Catalyst Media Group
In October 1999 Duffen co-founded Newsplayer, a pioneer in online video distribution and ‘web TV’ channels. Duffen led the successful flotation of the company on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in May 2000. With Duffen as CEO, Catalyst Media Group plc (the company changed its name in 2004), was involved in significant M&A activity successfully raising over £75 million in debt and equity to enable various transactions on both sides of the Atlantic. In particular, CMG bought a £22m stake in UK-based Satellite Information Services (SIS), a leading outside broadcast services provider (Duffen sat on the Board of SIS Holdings Ltd). CMG’s investment in SIS evolved the company from a start-up developing internet video through experimental hybrid revenue models into a financially robust asset based business.
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