•    January 2012 2012
  Mobile 2015: new spectrum, different business models, more competition?
  Since the turn of the millennium, incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) across Europe have been encouraging governments to release new spectrum to allow them to deal with the rapid growth in mobile data. However, the release of spectrum is now also facilitating market entry by a range of new players with existing customer bases, often cable operators and Internet service providers (ISPs), assisted by new business models which lower the cost of entry compared to those of the 3G entrants in the early 2000s. This has the potential to counter to the trend of consolidation that has already occurred in many advanced mobile markets; and these new entrants are likely to introduce disruptive, data focused offers. A variety of potential new entrants and existing mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) should examine the business cases for transitioning to a full MNO, leveraging on these new business models. Incumbent MNOs will have to take this into account in their approach to spectrum lobbying and auctions, in defining their competitive strategy, and in creating retail and wholesale business models. Finally, regulators will have to consider carefully the implications of set-aside spectrum.


• Financial Times,  Sharlene Goff, Patrick Jenkins,  18 November 2011
  Banks play war games as City threats pile up
  As debt crisis deepens, lenders are preparing for any outcome. With comments by Francesco Burelli, partner at Value Partners London.


• Affari&Finanza  Stefano Carli  3 October 2011
  Google, la versione di Larry le nuove strategie del motore
  Google’s new strategy. Comments by Davide Tesoro Tess, partner at Value Partners London.


• Watermen's Hall  16-18 St. Mary-At Hill, Londra  14 July 2011
  Capturing the Micropayments Opportunity
  Francesco Burelli, partner at Value Partners London and author of the report titled Capturing the Micropayments Opportunity, will take part to the round-table devoted to one of the greatest innovation in the financial institutions sector: micropayments. Johan Lindstrom, senior business leader for eCommerce in Europe at MasterCard, and Robert Harper head of European strategic solutions at PayPal, will also join the discussion organized by CSFI, the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation in London. Further details | Read the report


•    January 2011 2011
  Capturing the Micropayments Opportunity
  “Micropayments” is one of the key areas of development for the payment industry, with a potential value estimated at over €34bn by 2015 in Europe. From a value of approximately €6.4bn in 2010 the sector is expected to grow to €14.5bn, realising around half of its potential. In Europe alone micropayments will grow from 6.7bn transactions in 2010 to over 17bn by 2015 resulting from the rapid growth of TV on demand, digital music distribution, mobile applications and gaming communities. “Micropayment”s is a critical business, lying in the converged space between the telecoms, media and financial services industries, that Value Partners has identified as both a key enabler and a potential bottleneck for growth in the digital content distribution business. The fundamental micropayments challenge results from the high transaction cost compared to the value of goods sold. New business models are emerging as new players (e.g. telecoms and ISPs) enter the micropayments space, suggesting an incoming wave of disruptive innovation.


• Affari&Finanza  Paola Jadeluca  14 February 2011
  Micropagamenti grande corsa al promettente e-business
  The micropayments area and its potential. A study by Value Partners London.


• Il Sole 24 Ore  Maximilian Cellino  27 January 2011
  E' boom in Europa per i micropagamenti
  Value Partners has conducted a study on micropayments, one of the key areas of development for the payment industry. Comments by Francesco Burelli, principal at Value


• Milano,  MF  25 January 2011
  Value Partners si rafforza in America Latina
  Value Partners strengthens its international partnership by electing four new principals in London, Dubai and Latam.


• Financial Times    13 December 2010
  Transaction banking ready to shake off the dust
  Transaction banking: The Financial Times carries a comment by Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners London.


• Financial Times,    13 December 2010
  Transaction banking ready to shake off the dust
  Transaction banking: The Financial Times carries a comment by Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners London.


• UAE Newspaper and portals    22-23 November 2010
  Video on demand increasingly popular for Generation Z in the Middle East
  The internet generation in the MENA region. The issue is taken from the perspective devoted to Generation Z by Rachel Healy, senior manager, and Kim Chua, manager at Value Partners London. (In Arabic)


• Affari&Finanza,  Paola Jadeluca,  8 November 2010
  Parte da Londra la rivolta TMT
  Value Partners has conducted a study on how Generation Z is influencing the level and rate of viewing migration from linear to VOD.


• Milano    13-14 October 2010
  Prepaid Summit: Europe 2010
  Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners in London, has been invited to chair the loyalty workstream at the "Prepaid Summit Europe 2010 - Innovation - shaping the future of prepaid" promoted by VRL Financial News. Programme


• Bruxelles, Centre Flagey    27-30 September 2010
  Eurofi Financial Forum 2010
  Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners in London, has been invited to chair the SEPA innovation workstream titled "SEPA as a driver for Innovation" at the Eurofi Financial Forum 2010. The event is titled "Optimizing EU financial reforms for achieving resilience, growth and competitiveness. What Priorities? What roadmap?".
  Programme


• www.electronicpaymentsinternational.com,    July 2010
  Shining a light on m-payments
  Banks in Europe and the US are ready to introduce m-payments, the new frontier of mobile. A comment by Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners London.


• GT News,    27 July 2010
  Mobile as a channel for treasury services
  The new frontier of mobile: a channel for treasury services. An article by Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners London.


•  Milano,  13-14 October 2010
  Prepaid Summit: Europe 2010
  Francesco Burelli, principal at Value Partners in London, has been invited to chair the loyalty workstream at the "Prepaid Summit Europe 2010 - Innovation - shaping the future of prepaid" promoted by VRL Financial News.
  Programme


• www.firstdata.com,    15 July 2010
  "Worldwide Opportunities for Debit"
  Francesco Burelli, principal of the Value Partners London office, has contributed to the "Worldwide Opportunities for Debit" report, commissioned by First Data.


• Il Sole 24 Ore,  Leonardo Maisano,  18 June 2010
  Murdoch gioca la partita Sky Europe
  Rupert Murdoch wishes to regain full control of UK satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). With a contribution by Tabitha Elwes, partner of the Value Partners London office.


• La Stampa,  Mattia B. Bagnoli,  16 June 2010
  Murdoch, maxiofferta su BSkyB
  Rupert Murdoch's offer for the acquisition of the remaining stakes of British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). Comments by Tabitha Elwes, partner of the Value Partners London office.


• Il Sole 24 Ore  Leonardo Maisano  16 June 2010
  Incognita politica sul deal
  Rupert Murdoch wishes to regain full control of UK satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). Comments by Tabitha Elwes, partner of the Value Partners London office.


• BBC News  Will Smale  15 June 2010
  Rupert Murdoch's growing multi-media empire
  With contributions by Tabitha Elwes, partner of the Value Partners London office.


• www.guardian.co.uk,  Maggie Brown,  10 June 2010
  Commercial radio demands tighter rein on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2
  "BBC Radio - A Review": Value partners' independent report commissioned by Radio Centre, in response to the BBC’s executive strategy review.


•    May 2010 2010
  Internet VOD: meeting consumer demands
  The continued growth in video on demand (VOD) delivered over the internet is inevitable as consumers increasingly expect to control their viewing. As watching video over the internet becomes mainstream, consumers are getting more demanding. Until recently, viewers on PCs would forgive buffering mid-video, or occasional lack of service availability, recognising that the service was delivered on a ‘best efforts' basis. However, as more online video services are launched and internet VOD moves to the TV, audiences will increasingly expect internet VOD to match the reliability of broadcast TV. This perspective builds on our work with infrastructure providers, broadcasters and regulators, to examine the ability of the UK's broadband networks to deliver VOD with the quality of service (QoS) required to satisfy consumers. We consider what Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and content/application providers need to do to adapt their technical and business models to meet future consumer demands, and the role of future net neutrality legislation in shaping this market.


• Prima Comunicazione    May 2010
  Has crowdsourcing just a social value?
  Crowdsourcing: creating economic value by leveraging users’ contributions. The monthly column by Alessandro Araimo, partner and leader of the Value Partners media sector.


• Prima Comunicazione    April 2010
  Hard work and selling advertising
  The success of new media initiatives. The monthly column devoted to Media industry by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of the Value Partners London office.


• Articoli online    22-24 March 2010
  Broadband Infrastructure: The Service and Application Providers’ View
  Value Partners and BSG present the White Paper devoted to service and application providers’ view on UK’s broadband infrastructure today and how it might evolve in the future.


• Prima Comunicazione    March 2010
  Customer management in the negotiation between editors and Apple
  and Amazon
  Customer management in the negotiation between editors and new digital content distributors. An article by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of the Value Partners London office.


• Prima Comunicazione    March 2010
  Customer management in the negotiation between editors and Apple and Amazon
  Customer management in the negotiation between editors and new digital content distributors. An article by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of the Value Partners London office.


• news.bbc.co.uk   Richard Anderson   10 March 2010
  Independent set for radical change under Russian owner
  The decline of newspaper readership and the recent downturn of newspaper advertising revenue in the UK. With contributions by Alfonso Marone, principal at the Value Partners London office.


•    March 2010 2010
  Broadband Infrastructure: The Service and Application Providers' View
  In the debate over the capability of broadband networks, the voice of companies and organisations that offer services and applications over the internet has been lost. This paper, a joint publication by Value Partners and the Broadband Stakeholder Group, provides insight into what these companies really think about the UK's broadband infrastructure today and how it might evolve in the future. The current broadband networks broadly meet service provider needs, but increasing usage and rising end user expectations are likely to drive a crunch for bandwidth. Next Generation networks will ease this constraint, but end to end managed delivery will be required to grant a high quality of service.


•    February 2010 2010
  SuperReturn 2010: Bumpy road ahead for Private Equity investors
  In February the private equity industry came together in Berlin, Germany for its annual gathering of Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs). Reassured by historical analysis of past booms & busts, some practitioners expect a new peak in capital allocations sometime this decade, while others quietly wondered if their investment houses would hold together long enough to enjoy the next wave of super-returns. One key message emerged loudly: future top quartile GPs will rely significantly less on financial engineering and much more on differentiated investment themes, deep sector expertise & insight, and renewed efforts on growing the EBITDA base of their portfolio companies.


• Prima Comunicazione    January 2010
  The digital world: earning through publishing
  An article on the international editors who have found the way to earn money in a digital world. By Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of the Value Partners London office.


• Journal du Textile  Pascale Mattei  19 January 2010
  L`empire Mariella Burani se trouve désormais au bord de la faillite
  A contribution on the strategy that luxury companies should adopt in order to recover 2007 success levels. By Alfonso Marone, partner of the Value Partners London office.


• Journal du Textile  Pascale Mattei  19 January 2010
  L`empire Mariella Burani se trouve désormais au bord de la faillite
  A contribution on the strategy that luxury companies should adopt in order to recover 2007 success levels.


• Affari & Finanza  Stefano Carli  18 January 2010
  Scioperi e costi alle stelle. Mediaset non sorride più
  The TV audience is being eroded by the Internet. Nevertheless the Web advertising revenues per spectator are still worth 60-80% less than the traditional TV's. A contribution by Alessandro Araimo, Managing Partner of Value Partners London office.


• McLeans.ca  Jason Kirby and Katie Engelhart  8 January 2010
  Rupert Murdoch vs. the Internet
  Can the tycoon stop the Web’s free ride and save the news business? With contributions by Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London office.


• McLeans.ca  Jason Kirby and Katie Engelhart  8 January 2010
  Rupert Murdoch vs. the Internet
  Can the tycoon stop the Web’s free ride and save the news business? With contributions by Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London office.


• Prima Comunicazione    December 2009
  Free-to-Air to Free-to-Web: risks and opportunities
  An article by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of the Value Partners London office, on the risks and opportunities of the TV operators change from the "free to air", the free offer managed by advertisiments, to the "free to web", the free on line offer.


• Prima Comunicazione    November 2009
  Surviving in a hyper-connected world
  Editors need to improve their contents quality and interact with users more and more. An interview to philosopher and technologist David Weinberger by Alessandro Araimo, partner of Value Partners London.


• CNBC    30 November 2009
  NBC universal future uncertain
  GE is reportedly trying to buy back a stake of CNBC-parent NBC Universal from Vivendi. GE needs the stake if it is to sell NBC to Comcast. Alfonso Marone, partner of Value Partners London, considers the potential deal.


• Reuters  Massimo Gaia  30 November 2009
  Private equity Italia, 2010 incerto, opportunità per coraggiosi
  2010 is going to be full of uncertainties (but possibly also opportunities) for private equity in Italy. With a contribution by Alfonso Marone, partner of Value Partners London.


• Milano Finanza    27 November 2009
  Monti (Value Partners): crisi annunciata ma niente Argentina-bis
  An interview to Riccardo Monti, director of Value Partners, on the present Dubai economic crisis, which, in his opinion, is not going to be a new Argentina.


•  Alessandro Araimo  20 November 2009
  What is the future for press?
  An interview with Alessandro Araimo, partner of Value Partners London


• Sotto la lente - Le interviste di Class Cnbc    18 November 2009
  I fondi di Private Equity
  Focus on the European sector of Private Equity. An interview with Alfonso Marone, partner of the London office.


• Prima Comunicazione    November 2009
  Mobile Media: the new Mecca?
  An article by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of Value Partners London office, on the opportunities of mobile media, if editors adjust their business and operating model and create partnerships with pay-digital platforms distributors.


• Sotto la lente  Le interviste di Class Cnbc  November 18 2009
  I fondi di Private Equity
  Focus on the European sector of Private Equity. An interview with Alfonso Marone, partner of the London office.


• Affari&Finanza  Stefano Carli  9 November 2009
  Profondo Rosso sugli schermi Rai
  The crisis of RAI, the Italian public TV: the company will close 2010 with a 70-million-euros loss. With a contribution by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of Value Partners London office.


• Affari&Finanza  Paola Jadeluca  2 November 2009
  Space cinema, il big dei villaggi multimediali
  The merger between Medusa and Warner Italia has created The Space Cinema, Italy's largest circuit for cinematographic distribution, and will generate a new business portfolio including clothes, merchandising, sport and music shows. With contributions by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of Value Partners London office.


• Affari&Finanza  Paola Jadeluca  2 November 2009
  ll boom dell'aerospaziale - ecco tutti gli affari in orbita
  The launch of rocket Ares 1-X, that will replace the shuttle, marks a new era: in the future, Nasa will need to invest in the industrial sector in order to face the costs. With a contribution by Riccardo Monti, Director of Value Partners.


• Prima Comunicazione    October 2009
  Social networks: extreme sensitivity to trends
  Social networks often go from a world success to oblivion in a short time. This is due to fashion changes and cannot always be explained in terms of business schemes. An article by Alessandro Araimo, managing partner of the Value Partners London office.


• Affari&Finanza  Stefano Carli  19 October 2009
  Inghilterra, dietro alla BBC si muove l'intero sistema
  Value Partners has been charged by BBC Trust to carry out the Canvas project, which joins telcos, TV and Internet providers to create sinergies and develop the market. With a contribution by Riccardo Monti, Director of the Value Partners Rome office.


• CNBC - Airtime    5 October 2009
  NBC Spin Off to "unlock value" for GE
  An interview to Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London, on CNBC's owner General Electric, that is reportedly planning to spin off its NBC unit, and could sell up to 51% of the spun-off unit to Comcast. According to Alfonso Marone, “By creating this vehicle, GE might create opportunity to unlock more value from NBC”.


• Prima Comunicazione    September 2009
  The future of the press
  An article by Alessandro Araimo, partner of Value Partners London office, on the future development of the traditional press. Newspapers and magazines need to strengthen their presence on-line and concentrate on news and advertising / pay per content models, if they want to evolve.


• Il Mattino  Deborah Ameri  7 August 2009
  Murdoch: ora pagate le news in rete
  Quotes by Alfonso Marone, partner of Value Partners London office, on micropayments


• CNBC  Squawk Box Europe  7 August 2009
  Ad Slump Hurts Europe's Broadcasters
  Europe's commercial broadcasters continue to hurt as results from Germany's ProSiebenSat and UK's ITV showed the advertising slump has affected sales and earnings. Alfonso Marone, partner of Value Partners London office, discusses the media sector.


• BBC News    6 August 2009
  Murdoch signals end of free news
  A contribution by Alfonso Marone, partner of Value Partners London office, on micropayments.


• Prima Comunicazione    August 2009
  L'unione fa la forza in un web senza confini
  An article by Alessandro Araimo, Partner of Value Partners London office, on the partnerships among Media operators to distribute contents on the web, a cooperation encouraged all over the world but which still encounters some difficulties in Italy


• Il Sole 24 Ore  Giulia Crivelli  30 July 2009
  L'indice verde della moda
  The world of fashion and eco-sustainability. With a contribution by Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London office


• Il Sole 24 Ore  Giulia Crivelli  30 July 2009
  L'indice verde della moda
  The world of fashion and eco-sustainability. With a contribution by Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London office


•    July 2009 2009
  Harnessing the value of VOD
  On-demand delivery of video content over broadband will undoubtedly be one of the most disruptive changes in the television industry over the next decade, with wide-reaching ramifications across the media, telecoms and technology industries. In this article, we discuss the likely impact of VOD on viewing patterns, advertising spend, and business models, and explore the key issues for the many stakeholders in the VOD value chain.


• Thoroughbred Times Today  Jeff Lowe  11 July 2009
  Breeders' Cup to focus on series, track alliances
  William Field, Senior Sport Advisor of Value Partners London office, presented a strategic report at the annual election meeting of the Breeders' Cup board of members and trustees.
  In December 2008, the Breeders' Cup, a major US horse racing body responsible for running the annual Breeders' Cup Thoroughbred World Championships and other supporting Tier 1 race events engaged Value Partners, as an international strategic management consultancy with a widely respected sports practice, to develop a long range (five years plus) strategic plan.


• Roma, Cinema Adriano - Sala 6,    9 July 2009
  RomaFictionFest, Giving value to contents: rules and scenarios
  Alessandro Araimo, Office Manager of the Value Partners London office and leader of the Media practice, takes part to the conference first session, devoted to "The impact that rules have on the structure of the television production market ". He will speak about how the British government is supporting content industry. Speakers of this session will be, among the others, Corrado Calabrò, Chairman of AgCom, Paolo Gentiloni, PD, Gabriella Carlucci, Pdl, and Juan Barata, Head of President’s Cabinet at Consell Audiovisual de Catalunya. A second round table will focus, instead, on new challenges and opportunities between demand increase and advertising reduction: Lorenzo Sassoli De Bianchi, Chairman of UPA, Walter Pancini, Auditel CEO, Paolo Duranti, Nielsen Media Research, and Giovanni Moglia, Chairman of IPTV, take part to the discussion. The closing session is dedicated, instead, to new business models and the rights issue. Among the speakers: Paolo Garimberti, Chairman of Rai, Fedele Confalonieri, Chairman of Mediaset, Tom Mockridge, Managing Director of Sky, Fabiano Fabiani, Chairman of APT, and Paolo Ferrari, Chairman of ANICA. The conference is opened by Piero Marrazzo, Leader of Regione Lazio, and Gianni Alemanno, Rome’s mayor. Conclusions are by Paolo Romani, Vice Minister of Communications.


• Affari & Finanza  Stefano Carli  6 July 2009
  Colao scatena la guerra "mobile"
  Vodafone, Telefonica and France Telecom's interest in the acquisition of T-Mobile UK might change the balance in the TLC sector in UK and all over Europe. With a contribution by Riccardo Monti, Director of Value Partners


• Prima Comunicazione    June 2009
  TV product placement: a required path.
  Product placement, if done well, is a necessary path for the advertising industry - above all in the current economic downturn - and will become increasingly important if properly regulated. Product placement could not only support the development of new revenue streams, enhancing the quality of content at the same time, but also foster the evolution of roles played by producers and broadcasters. An article by Alessandro Araimo, Managing Partner of the London Office.


• CNBC Europe  Squawk Box  9 June 2009
  Luxury brands face stagnant sales
  An interview with Alfonso Marone, partner of the London office, on luxury brands.


• CNBC Europe Squawk Box    9 June 2009
  Luxury brands face stagnant sales
  An interview with Alfonso Marone, partner of the London office, on luxury brands.


• Prima Comunicazione    May 2009
  Media Industry - Gioco al massacro
  An article by Alessandro Araimo, Partner of Value Partners London, on on-line piracy


• luxurysociety.com    Maggio 2009
  Luxury 2.0: the role of digital channels in a downturn
  By Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London.


•  A cura di Alfonso Marone, partner, e Kim Chua manager dell'ufficio di Londra  February 2009
  Luxury 2.0: the role of digital channels in a downturn
  Luxury businesses are feeling the effects of the economic downturn, as growing job losses and plummeting consumer confidence translate to cuts in retail spending across the board. The 2009 Luxury CEO agenda looks quite different from 12-18 months ago; the inevitable rethink of their growth strategies will place less emphasis on expanding physical retail networks and launching new product categories,[...]


•    05 August 2008
  Regulating incumbents in a broadband world
  


•    March 2008
  Getting the most out of the digital dividend
  Allocating UHF spectrum to maximise the benefits for European society


•    01 October 2007
  Spectrum / IIA Broadband Index
  Fourth Edition (Q3 2007)