Claire Enders was quoted in an article discussing creative industries in the UK. "We have a gigantic industry because we have complicated behaviour: satellite, Freeview, digital TV, Sky. We have advertising technologies coming out of our ears in the UK" she said, adding that only Los Angeles and New York rival London for "end-to-end ability".
Alice Enders was quoted in an article discussing the success of Dr Who, which celebrated its 50th birthday on Saturday 23 November. She said "It does seem to have been one of these evergreens that can be reinvented and repurposed."
Alice Enders was quoted in an article about the Elvis Presley brand being sold to New York-based licensing company Authentic Brands Group, which also handles the image of Marilyn Monroe. She said "Elvis benefits from having fans all over the world and those fans are very, very devoted to the King of Rock and Roll. These people will go all the way to Graceland - it's that fan base that you keep re-energizing."
Toby Syfret was quoted in an article discussing the competition between BT and Sky to broadcast Champions League football. While competition is supposed to benefit the consumer, in this case there is concern that the public could end up paying more to watch the same matches. He says "the consumer loses out."
Claire Enders was quoted in an article discussing the Champions League rights auction. She said that both BT and Sky would be careful not to appear desperate to win the Champions League rights following previous financial guidance to investors. "Both companies will be thinking very carefully about what signal to send out" she added.
Alice Enders was quoted in an article discussing digital music service Deezer. About Deezer's "paid subscribers" figure which includes an undisclosed number of subscribers to bundled telecoms deals who have not activated the service, she commented that it is " one of the best kept secrets out there."
Alice Enders was quoted in an article discussing digital music service Deezer. About Deezer's "paid subscribers" figure which includes an undisclosed number of subscribers to bundled telecoms deals who have not activated the service, she commented that it is " one of the best kept secrets out there."
Claire Enders appeared on The Media Show to discuss BT Sport's potential bid for Champions League rights. The interview begins at 12:12 into the programme.
Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing Samsung who set out its pitch to app developers at the first event of its kind in Silicon Valley on Monday. He said that " Samsung has always had feet in lots of camps and it needs to keep a 'Plan B' open in case of problems with Android. But it's unlikely it plans to try to create a standalone platform as a rival to Android any time soon."
Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing Apple's FY 2013 results. He said that "clearly Apple has moved out of one growth phase." With the iWatch and TV, "it's much less clear there is a $200m-a-year market that can add another leg to the stool."