Foresight Group

Looper Insights is a data analytics company founded by Lucas Bertrand, along with co-founders Fadi Shuman and Nelly Voukaki. The company specializes in auditing and measuring the merchandising of apps, film and television content, and channels across various Connected TV interfaces, including mobile, web, smart TVs, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and streaming devices. Utilizing a proprietary AI hardware-software solution, Looper Insights offers a unique metric called Media Placement Value (MPV), which allows clients to evaluate the performance of their merchandising and the value of digital shelf space in Connected TV environments. This capability serves major global streamers, Hollywood studios, local broadcasters, and other media companies, helping them enhance viewer acquisition, subscriber growth, and engagement while reducing churn. Looper’s SaaS platform is utilized by clients with a collective subscriber base exceeding 700 million, providing critical insights for optimizing merchandising strategies and maximizing revenue.

Looper Insights is a data analytics company founded by Lucas Bertrand, along with co-founders Fadi Shuman and Nelly Voukaki. The company specializes in auditing and measuring the merchandising of apps, film and television content, and channels across various Connected TV interfaces, including mobile, web, smart TVs, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and streaming devices. Utilizing a proprietary AI hardware-software solution, Looper Insights offers a unique metric called Media Placement Value (MPV), which allows clients to evaluate the performance of their merchandising and the value of digital shelf space in Connected TV environments. This capability serves major global streamers, Hollywood studios, local broadcasters, and other media companies, helping them enhance viewer acquisition, subscriber growth, and engagement while reducing churn. Looper’s SaaS platform is utilized by clients with a collective subscriber base exceeding 700 million, providing critical insights for optimizing merchandising strategies and maximizing revenue.

Newsflare operates a global marketplace for user-generated video news content. Its platform connects freelance videographers with media outlets, facilitating the sale of breaking news footage, viral videos, and other newsworthy clips across various categories. Based in London, Newsflare shares revenue generated from sold content with its contributors.

PowerLinks Media provides a programmatic native advertising platform for brands and media businesses to adopt and scale native advertising. It runs an open native advertising platform that powers marketplaces and technology services for native ads, and distributes sponsored content, search, e-commerce, responsive display, and video across devices worldwide. The platform enables real-time trading of in-feed, in-video, in-image, in-text, and in-display native formats, connecting buyers and sellers into a global programmatic marketplace. Founded in 2012 in Manchester, the company is based in Salford, United Kingdom, with offices in New York and Manchester.

Cinelab London is a comprehensive film processing laboratory that specializes in a wide range of services for the film and television industry, including front-end negative processing, digitization, restoration, and archive management. Established after the acquisition of Bucks Media Services by Cinelabs International, the company is led by Adrian Bull and John Mahtani. Cinelab London caters to diverse clients, including filmmakers, commercial entities, and content owners seeking to preserve and restore their media archives. The facility offers essential services such as scanning, color grading, picture and sound editing, and distribution printing, all delivered by a dedicated team of film specialists committed to maintaining high standards of quality in both new content creation and archival restoration.

Factory Media Ltd. is a digital media company based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in lifestyle sports and their associated cultures across Europe. Established in 2006, the company operates a diverse portfolio that includes 20 brands, such as MPORA, Road Cycling UK, and Dirt, and publishes 16 digital and 13 consumer magazine brands in six languages. Factory Media engages in the production of branded content and campaigns, leveraging its in-house networks and digital platforms to reach a targeted audience of action sports enthusiasts. The company serves over four million consumers interested in snowboarding, mountain biking, surfing, BMX, and other action sports, with MPORA attracting approximately 3.8 million unique users monthly. Factory Media also offers sponsorship, campaign management, and advertising sales services, representing unsold inventory in the outdoor and lifestyle sports sectors. With regional offices in Munich, Germany, the company has established itself as a dominant player in the European media market for action sports.