services for sports teams, leagues and federations, producing live commentary, interviews, highlight reels and live event coverage in-house, along with OTT streaming solutions. The company works at the intersection of the sports, media and betting industries to help rights holders generate revenue from their audiovisual sports rights.

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Sports Illustrated is a sports media outlet publishing news, analysis, predictions and video coverage across the NFL, NBA, MLB, WNBA, college sports, soccer, golf, and sports betting. It also produces original video series and lifestyle content such as SI Swimsuit.

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A Russian sports media outlet that publishes content about sports and athletics.

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Spotlight Sports Group builds technology and content products for horse racing and sports betting, supplying specialist content sites, betting insights, written and audio content, and digital retail displays. It serves betting operators and bookmakers looking to engage and educate bettors across multiple sports and languages.

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Spotter provides capital and growth support to top long-form YouTube creators, having invested over $1 billion in creators, and connects brands with those creators' engaged audiences. It operates in the creator economy and media space, serving both content creators and advertisers.

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Spreaker is a podcast hosting and distribution platform that enables creators to upload unlimited episodes, distribute content to major listening platforms, monetize through advertising, and build subscriber communities.

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Springer is an academic and scientific publisher with a portfolio of over 2,700 journals and more than 220,000 books, serving researchers, authors, readers, and academic institutions worldwide. It supports authors in publishing research and books and provides readers and institutions access to scholarly content across scientific and technical fields.

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Mouseketrips is a travel agency that specializes exclusively in Disney vacations, including Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, Aulani, and Adventures by Disney. Operating since 2002 as a Disney Authorized Travel Agency, it offers free planning and quotes to families and includes automatic price monitoring and rebooking.

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SquiggleDAO is a community-owned organization dedicated to advancing Chromie Squiggles, a generative on-chain art project, through building community, awareness, and ownership. The DAO manages a treasury of over 330 Squiggles and has become notable for donating artwork to museums and organizing cultural events.

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