Industry Digital Media Founded 2003 | Website www.asset.tv Headquarters Harpenden, London | |
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Key people Craig Walton, Chairman & CEO
Tony Suckling, Founder Director
Neil Jeffery, Commercial Director
Mark Colegate, Editorial Director
Andy Darvell, Operations Director Products webcast, filming, production services, media hosting solutions, fund manager videos, global video and audio distribution and custom built analytics packages Type of business UK-based digital media company Profiles | ||
Asset TV is a UK-based digital media company providing webcast, filming, production services, media hosting solutions, fund manager videos, global video, audio distribution and custom built analytics packages to the global investment management industry.
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History and overview
Asset TV was established in 2003. The four founder directors were: Chairman/CEO, Craig Walton (formerly group sales and marketing director for Framlington Group Ltd), Director, Tony Suckling (former visiting lecturer at Cranfield School of Management), David Mann (former managing director, Channel 4’s 124 facilities) and Business Development Director, John Glover (former sales director at Framlington and F&C).
Since the founding of Asset TV in 2003, Mark Colegate (formerly group editor at Incisive Media}, Neil Jeffery (formerly employed by Xpedite Systems from 2001–2003) and Andy Darvell (formerly production manager with Loveurope) joined Asset TV's board of directors. Colegate began working at Asset TV in May 2008 as editorial director, responsible for content oversight. Neil joined Asset TV in 2003 having developed a client base of global asset management companies, becoming a director of Asset TV in January 2010. Whereas, Andy Darvell has overseen Asset TV’s production services and media planning since 2007, and became a director of Asset TV in January 2011. In April 2014 Aaron Coates, the company's Chief Technology Officer joined Asset TV's board of directors.
Asset TV provides on-demand video interviews of fund managers to professional fund buyers in the UK. In 2006, the business started to build an audience of continental European fund buyers and, in 2011 it set up a stand-alone US operation. Asset TV sets up and runs web-based channels and video syndication for third parties, which take and distribute out content. This includes providing videos to the Bloomberg third party video service and establishing CISI TV (2011) for the London based, Chartered Investment and Securities Institute.
In 2014 Asset TV launched its underlying video technology as a stand alone online video platform, Media Manager.
Filming partners
Asset TV filming partners include:
Technology
Asset TV operates a video platform for content management, media management, media player distribution and viewing management information. The platform exposes an API (application program interface) layer to link to other applications and supports multiple player formats suitable for embedding on social sites and video channels. Additionally, Asset TV operates with partner sites globally across the investment industry to syndicate media.
Asset TV uses a customised video player, developed as part of its Media Manager software, which can be skinned/branded as well as embedded on client websites. Media Manager players automatically detect the end-user's device and bandwidth and adapts its playback resolution and format to match.