Drive lasting impact through broadcast transformation

How news and sports organizations can modernize systems and operations for future growth

Broadcasters face fierce competition from streaming and alternative digital media sources. Consolidation and cost-cutting are the order of the day. To thrive, organizations need to transform and not just upgrade.

By modernizing facilities, automating workflows, and embracing emerging technologies, established networks can regain the upper hand. With decades of experience working with global broadcasters in live production, Qvest can accelerate your transformation initiatives.

The broadcast industry has experienced more disruption over the last five years than in the previous 50. News and sports organizations looking to succeed in this fast-moving environment will need to re-invent themselves, and do it sooner rather than later.

Broadcast industry challenges

There are five industry trends driving the need for broadcast transformation:

1

Fractured competitive landscape. Viewers have more demands on their attention. A broadcaster’s biggest competitor is no longer the network down the street but digital creators.

2

Changing business models. Declining broadcast ad revenues are not being offset by Internet and streaming growth. There’s increased pressure to reduce costs and identify new revenue streams.

3

Technological shifts. Moving away from legacy SDI to IP-based broadcast networking with hybrid cloud production creates new change management challenges, but also opens up unique opportunities for an enhanced viewer experience and optimized workforce.

4

Industry consolidation. The need to maintain viewer interest has driven broadcasters to expand their content libraries through acquisitions. This presents new challenges when consolidating facilities and integrating disparate systems while avoiding redundancy.

5

Soaring audience expectations. Viewers now expect diversified, highly targeted content that aligns with their interests. And if they can’t get it from broadcast networks, they’ll find it somewhere else.

Transformation requires a holistic, 360-degree approach

At Qvest, we’ve been helping major broadcasters streamline and modernize their operations since the days of one-inch tape and the first SMPTE timecode. We take a holistic approach to transformation, addressing not just technology but also facilities, workflows and personnel.

Our expertise runs the gamut of network operations and engineering, from modernizing studio equipment to developing custom software and enabling generative AI applications to enhance workflows.

Our service offerings include:

Strategic planning and governance
Organizations often need help identifying their long-term business goals and establishing a structured methodology for achieving them. We start by identifying gaps in your current capabilities, map out the steps you’ll take to fill them, then determine what each project will cost and the ROI it’s likely to generate. We can also ensure your business and organizational plans remain aligned.
Operational change
Transformation only works when you give equal consideration to people, processes, and technology. We guide you in optimizing workflows, organization design, realigning roles, supporting employees during the transition, and deploying training and onsite advisors to ensure smoother adoption.
Enabling story-centric news
News organizations need to realign news workflows around stories, not the shows or platforms where the stories will appear. We can help you break down internal silos and make it easier to share content across shows and geographies, as well as create bespoke stories aimed at specific audiences.
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Facility modernization
As broadcasters consolidate, they’ll need to shutter some facilities and expand others. From equipment upgrades to facility build-outs, we can help you identify the most effective ways to optimize and streamline for long-term results amid disruption.
Next-generation broadcast tech
We can ease your transition to IP-based broadcasting by adopting SMPTE 2110 and hybrid cloud infrastructures, while helping you use AI to your advantage. Using generative AI to automatically capture and tag media assets will enable you to produce more content for more audiences, more quickly and inexpensively than ever.
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Data-driven sportscasting
By bringing data and analytics to IP-based sports broadcasts, we can enable a more interactive experience for viewers, with the potential to create new revenue streams.

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True broadcast transformation means enabling change

The hardest part of transformation isn’t adopting new technology. It’s overcoming resistance to change. It’s showing your people there’s a more effective way to achieve their professional objectives, then giving them the tools and guidance to streamline that transition.

Eliminating silos and changing mindsets from competition to collaboration isn’t something that happens overnight, or even over a period of weeks. Effective change management is an on-going, high-touch process. 


Our unique approach to broadcast transformation

We start by working closely with stakeholders to understand their vision and their goals. Then we embed ourselves within the organization by establishing an onsite transformation management office, where we can address concerns, foster trust, and provide real-time support. We collaborate closely with stakeholders to evaluate workflows and roles within the organization, and help navigate the inevitable speed bumps. This enables us to help you streamline processes and redefine responsibilities, driving clarity, efficiency, and a culture of collaboration.

We take a practical, hands-on approach, addressing everything from how lines of business are organized to what impact these changes will have on labor relations.


Key questions to consider for your broadcast operations

  • Does your team possess the skills needed to operate the new technology?
  • Are your people receptive to change? 
  • Is this an opportunity to refresh legacy studio equipment? 
  • Does your existing organizational structure support your long-term vision?

Broadcast executives don’t have spare time to devote to these issues. They have to keep their networks running 24 hours a day, every day of the year. We take on the heavy lifting so broadcasters can continue to do what they do best: delivering news and sports content to an engaged audience.

Transformation reimagined

We’ve been helping global broadcast networks streamline their operations for nearly three decades. Many of us come from industry and have hands-on experience as operators and engineers at some of the world's largest media companies. We know how hard change can be.

What makes Qvest unique is a 360-degree approach to broadcast transformation that integrates people, processes, and technology. From streamlining operations with AI- and IP-based production to breaking down silos with story-centric workflows, we don’t just modernize—we reimagine. 

For over three decades, the world's leading broadcast groups, sports leagues, Hollywood studios, and digital media companies have trusted Qvest to modernize their operations and address their toughest business challenges.

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