People Soft. Mergers and Acquisitions at NAB 2015 and beyond
Regardless of company size or how it is funded, it’s the people that innovate and deliver. Working together they market, sell and support a company’s value proposition. It’s the subject that comes up time and again in discussions about M & A. With individual behaviour often triggered by perceived threat or opportunity, assessing the role and the on going value of key individuals and teams causes many misunderstandings.
read moreGhosts in the machine. Mergers and Acquisitions at NAB 2015
In my first 20 years in the industry I believed that plus or minus a bit of smoke and mirrors, smart broadcast and media customers could successfully evaluate the leading innovators to make well informed buying decisions. Sellers sold and buyers bought. Wouldn’t it be great if it were as simple as that? But there are others amongst us. Investors.
read moreCloudbusting at NAB 2014
At NAB this year our converged industry is now passing through the eye of the storm and the clouds are finally beginning to align on the horizon. Finance, converged technology and changing business models now present an accelerating range of scenarios. Are paying audiences growing as rapidly as the number of multiscreen viewing options and what does 4G mean for video, 4k and beyond? .
read moreWhat does the fox say? IBC 2013
“What’s new for you at IBC this year?” That perennial question is posed to trusted colleagues, associates and even competitors, who try to sum it all up with a single snappy sentence. Replies are of course many and varied, and it took me a little longer than usual to see what was really new this year, perhaps because “it” wasn’t “at” the show. Nevertheless a burning issue for IBC 2013 and a question that, by the time of writing, over 116 million viewers have asked themselves is: “What does the fox say?”
read moreBigger than Broadcast? NAB May 2013
This year’s highly tempting blend of converged technologies promised almost everything. Software ingenuity, mobile consumer electronics, telecoms’ IP networks, higher IT horsepower and specialist broadcast technology might all mean that anything is possible. Three things caught my eye this year...
read moreBeam me down Scotty… I’ve had enough of “the enterprise” IBC 2012
Was “enterprise” the most overused and misused word at IBC this year? Find out more in TVB Europe's IBC wrap up feature.
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