Voting has opened for BusinessCloud’s MediaTech 50 innovation ranking for 2026.
Alongside a panel of expert judges, your votes will help celebrate the UK’s most innovative startups, scaleups and established technology firms in media.
A total of 90 companies have been shortlisted for potential inclusion in the MediaTech 50, an annual ranking which focuses on companies creating original tech to transform production and delivery of media and the arts – from music to podcasts, radio, video, film and the written word.
On the voting page, available at the below link, we’ve included the names of the shortlisted companies, the city or town and region in which they are based, and a short description of what they do.
MediaTech 50: Vote for the most innovative UK media tech firms
Reader voting begins today and will run for seven days, ending at 23:59 on Sunday 17th May.
The final MediaTech 50 ranking, to be decided by a combination of judging panel selections and reader votes, will be published on Monday 1st June.
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The judging panel:
• Simon Benson, creator, PlayStation VR / founder, TalentForTech
• Rory Daniels, head of emerging technology and innovation, techUK
• Laura Harper, partner, Lewis Silkin
• Nick Donaghy, investment manager, Creative UK
• Guy Pearce, associate director, TMT, Alvarez & Marsal
• Jonathan Symcox, editor, BusinessCloud