Strategy and management consulting in Telecom and Media

Media Marketing

VOD offerING for 3G mobile phones

Context AND client expectations

  • Launch a 3G Internet mobile offering with a strong focus on VOD.
     
  • The objective was to:
    • Conduct project management for the launch of the service by the three mobile operators;
    • Assist in the choice and implementation of the technical solution;
    • Select internal and external contents and ensure adaptation to mobile interface;
    • Define the business model and a 3-year business plan;
    • Follow up commercial activities.

Greenwich insight AND Solution

  • Business model and product positioning:
    • Product definition: content, services, story board
    • Business model: tariffs, revenue forecasts, costs
       
  • Programme management:
    • Animate internal team
    • Establish and follow up relationships with content providers, ASPs, mobile operators

Client benefits

  • A breakthrough positioning and successful launch of a brand new offer;
  • A strong VOD offering: Biggest mobile VOD offer launched by an editor (more than 2OO VOD at launch and more than 500 new VOD/month); 
  • An operational organisation for take-over of the project;
  • Real know-how in mobile VOD formatting.
Glossary

3G+ :
3G+ is a commercial naming that designates HSDPA, an evolutionary improvement for the UMTS standard. HSDPA achieves the increase in the data transfer speeds up to 10 times higher than 3G (UMTS) technology.

VOD :
Video on Demand (VoD) covers the distribution of video content available for download to end-users through high-bandwidth fixed-line (ex. : ADSL) or wireless network (ex. : 3G).