Martin Blakstad

Current

• Non-executive Director at Teachers TV
• CEO at Churchfield Media

Past

• Head of New Media, ITV Worldwide at ITV
• Director Business Development, Europe at IMI Mobile Ltd
• COO at Mobile Entertainment Corporation

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Connections

190 connections

Industry

Online Media

Martin Blakstad’s Summary

An early Internet entrepreneur with a major multi-national media company background who has worked in eCommerce and digital delivery for the past 10 years; more recently an industry expert in digital content acquisition and distribution. Speaker at many industry events and considering a number of non-exec roles in the digital space.

Martin Blakstad’s Specialties:

New media, online expertise, ecommerce, TV distribution, distribution strategy, international media deals, content acquisition and sales, strategic alliances, distribution channel management, European representation, CEO level management, board level presentations, expert media industry speaker, entrepreneurial experience.

Martin Blakstad’s Experience

• Non-executive Director

  Teachers TV

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Teachers TV is a digital broadcast chanel funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, but editorially independent of government, and sits within the established regulatory context of an Ofcom licence.
  In order to ensure the channel remains editorially independent but is accountable for the public money it receives the Board of Governors has been established.

• CEO

  Churchfield Media

  (Online Media industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

  Churchfield Media is a media consultancy specialising in, but not limited to, the whole digital media value chain on an international basis. With many years of experience in traditional media, particularly in film, music, television and video distribution, we have also been working in the online world for 11 years. We have expertise in managing digital rights for all types of content, encoding and security of digital assets, content creation, content management systems, delivery and reporting for all means of media consumption. We help develop business models and write business plans. Business transformation from traditional to new media is a speciality and we undertake reviews of existing businesses to provide advice on how to generate the greatest value. Churchfield Media also represents overseas companies who wish to operate in Europe and advises on exploitation of all forms of content.

Martin Blakstad’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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