Expert Media Partners

Smart commercial, technical and management solutions for broadcasters and digital businesses around the world.

EPG Brokerage

Prominence Equals More Viewers

The UK's leading advisors on EPG prominence, with a blue chip client list and a history of transactions worth more than £200M. No other advisors come close to EMP's market experience in channel launches on the UK's programme guides. We have closed more deals on Sky than the rest of the market in total, we lead the market in Freeview LCN sales and purchases, and we are the only broker to work with the Virgin Media EPG.

The secret to growing revenues on linear channels is improving prominence, and EMP is the market-leading expert in helping broadcasters to achieve their goals.

As sales broker, adviser and valuer, EMP has worked with blue chip clients across the broadcasting world.

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Teleshopping and Chat Conversion

TV Shopping Experts and Investors

The EMP team has deep experience in advising teleshopping operators across the UK, Europe, South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and other markets. We carry out commercial analysis and offer recommendations, deep dive reports, investor due diligence and we provide a range of outsourced management services.

Our expertise in developing new sales channels and customer relationships has created the Chat First and Conversion Through Chat models, designed to increase revenue by engaging customers in chat instead of phone or email contact.

EMP is the largest shareholder in West Africa's first international teleshopping company, ShopEx TV.

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Platform Distribution

UK and European Distribution

With years of experience, our team has the capabilities and expertise to take your channel to new territories and onto new digital, streaming or FAST platforms. We have worked in the UK, Spain, Greece, Nigeria, Australia and New Zealand, and Ukraine. Distribution strategies managed by EMP cover options for IP distribution, OTT platforms, FAST channels and a range of VOD/SVOD/AVOD platforms. We have led the launch of major playout and content management operations for a range of clients in multiple markets.

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Technical Solutions

Technical Answers to Difficult Problems

EMP is the parent of broadcast systems integrator and systems reseller Disruptia, with a range of technical solutions from studios and production to playout and transmission equipment. Our team has built facilities around the world, but has a mission to find new ways of working that are faster, better and cheaper than existing marketing options. We have a development lab and studios in Bristol and Birmingham for production, or for clients to experiment with virtual studios, AR, VR, XR and all new methods of working.

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Management and Change

DeepDive and Interim Management

We are well-placed to develop plans for new or changing broadcast or digital businesses. Our network or partners has launched more channels in the UK market than any other, in News, Entertainment, Films, Kids, Overseas and International channels and knows the cost and revenue models in detail. Some of our clients like to have a discreet external team evaluate an idea before engaging in-house. We have led complex change up and change down projects, and bring imagination and new creative thinking to difficult projects. Our valuable and cost-effective DeepDive service can evaluate a potential project in days.

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Regulatory and Compliance

Representation and Advice

Our UK and EU compliance capability is perfect for channels that want to distribute in a territory, but have little or no physical presence there. We can advise and manage licensing, broadcast and regulatory work for you, provide a local contact, local input, and hands-on management of any problems. From religious and ethnic channels, to mainstream entertainment and archive channels, our compliance partners are highly-experienced and we can help build and train an in-house function to comply with BCAP, Ofcom and other broadcast content and advertising codes. In the event of a complaint or problem, our advice is highly-valued in helping clients respond to regulators. Our team has a great track record in managing Ofcom licence applications.

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