Analysis: Sony Acquisition of Nevion
Sony announced it has acquired the remaining equity capital of Nevion that it did not already own. The acquisition builds on Sony taking a minority equity stake in Nevion last July. The press...
Read MoreDalet 1H Results Resilient in Challenging Market
Last week, Dalet announced earnings results for the first half of 2020. Given Dalet’s position in the media technology value chain, the release is a timely financial data point on the impact of...
Read MoreATEME 1H Results Highlight Market Transition
Video compression specialist ATEME released its complete first half 2020 results today. As with all media technology supplier financial results in this environment, the release is a timely, objective...
Read More‘Easy to Work With’ Technology Supplier League Table from the 2020 Big Broadcast Survey
This is the second in a series of posts reviewing excerpts of the 2020 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS) and the first post about how the brands of technology suppliers were ranked by respondents to the...
Read MoreDevoncroft Podcast: NAB Show EVP Chris Brown on Moving Exhibition to October 2021, Announcement Timing and Reaction, Future of Tradeshows in Post-Covid World, and Does Tech have a “Voice” in NAB Decision Making
The announcement that the 2021 NAB Show has been rescheduled for October sent a minor shockwave through the media technology sector. We’ve written and talked quite a bit about how the Covid-19...
Read MoreOTT, IP Top 2020 Rankings of Most Important Commercial Trends in Global Media Technology Sector
This is the first of a series of articles that discuss select findings from Devoncroft’s 2020 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), an annual global study of media industry trends, technology purchasing...
Read MoreEvertz Q1 FY 2021 Revenue Plunges 46% as Pandemic Bites, Outlook Looks Better
Last week Evertz announced its earnings result for the first quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, which covers the three-month period ending July 31, 2020. The results are a telling data point about...
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Read MoreDevoncroft Podcast: Revisiting the Impact of COVID-19 on the Media Technology Sector — Scenarios for Media Tech Suppliers, the Lack of College Sports, and the Time is Now for Serious Conversations
Six months into the pandemic, broadcaster ad revenues are down, cord-cutting is up, and that a lack of live sports has seriously impacted the market. There’s little doubt that media company...
Read MoreBelden’s Sale of Grass Valley to Black Dragon Capital: Full Devoncroft Analysis
Updated July 8, 2020 On July 2, 2020, Belden announced that it had completed the previously announced divestiture of Grass Valley The acquirer is Black Dragon Capital, a Florida-based private equity...
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