Case studies

		Vector Communications

		The Venture consulting team has been helping Vector, one of New Zealand's largest listed companies, broaden from its electricity distribution business & develop its presence in the telecommunications market.

		The Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television

		Following Government encouragement of the transition for analogue terrestrial to digital terrestrial television in many markets, the Venture team has worked with both broadcasters and mobile operators to develop their Digital Switch Over (DSO) strategies.

		TVNZ

		During the last five years, the team has also helped TVNZ to review its international sales strategy, to develop its DTT plans, to launch Freeview and to select the appropriate compression technology for its terrestrial offering, to review its digital switchover strategy and to develop regulatory submissions to Government.

		Free TV Australia

		For Free TV Australia, Venture Consulting analysed the level and structure of licence fees of Free to Air broadcasters on a global basis and found that Australian broadcasters pay substantially higher licence fees than their international peers.. As a resut of the report submitted by Free TV, with Venture Consulting’s input, the Australian Government decided to offer license fee rebates worth circa A$230m over two years to the Free to Air Industry.

		2degrees

		For 2degrees Mobile, Venture Consulting completed a medium term strategic review identifying the optimal 2-4 year strategy for 2degrees and developed a detailed 10 year business plan and financial model. This model mapped the business development and financial prospects for the next ten years in terms of revenues, costs, margins, capex and returns.

		Confidential

		For a large Australian retail group Venture Consulting reviewed the threat to their physical media sales across five key sectors: Video, Games, Music, Books and Software, and developed a business case for transitioning those sales to digital channels.