Saturn was again asked to speak at this year's Television Business International Magazine conference. Following the popularity of last year's speech, Saturn Chief Executive, Mark Hiley, was asked to deliver this year's Keynote Speech to the industry.

Television Business International is highly respected for its reliable delivery of business news to the television sector. Every year, the magazine hosts one of the industry's most important conferences, focusing upon the commercial aspects of the business, and the exploitation of programmes.

Mr. Hiley used his popular humorous style to reveal a number of industry secrets, for those keen to take advantage of new opportunities facing the industry. These included the importance of:

• Finding and packaging the unexploited
• Translating your business mechanisms – as most investors have shockingly little understanding of the industry
• Finding missing royalties, restating over-high owner remuneration as P/E valuations multiply every penny found
• Getting to know the investor before you accept their money
• Using a professional advisor to maximise your value, well ahead of contact with investors
• Not selling your company equity, before getting help to explore the other channels open to you
• Setting out your exit strategy ("An investment without an exit is a dontation")

Saturn's Chief Executive has become one of the industry's favourite speakers, with his humorous approach, and delivery of content to empower independent producers. "Feedback suggests that indie bosses are growing weary of hearing the same old speeches from the same few investment examples wheeled out each time", said Mr. Hiley. "Indies urgently need to hear practical information on a scale that is relevant for their companies, rather than the tiny number of super-indies, who rarely turn up to these events anyway. TBI has done well to change the trend and I think most people took away something valuable".

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Television Business International Magazine