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Move into the future with foresight and decisiveness
Get there before the competition. In media, entertainment and sports, business models must be rapidly adapted in response to new needs and lifestyles. Leaders who seek diverse ideas will be in position to foresee radically different audiences and prepared to accommodate them.

As you approach new markets, scale and streamline operations, and plan to deliver newly appropriate experiences, our dedicated professionals can support you as we do our fast-growing innovator and publicly listed clients. Together we can predict and address the trends crucial to your existing and potential customers.

The types of companies we serve include:

  • Entertainment & content services
  • Video games
  • Sports, eSports & live events
  • Digital/traditional publishing
  • Advertising & adtech
  • Broadcasting
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5G wireless tech, high-capacity networks, distribution models, on-demand video, programmatic audio, personalization, privacy, and advertising and licensing models — we help you create revenue models, maximize customer opportunities, optimize content delivery and deliver simultaneous digital services.
Entertainment
Today’s companies must reimagine their business models to keep pace with changing consumption behaviors and nontraditional competitors. We assist in addressing key trends including M&A, and development and growth of 5G-enabled services and direct-to-consumer streaming business models.
Sports, eSports & live events
Changing consumer habits fueled by the 2020 pandemic have sports companies and venues facing an uphill battle to grow revenue even as costs continue to rise. Winning will mean generating robust and diversified streams of revenue.
Sales and use tax services
Identification of tax overpayments or significant exposure for underpayments while reducing administrative burden.
Corporate compliance
A strong compliance program can oftentimes be the best defense for a business and public, alike. We’ll help protect you and your customers. We help fight bribery, fraud, risk, money laundering and financial crimes with a compliance program framework, to manage a variety of compliance risk areas during assessments and anticipatory work, as well as design and corrective work.
Sports, eSports & live events
Changing consumer habits fueled by the 2020 pandemic have sports companies and venues facing an uphill battle to grow revenue even as costs continue to rise. Winning will mean generating robust and diversified streams of revenue.

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