Experts in launching and evaluating media businesses
Cole Media’s industry experts have helped over 150 companies create, invest in, and improve the performance of their businesses. We handle strategy, business plans, customer interviews, due diligence, operations, and expert witness services for a broad range of industry sectors. Sample projects include:
Business and implementation plan for a targeted OTT service
Digital strategy for a performance-based advertising agency
Global video content strategy for a top toy company
Customer interviews to refine a DAI (digital ad insertion) product
Investor materials for a VR exhibition company
Expert report on the impact of new technologies on the pay television landscape.
Founded in 2002, Cole Media has worked with clients ranging from start-ups to major brands in the US and internationally.
Clients include
Comcast/NBCU
Tribune Digital
Gracenote
Ovation TV
Netflix
Yahoo!
Technicolor
Qualcomm
Spectrum
BBC Worldwide
Verizon Wireless
TV One
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Anonymous Content
the CW
Dreamscape VR
World Surf League
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What We Do
Our work covers a broad range of business areas, all focused on setting up or investing in new media-related businesses.
Business strategy development
Business plan creation, including financial projections to determine investment requirements
Investor presentations and financials
Deal negotiation
Financial planning and budgeting
Due diligence
Customer interviews, market assessment
International expansion
Programming and content licensing
Distribution
Partner identification and relationship structuring
Operational and launch assistance, often as an Acting COO or other managerial position
Expert witness on various litigation matters
Moderating at media-industry events
Team Experience
Unlike other firms, every Cole Media consultant has significant hands-on operational experience at media companies, including:
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
Warner Bros.
Canal +
Scripps Networks Interactive
NBC Universal
Harpo Productions
E! Entertainment
Sky Italia
Twentieth Century Fox
Spelling Entertainment
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Travel Channel
Intel
UEFA
In addition to working at media companies, Cole Media’s team also has in-house experience in finance and consulting at Bain and Company, Goldman Sachs, LEK, Monitor, and Salomon Brothers.
All team members are experienced independent consultants, able to quickly get up to speed on new projects and to manage outsourced client relationships.
Teams are tailored to the needs of each assignment, depending on the skillset and knowledge base required for the project.
Contact Us
Cole Media
863 S. Gretna Green Way
Los Angeles, CA 90049
1-310-207-5064