Avid Consulting: Supporting Business Transformation

There is unprecedented change in the media and entertainment industry. However, we believe that it is essential to understand the industry’s unique creative culture in order to achieve successful business transformation.

We have the expertise to support transformation whether it comes from your own strategic initiatives or as a result of our diagnostic work. Our consultants have specific experience of all areas of transformation in media and entertainment, whether technology, people, or process – or a mixture of all three.

We can advise on a range of transformation challenges, including the building of new facilities; the introduction of High Definition production and delivery; new content offerings such as IPTV and web video; the move to tapeless workflows; and handling the archive of the future.

Strategic Services

From helping architects understand your unique facility needs to developing a long-term organizational vision, our strategic consulting services are designed to build strong and profitable creative communities. Our portfolio of Strategic Services includes:

Infrastructure

  • Property rationalization/building development – advising clients and architects for new production and broadcast/ distribution centers
  • Media asset management – business case development, implementation strategies, metadata analysis
  • Enterprise technology strategy – developing an organization-wide approach to technology development

Planning

  • Channel commissioning and scheduling management – advising on processes and capabilities
  • Production management – reviewing business, financial, and commercial processes

Production

  • High Definition – implementation strategy, cost analysis, migration planning
  • Production optimization – reducing time and cost via workflow and process improvement
  • New production technologies – requirements-gathering, ROI analysis, business case development

People

  • Organizational and role development – developing organizations and roles, advising on out-sourcing and suppliers
  • Implementation support – project management and managing change: communications, training, and stakeholders

Distribution

  • New services – launching new TV channels, VOD, IPTV, interactive, mobile services, delivery to other consumer devices

If you would like to know more about how Avid Consulting can support your transformation projects, please email us at consulting@avid.com and one of our Consultants with contact you.