Policy and Regulation

Corporate and commercial strategy
Growth strategies – Entering new geographies and sectors – Partnering and alliances – New products and services – Customer management and retention

Strategic technical decisions
Appraisal of new technologies – Managing technology migration – Roll-out optimisation - Multi-platform integration – Strategic sourcing

Operational improvement
Post merger integration - Organisation value alignment - Interim management - Change management - Organizational restructuring - Optimization of operative processes - Cost reduction

Strategy implementation
Product and service launch – Business process improvement

Policy and regulation
National regulatory strategy – Competition and mergers – Regulatory submissions

Rights management
Rights packaging and valuation – Rights sales and auctions – New media rights exploitation – Portal strategies – Content partnering – DRM implementation

Sales Channel Strategy
Channel model optimization - Commissioning review - Door to door channel re-launch

Disruptive technologies and changes in the broadcast value chain are impacting all areas of media policy and regulation, creating the need for revisions in public policy and regulatory frameworks. We work on both sides of the policy and regulation debate: we help regulators and ministers to develop, evaluate, implement and revise public policy and to establish regulatory frameworks; and we assist companies in evaluating regulatory policy and refining business strategies, informed by the evolving regulatory structure.

Our experience includes policy reviews in the context of changing technologies and market trends, drafting long-term regulatory roadmaps and formulating the principles upon which Codes of Practice are based.  We provide advice across a wide range of telecoms and media regulatory issues including ownership regulations, access policy, competition rules and market definitions, tariff rebalancing, USO, content standards, spectrum planning management, frequency allocation including auctions, number portability, digital clustering and cost benefit analysis.

Recent clients include regulators, ministries and various leading industry players

For more information please contact: Tabitha Elwes, Partner - Tel +44 20 7630 1400 or Valerio Falluca, Partner - Tel +39 02 485 481