With growing interconnectivity between digital systems, the stuff of dreams has now become our everyday reality. We can exchange content between televisions, computers, mobile telephones and other handheld devices regardless of the network technology: satellite, terrestrial, cable, internet, or mobile. This media cross-fertilization is a synergistic process that ultimately gives rise to new types of consumption – and new types of business for the Kudelski Group.
Adapting to the evolving market
The Kudelski Group has grown very quickly over the past twenty years with revenues rising from several million Swiss francs to over one billion. And the trend continues.
Our core business has evolved signi- ficantly, and our skills set is now much broader. In the beginning, our Television business consisted essentially of designing systems for pay-TV operators so that they could control subscriber access to programs that were broadcast linearly. We now develop global, universally compatible solutions to manage, organize, enhance, market and secure digital content, regardless of whether it is transmitted over one or more networks, or whether it is broadcast linearly or on-demand. Not only have we expanded our expertise to cover the entire digital TV ecosystem, but our client base has also diversified. Our solutions attract traditional broadcast operators as well as newcomers, including internet and telecom operators.
The Kudelski Group's role on the market has undergone profound change. We remain a source of technological expertise, but we have also become a proactive partner concerned primarily with boosting our clients' revenues. Seen from this angle, our technological expertise and flair for innovation represent a real growth engine for the industry as a whole.
These changes have driven significant growth in the Group's business volumes and a steady rise in market share.