Media & Entertainment Startups

deutsche-startups.de is a German-language online news publication covering the startup ecosystem, reporting on companies, founders, and market developments. Its content includes a "StartupTicker" and features on individual startups and their financing.

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DEV is an online community where software developers share knowledge and help one another. It runs on Forem, an open-source platform for building communities, and has partnered with Major League Hacking (MLH).

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Dexter Studios is a South Korean content production company specializing in visual effects, virtual production, and digital content creation for films, television, and immersive media. The company operates as a comprehensive studio handling production, investment, and distribution across movies, VR, advertising, and new media formats.

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DIRECTV is a television and streaming service provider offering live channels, on-demand content, and sports programming. The company serves consumers with customizable channel packages including Genre Packs and traditional Signature packages.

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Disney offers a subscription streaming bundle that combines Disney+ and ESPN+ for entertainment and sports content. The service is available to U.S. residents 18 and older on a 6-month term that renews monthly.

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Docent is an art-tech company that runs a membership community connecting artists, collectors and brands, offering advisory services and curation drawing on a network of over 3,000 artists and 200+ galleries. It provides cultural guidance to members and curates contemporary art for brands, such as a project with Hôtel de Crillon during Art Basel Paris.

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Dogwood Gaming is an independent game development studio that builds PC games across genres — including psychological thrillers, party brawlers, RPGs, and visual novels — distributed mainly on Steam. The studio also develops AI tools for creating and scaling AI-controlled characters for games and educational experiences.

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Dokidoki Groove Works is a Japanese company that creates digital content and services driven by passion and excitement ("dokidoki"), aiming to deliver engaging experiences to clients and users worldwide.

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Donut (Donut Media) sells branded apparel and accessories—including T-shirts, hoodies, hats, workwear, bags, and stickers—themed around cars and automotive culture. The site is the online merchandise store for the car-enthusiast media brand.

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DoubleBlind is a biannual print and digital media company covering investigative reporting, art, and essay-based journalism on psychedelics, their medical applications, cultural history, and ethical implications in society. The publication addresses audiences curious about psychedelics and broader wellness topics, including mental health, spirituality, and the intersection of alternative medicine with mainstream science.

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DrHouse produces medical content written by health journalists and reviewed by licensed medical professionals to ensure accuracy and reliability for a consumer audience.

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DriveTribe produces automotive content distributed across social media platforms including YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. Originally launched as its own social platform, it now focuses on creating automotive media and offers marketing and production services.

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Drug Hunter operates an online platform serving the drug discovery community, publishing authored, reviewed, and edited content along with site features and events. It is supported by a team of authors, reviewers, editors, and support staff.

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Dubpro.ai provides video localization and dubbing services for Indian enterprises and individuals by combining artificial intelligence with human expertise to reach audiences across regional language boundaries.

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Earbits was a music promotion company that helped artists and labels market their music, operating as a YC-backed startup (W11) before being acquired. The page is a personal profile of a co-founder rather than an active company site.

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Streem provides a realtime media intelligence and monitoring platform that tracks online, broadcast, social, and traditional media coverage for organisations, paired with human analysis and reporting. It serves PR, communications, and media teams in Australia, with a locally curated source base and Australian account management.

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Eater is a digital media brand covering food and dining culture through a national website, iOS app, local city sites, YouTube channel, podcasts, and newsletters. The brand provides restaurant recommendations, dining guides, and food journalism across multiple platforms and formats.

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Xoilac TV is a Vietnamese-language website offering free live streaming of domestic and international football matches, with HD video, Vietnamese commentary, backup links, schedules, standings, and match predictions. It serves football fans in Vietnam.

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Editframe is a developer platform that lets AI agents create videos by writing declarative compositions in HTML and CSS, rendering them in the browser, CLI, or cloud. It provides infrastructure and GUI primitives for building video workflows and full video editors without a separate backend.

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EditMate (에딧메이트) is a Korean marketplace that matches video creators, production companies, and MCNs with vetted freelance video editors on a per-project basis, along with project management and communication tools. It serves YouTubers, producers, and content teams that need outsourced video editing without hiring full-time staff.

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EINBLIQ.IO provides an AI-powered observability and automation platform for streaming operations, offering end-to-end monitoring, root-cause diagnosis, and QoE-aware multi-CDN delivery for media and streaming companies.

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Ekkobar provides a platform that analyzes social media conversations and digital discussions to deliver decision intelligence for entertainment, media, and brand-focused organizations. The system identifies signals within social data to help clients understand audience perceptions and make informed strategic decisions.

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Emerson Collective invests in and partners with entrepreneurs, innovators, and nonprofits working on education, economic mobility, immigration, and the environment. It combines venture investing, philanthropy, and policy work to support social impact ventures and causes.

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Telestream develops media workflow automation and video quality assurance technologies that apply AI to streamline content creation, processing, and delivery across broadcast, live events, corporate, education, and government sectors.

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