Broadcast and Media Technology

Experience across broadcast and media delivery

Practical leadership for complex broadcast, media and digital delivery projects.

We combine project and programme delivery experience with a detailed understanding of broadcast systems, media workflows and the movement of content and metadata through its lifecycle.

Experience

Experience across leading media organisations

The experience behind IMA Consultancy includes projects delivered directly for organisations and work undertaken as part of supplier teams delivering to their clients.

This experience includes work for, through or alongside

BBCincluding BBC World Service
ITV
Arqiva
Encompass Digital Media
Liberty Global
Virgin Media
Disney
Warner Bros.
NBCUniversal

Organisation names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement of IMA Consultancy.

The nature of the relationship has varied between projects. In some cases, work was commissioned directly. In others, we worked through a supplier delivering a project or service to the named organisation.

PerspectiveClient

PerspectiveSupplier

This experience gives us an understanding of delivery from both the client and supplier perspective.

Sector experience

Broadcast experience from systems to delivery

Broadcast and media projects bring together specialist technology, operational processes, content, metadata, suppliers and demanding delivery deadlines.

Our experience covers projects involving

Radio broadcast systems
Media Asset Management solutions
Playout and distribution systems
End-to-end digital delivery
Metadata enrichment
Media lifecycle processes
Software and system integration
Operational and service change
Delivery across internal teams and specialist suppliers

The media lifecycleContent and metadata, end to end

01Creation or receipt
02Management
03Enrichment
04Playout
05Distribution
06Digital delivery

We understand how media and its supporting information move through an organisation, from creation or receipt through to management, enrichment, playout, distribution and digital delivery.

This broader view helps us identify dependencies between systems, processes and teams which may otherwise be considered separately.

Scope

The projects we support

We can provide delivery leadership for:

01New broadcast and media platforms
02Replacement or upgrade of existing systems
03Media Asset Management implementation
04Radio broadcast systems
05Playout and distribution projects
06Digital content delivery
07Metadata and content enrichment
08Media workflow and lifecycle improvement
09Integration between platforms and services
10Supplier-led technology delivery
11Transition into live operation
12Projects involving several technical and operational teams

Our role is to keep the technical work connected to the wider business need and make sure the people involved share a clear understanding of what needs to be delivered.

Technology · processes · people

Connecting technology, processes and people

Broadcast technology does not operate in isolation.

A change to a platform can affect operational processes, metadata, content flows, suppliers and the teams responsible for running the service. Successful delivery requires these elements to be considered together.

We help clients turn business and operational needs into clear delivery priorities. We also help technical teams, operational teams, suppliers and decision-makers understand each other’s requirements and constraints.

Our role can include

Leading the overall delivery
Coordinating technical and operational teams
Managing suppliers
Identifying dependencies between systems and processes
Supporting clear and timely decisions
Managing the move into live operation
Keeping the project focused on the service it needs to provide

Agile · waterfall · hybrid

Software and systems delivery

Broadcast and media projects often combine software development, specialist products, system integration and operational change.

Different suppliers and internal teams may use agile, waterfall or hybrid delivery methods. We provide the shared structure needed to connect these different approaches and keep everyone working towards the same goal.

We focus on the complete service rather than treating each system or supplier as a separate project.