http://www.paymedia.co.uk PayMedia Consulting Group Business Activity Overview January 2008 Justin Hewelt Email: justin@paymedia.co.uk Tel: +44 7711 329 660 Mark McKeown Email: mark@paymedia.co.uk Tel: +44 7775830933 Janet Greco Email: janet@paymedia.co.uk Tel: +44 7923 509 125
PayMedia is a London-based boutique Consultancy helping leading Pay TV operators with their Product and Marketing Strategies
Our consulting work focuses on 2 key disciplines which we can use to enhance Pay TV performance and service relevancy Commercial Strategy & Communications Product Enhancement & Development Brand Strategies Marketing Strategies Competitive Strategies Pricing & Packaging Triple / Quad-Play Customer Experience Advanced Products (HD, PVR, IPTV) New Media & Cross Platform Strategies Guide Products, Search & Recommendations User Experience Optimisation
PayMedia interfaces with and tracks the strategy of leading Pay TV business around the world We work with our clients to: Identify successful competitive marketing strategies around price, product and shortterm offers, and help implement them Ensure that communications with potential customers are consistent, use language effectively and have sufficient momentum to be effective Facilitate creative thought and enable the creation of compelling campaigns which enable consumers to re-think and reappraise subscription television
Using Marketing References: Sky Brazil Sky Wants You marketing content and PVR The Brazilian Premier League Free 100% Digital Equipment 6 New Packages With Sky you can pause live TV, see the results of the championship on screen and replay on demand. RECORD, ON SCREEN SYNOPSIS, PROGRAMME REMINDER, ON SCREEN MATCH DATA, LIVE PAUSE, INSTANT REPLAY, ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE
PayMedia helps its clients to develop new products which show technology leadership and increase differentiation from the competition We help to define, launch and enhance new products including PVR, VOD, Push VOD, HD, Advanced EPGs and interactive services We work to ensure that consumers UNDERSTAND and EMBRACE new products and that sufficient and sustained marketing resources are employed to create MARKET AWARENESS and GROWTH
Recent Projects: User Interface & Performance Benchmarking of IPTV, Cable & Satellite Analysis of the User Interface of 22 Pay TV operators around the world including Cable, Satellite & IPTV providers Analysis of: Available functions Guide, VOD & Advanced Features Design Overall Usability Application & Network Performance to within 1/25 second Delivery: 22 commented videos, 22 commented PowerPoint walk-though documents, Comparative Features & Performance Matrix, Presentation. Strategic Recommendations to the business.
Recent Projects: Definition of an Enhanced TV strategy for a leading satellite operator, consolidating learnings from 4 key markets
Recent Projects: Delivering quality improvements to the EPG back-office of a major cable and satellite operator Assisted major cable and satellite based Pay TV operator to re-engineer the back office and business processes of their Electronic Programme Guide Results: Improved Data Accuracy, real-time updating of data. Greater accountability on data provision between the platform and its channel partners. Laying foundations for advanced guide products which provide personalised recommendations
Recent Projects: Definition of a Hybrid Strategy for a Satellite Operator Evaluation of Impact of Broadband delivered video on the traditional Pay TV Business Business modelling of potential revenues of broadband delivered VOD services based on increased content library and B2B services Definition of broadband product roadmap based on local market infrastructure Definition of on-demand content offering
Recent Projects: Design & Functionality Recommendations for an HD Guide Product with Push VOD and Advanced Search PayMedia helped a major satellite operator define an advanced guide product for a new generation of set-top-boxes PayMedia ensured the design included that latest features, supported HD and 16:9 aspect ratios, and had advanced search capabilities. PayMedia also reviewed the output of their chosen developer to pinpoint technical challenges before the project was signed off In addition, PayMedia helped to define the business models and design for the operator s forthcoming Push VOD product Delivery: 2 Hour Presentation, Provision of Relevant Videos, Screenshots and Case-Studies to support the management s decision making processes
Recent Projects: Helped a major cable operator define a cross-platform product strategy Defining Roadmap for Broadband Services, Mobile Services Defining business impacts of delivering video and other content to PC s and Mobile devices
Recent Projects: Sports Data benchmarking for leading national broadcaster Monitoring Performance of the broadcaster and their competitor s Sports Data services across Broadband, Mobile, Digital Teletext, On-Screen Graphics and Presenter-Led Programming Analysis and Interpretation of the results Performance benchmarking of broadcaster s interactive TV applications across Satellite & DTT
Products & Services Pay TV Marketing Monitor Commentary and Analysis of the marketing output (outdoor, TV, print & direct mail) or leading operators world-wide Global Slingbox Network Real-time access to the user experience, interactive services, programming and on-air marketing of more than 10 key Pay TV networks including BSkyB, Tiscali, BT Vision, TiVo, Comcast, ExpressVu, MultiChoice etc.