Expert analyst teams

Ben Keen has been instrumental in building Screen Digest into the world's premiere research company focusing on the media and entertainment space. Through Mr Keen's leadership, Screen Digest has become the primary source of market analysis and strategic insight for many of the largest communications corporations in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. This leading position has recently been reinforced through the acquisition of the foremost US analyst group, Adams Media Research, the Board of which Mr Keen has now joined.

As Chief Analyst, Mr Keen directs all the company's research and consultancy activities. He has overall responsibility for the 100-plus major research reports published by the company since 1997 and the ongoing continuous strategic Intelligence services that Screen Digest supplies to hundreds of major clients, including Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Time Warner, 20^th Century Fox, BBC, Cisco, Electronic Arts, MTV, Discovery Networks, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Walt Disney, NBC Universal, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, BT..

Under Mr Keen's management, Screen Digest has grown rapidly from 13 specialist analysts in 2003 to over 40 in 2008.

Mr Keen also leads Screen Digest's Global Media Intelligence service, which is exclusively marketed by Merrill Lynch to some of the largest institutional investment groups in the world.

Renowned for his insight and vision, Mr Keen is one of the most sought-after speakers on the international conference circuit. He has delivered over 350 presentations and lectures, including keynote addresses at many international conventions. Additionally, he has contributed articles to more than 20 different books, magazines and newspapers.

As an internationally recognised expert in the media and communications business, Mr Keen's services as a consultant and advisor are constantly in demand. Since 1988, he has been retained as an advisor to the British Screen Advisory Council, a government-industry liaison organisation that counts the elite of the UK media management amongst its membership. Mr Keen has recently consulted at board-level to a leading TV technology manufacturer, a Content Delivery Network (CDN) services business, two UK broadcaster PLCs, a major entertainment retailer, Vivendi Universal Games, an international TV channels group, and the UK Film Council.