Farncombe Consulting Group Opens Dusseldorf Office

Farncombe Consulting Group Opens Dusseldorf Office

BASINGSTOKE, England, September 4/PRNewswire/ --

- Anette Schaefer to Lead new German Practice

Farncombe Consulting Group, the privately-held European TV services
consultancy, has appointed the highly-regarded industry consultant Anette
Schaefer to run its new German practice, which opened for business today in
Dusseldorf.

Anette will leverage the experience and expertise of Farncombe's UK and
French businesses, building up a new locally-informed German-language
operation through which to offer all of the Group's existing practices -
including Strategy, Technology Consulting, Programme Management, Content
Security, System Integration, Engineering Services, Test & Certification and
user experience design.

Farncombe co-founder Andrew Glasspool said, "With Anette heading up our
Dusseldorf office, our German clients will now benefit from having
on-the-ground help and support directly to hand across our entire range of
services, bolstered by local skills and knowledge. It's great that Farncombe
now has someone as capable and experienced as Anette heading up our
operations there."

Before joining Farncombe, Anette was a Principal at Greenwich Consulting
in Dusseldorf, and worked previously with the Yankee Group, where as director
of the Broadband & Media EMEA Decision Service, she managed all research and
consulting.

Prior to Yankee, she worked for 15 years as a management consultant in
the United States and Europe, and is fluent in both German and English.

"I'm delighted to be working for Farncombe," said Schaefer. 'I've known
for some time of their excellent work in Germany supporting a number of
high-profile cable and satellite clients there, and it's exciting to be
joining an expanding team."

The address for the new Dusseldorf Office is: Farncombe Germany,
Grafenberger Allee 363, 40235 Dusseldorf, Germany. If you wish to arrange a
meeting with Anette to discuss opportunities in the German market, please
contact her on +49-211-1655118.

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About Farncombe Consulting Group

http://www.farncombe.eu

The Farncombe Consulting Group is a specialised professional services
firm operating in the broad digital video technology, telecoms and digital
media sectors. Initially focused on pay-TV and digital TV technology through
founder company Farncombe Technology, it has since grown into a
globally-recognized television consultancy, servicing a large international
client roster that includes broadcasters, operators, telcos, hardware and
software suppliers and a variety of government and regulatory bodies.

High-profile engagements that can currently be disclosed include helping
green support services company eaga to deliver the UK's GBP500m Digital
Switchover Help Scheme (DSHS) on behalf of the BBC, and supporting public
service broadcaster SABC's DTT transition in South Africa.

The Farncombe Consulting Group's current focus is on the increased
opportunities made available by a converging market which extends from cable,
satellite and terrestrial delivery to telco-managed IPTV, video-over-Internet
and mobile TV offerings.

The Group comprises a number of separate practices covering a wide range
of core competencies. These include:

- Strategy
- Technology Consulting
- Programme Management
- Content Security
- System Integration
- Engineering Services
- Test & Certification
- Design Practice

We apply these competencies to the planning, management, transport and
secure delivery of video and other new content services.

For more details, visit http://www.farncombe.eu or ring Mrs Georgina
Saunders on +44-1256 844161.

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For further information about this press release, please contact:
Barry Flynn
Tel: +44-1256-844161

Source: Farncombe Consulting Group

For further information about this press release, please contact: Barry Flynn, Email: barry.flynn@ftl.co.uk, Tel: +44-1256-844161. The address for the new Dusseldorf Office is: Farncombe Germany, Grafenberger Allee 363, 40235 Dusseldorf, Germany. If you wish to arrange a meeting with Anette to discuss opportunities in the German market, please
contact her on anette.schaefer@farncombe.de or +49-211-1655118.

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