greg hoskin face to face
bespoke furniture building allows us to cultural nuances and business international scale. Over the past two
streamline our operation, ensuring differences of different regions around years we have invested heavily in
greater flexibility of service alongside the world. market development which has
the ability to meet tighter client delivered consistent growth across
deadlines. In-house facilities also How does your ‘consultancy’ role Europe, the Middle East and Africa -
allow us to provide service and benefit your customers?
MHz is not
with more recent successes in the
maintenance arrangements for our MHz differentiates between true
owned or
Indian subcontinent.
DSNG truck owners. Furthermore we consultancy - meaning independent
aligned to
MHz will continue to grow its
can provide refurbishment and advice given to clients to scope both
any
offering to the wider digital media
upgrades to existing production internal and external project issues -
particular
community as these companies
vehicles and facilities including the from adding operational and technical
migration from SD to HD, the addition advice and experience to developing
manufacturer
further explore file-based solutions in
a multi-platform, multi-format
of Dolby 5.1 surround sound and a detailed design. We do not believe
but
environment. To that end we have
suchlike. one can easily remain objective and maintains expanded our international business
independent in scoping while
healthy
over the last six months with the
How does your breadth of experience acknowledging the core business is
established
appointments of Robert Stopford, Tim
help you to solve broad business design and delivering solutions.
problems for your customers? Therefore as part of a solution design
relationships
Rawlings and Ben Miles. These
appointments not only strengthen our
Our experience stems back to the mid process MHz offers technical and
with all the
high definition file-based workflow
1980s when we built some of the first operational consultancy to ensure the
major media
expertise but drive the geographical
SDI, HD and Dolby 5.1 surround sound solution being designed really meets
equipment
expansion of our business.
solutions within a broadcast the clients’ business objectives. We
and software
However, going forward 2009 is
environment. However MHz not only frequently find the design scope being
vendors. This
about consolidation - ensuring we
designs and builds from new - the presented does not reflect the true
company is also able to deliver a operational or business needs. In
independence
continue to meet the demands of our
existing markets and ensure the
significant return on investment for these instances we assist clients to
provides our
needs of our customers are supported.
customers with its phased get these ‘success’ criteria more clients with a
refurbishment approach. So if you are clearly defined which can lead onto a
truly
Going forward, what areas of the
looking to reduce costs and increase wider consultancy role.
objective
business will be the most important in
productivity of your aging OB fleet or
maybe upgrade your SD vehicles or How is Megahertz fairing in today’s
perspective
terms of revenue growth?
Without a doubt - software and the
studio to be capable of full HD difficult economic climate?
for business
use of IT-centric platforms will become
production, then MHz can deliver this in Without a doubt the market is tough.
and technical
more prominent in our market.
a fast, flexible and cost-effective way. However broadcasters around the
analysis,
However this simply opens up more
We look to partner with our world still need SI support as they
system
integration and interoperability issues
customers to deliver on the whole continue to transition to HD and work
design and
as clients and technology providers
systems project - whether new or a to drive down the cost of their
refurbishment. We work to understand operations. To that end we remain
equipment
battle to define configurations. With
shrinking project engineering expertise
our customer’s overall business involved with a range of tenders from
selection.
within our client base, media
strategy and specify the leading edge some of the world’s leading media businesses need to look externally to
technology that provides the best players, although being selected as gain this expertise and knowledge.
tools to deliver the ROI quickly the system integrator of choice for a This is the role of system integrators in
throughout the business chain. For particular project does not mean the the future and MHz is well place for
instance, our M2RC technology came project is set to move forward. Today this. Customers clearly see the MHz
out of repeated demands from we often see projects getting held up offering as one that provides flexible
customers to develop a cost-efficient further down the chain while internal solutions to meet the rigorous
and simple remote control system for decisions are made even though the demands of their business, while
DSNGs that enables real operational SI has been selected. building ROI and generating revenue
and business benefits. streams in an ever changing and
We have worked on projects in What plans does the company have competitive landscape. To that end we
challenging environments from sub- for future development, both continue to build on our expertise to
zero arctic temperatures to the tropics technically and geographically? ensure we provide clients with the
and arid conditions, and in hostile MHz has bucked the trend and is solutions their businesses demand
locations. We also appreciate the growing its business on an today and well into the future.
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