Media and entertainment consulting

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, just 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 and content services
Video games
Sports, eSports and live events
Digital/traditional publishing
Advertising and adtech
Broadcasting

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How to achieve NFT business success

Our NFT Playbook is a roadmap to addressing IP rights, business infrastructure and risk for media & entertainment companies and others.

Sectors we serve

Media
Entertainment
Sports & Live Events
Advertising

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.

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 the development and growth of 5G-enabled services and direct-to-consumer streaming business models.

Changing consumer habits fueled by the 2020 pandemic have left 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.

Advertising agencies have reaped the benefits of increased internet use and the popularity of streaming services. As digital advertising continues to grow, the fragmentation of audiences requires proper guidance to avoid wrong moves. We can help identify trends and advise on paths to growth.

How we can help you

Our teams tackle challenges alongside you, improving results for your organization.

Corporate Tax

When it comes to tax, there’s more to consider than simply reporting. Global risks, regulatory requirements, transformative technology — these are all part of... Show more a bigger picture that can impact your business performance. From tax compliance to tax planning, we listen to your needs and work with you to position tax as a strategic function of the business. With a focus on defining a comprehensive strategy, we can provide the resources and solutions to meet your business needs and advance your business goals. Learn more -->

Private Audit

Our clients in privately-owned companies find that our first audit with them is the beginning of a long-term relationship built on trust and business insight. We... Show more tailor our approach to address the issues that are important — and often, unique — to their business. This is a major tenet of our firm’s culture — paying attention in order to provide personalized service. With the knowledge we gain in working with you through the audit process, education becomes a two-way process. We continuously provide our perspectives to help you gauge developments in the marketplace, establish goals, and measure performance, guiding you in growing and improving your business. Learn more -->

Risk Advisory

We help our clients understand their business risks, and we assist in addressing risk in both proactive and responsive contexts. We deploy our diverse pool of... Show more controls professionals, compliance specialists, cybersecurity professionals, and risk consultants with industry depth to meet the complex requirements of our client programs. We work with our clients to provide the optimal team and resource structure to accelerate program execution. We start with the benefits-realization objective to drive the most effective and value-enhancing engagement model for our clients. Learn more -->

Public Audit

Our public company clients plan their futures with confidence, fully informed by an audit they can trust to keep them apprised of issues in their business and... Show more the industry. Our professionals serve clients through deep experience in conducting audits of complex companies from across the globe. We know the impacts that changing accounting standards and regulations can have on a business and how critical it is to keep stakeholders assured of the company’s well-being. In all aspects of our work, we follow Grant Thornton’s tenets of integrity, excellence and responsibility. Your audit is delivered with speed and efficiency. Through an innovative approach incorporating advanced technology and data analytics, we support you in sustaining vitality and growth. Learn more -->

Transaction Advisory

Our holistic approach to transaction advisory services addresses the financial, operational, tax, IT commercial, strategic, human capital, and cultural issues... Show more that are part of a deal. With a shared purpose of optimizing transactional value, our M&A professionals work with you throughout the life cycle of the transaction to overcome challenges and execute a successful closing. Our integrated transaction plan provides the insights necessary to minimize risks, manage buy-side and sell-side due diligence and enable you to focus on the future. Learn more -->

Technology Modernization

A strategic technology modernization effort can help decrease costs, increase value, drive efficiencies, boost performance, and even improve engagement... Show more for employees and customers. The challenge is to achieve value-driven innovation amid the ongoing operational and competitive challenges that face every organization. Grant Thornton’s technology modernization team understands this challenge and applies deep technology, data, cloud, and automation experience with fresh strategic thinking and proven partners to find the best path to your goals. Learn more -->

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Connect with our Media & Entertainment leaders

Deborah Newman

National Managing Principal, Media & Entertainment Industry
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Deborah is Grant Thornton’s Media & Entertainment Industry Leader with over 25 years of experience in the industry including as the head of Global Compliance & Business Process Improvement

Los Angeles, California

+1 213 688 1743

Industries

Technology, media & telecommunications
Media & entertainment

Howard Homonoff

Senior U.S. Media & Entertainment Industry Advisor
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Howard Homonoff serves as Senior U.S. Media & Entertainment Industry Advisor for GT. Howard has been a leading executive, lawyer and strategic advisor in the media business for over 20 years.

New York, New York

+1 201 739 3966