Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 21, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Blue Ocean Media Partners, 125, The Iridium Building, Umm Suqeim Road Al Barsha, Dubau, UAE.

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Country refers to: United Arab Emirates

Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the Website.

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Website refers to Blue Ocean Media Partners, accessible from https://www.blueomp.com

You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address

First name and last name

Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: info@blueomp.com

By phone number: +971 (0)4 5064547

Venture Capital and Private Equity

Overview

Private equity (PE) firms need a consulting partner that can help them increase confidence, reduce risk, and achieve positive outcomes. Blue Ocean Media Partners is a leading strategy consulting firm that has been working with PE firms for over 30 years. We provide comprehensive support across the full transaction cycle, from identifying attractive companies to commercial due diligence, portfolio company value growth, and exit support.

How we help

  • Identifying attractive companies: We help PE firms identify attractive companies by conducting market research, financial analysis, and due diligence.
  • Commercial due diligence: We perform commercial due diligence on potential investments to assess the business model, competitive landscape, and market opportunity.
  • Portfolio company value growth: We help PE firms grow the value of their portfolio companies by providing strategic advice, operational improvement, and financial planning.
  • Exit support: We help PE firms exit their investments by identifying buyers, negotiating deals, and managing the transition process.

Music & Audio

Overview

The music and radio industries are facing a number of challenges, including:

  • The changing consumption habits of younger generations.
  • The decline of physical music sales.
  • The rise of streaming services.
  • The disruption of new technologies.


Blue Ocean Media Partners helps music and radio industry leaders navigate these challenges by providing strategic advice and counsel.

How we help

  • Understanding the changing consumption habits of younger generations: We help clients understand how iGen, Gen Z, and millennials are changing the way they consume music.
  • Managing the decline of physical music sales: We help clients develop strategies for managing the decline of physical music sales and transitioning to a digital-first business model.
  • Profiting from streaming services: We help clients develop strategies for profiting from streaming services, such as by negotiating favorable deals with distributors and developing exclusive content.
  • Navigating the disruption of new technologies: We help clients understand the implications of new technologies, such as AI and blockchain, and develop strategies for using these technologies to their advantage.

Benefits of working with Blue Ocean Media Partners

  • We have a deep understanding of the music and radio industries and the challenges facing all players.
  • We have a proven track record of helping clients succeed in this dynamic market.
  • We offer a comprehensive suite of services to meet the needs of all clients.
  • We are committed to providing our clients with the best possible advice and support.


If you are interested in learning more about how Blue Ocean Media Partners can help you with your music or radio business, please contact us today.

eSports & Video Games

Overview

The video game business is facing a number of challenges and opportunities, including:

  • The rise of eSports.
  • The development of virtual reality.
  • The changing monetization strategies.
  • The evolving distribution channels.

Blue Ocean Media Partners helps video game industry leaders navigate these challenges and opportunities by providing strategic advice and counsel.

How we help

  • eSports: We help clients understand the eSports ecosystem and how to participate in it.
  • Virtual reality: We help clients assess the potential of virtual reality and develop strategies for its adoption.
  • Monetization: We help clients understand the changing consumer preferences and develop monetization strategies that are both effective and sustainable.
  • Distribution: We help clients understand the evolving distribution channels and develop strategies for reaching their target audiences.

Benefits of working with Blue Ocean Media Partners

  • We have a deep understanding of the video game business and the challenges facing all players.
  • We have a proven track record of helping clients succeed in this dynamic market.
  • We offer a comprehensive suite of services to meet the needs of all clients.
  • We are committed to providing our clients with the best possible advice and support.


If you are interested in learning more about how Blue Ocean Media Partners can help you with your video game business, please contact us today.

Movies & Film Industry

Overview

The movie business is facing a number of challenges and opportunities, including:

  • The changing consumer habits, such as the rise of SVOD and the decline of the sell-through model.
  • The windowing discussion, which is about how to release movies to different platforms at different times.
  • The emergence of new technologies, such as VR and AR.
  • The growth of the Chinese market.
  • The fatigue of movie franchises.


Blue Ocean Media Partners helps movie industry leaders navigate these challenges and opportunities by providing strategic advice and counsel.

How we help

  • Content management: We help clients understand the value of their content and how to optimize its monetization.
  • Windowing strategies: We help clients develop and implement windowing strategies that maximize the value of their content.
  • Home entertainment: We help clients maximize the value of their home entertainment business.
  • Economics/business model: We help clients understand the economics of the movie business and develop sustainable business models.
  • Operations: We help clients reduce costs and improve efficiency.
  • Growth strategy: We help clients develop and execute growth strategies.

Benefits of working with Blue Ocean Media Partners

  • We have a deep understanding of the movie business and the challenges facing all players.
  • We have a proven track record of helping clients succeed in this dynamic market.
  • We offer a comprehensive suite of services to meet the needs of all clients.
  • We are committed to providing our clients with the best possible advice and support.

Sports & Live Events

Overview

The sports and live entertainment industry is facing a number of challenges and opportunities, including:

  • Fan segmentation and lifecycle management: How to maximize the engagement and spending of current fans and cultivate the next generation of fans.
  • Direct-to-consumer digital strategies: How to build meaningful direct digital, social, and mobile relationships with fans alongside traditional linear rights relationships.
  • International go-to-market strategy: How to reach, engage, and monetize fan bases outside of home markets.
  • Live event revenue and fan experience maximization: How to drive attendance, per-caps, and overall fan experience at games, events, and facilities.
  • Rights value maximization: How to maximize the value of live game, digital, and other rights.

How we help

  • Fan segmentation and lifecycle management
  • Direct-to-consumer digital strategies
  • International go-to-market strategy
  • Live event revenue and fan experience maximization
  • Rights value maximization

Site Based Entertainment

Overview

The site-based entertainment industry is growing rapidly, but it is also a very competitive market. Blue Ocean Media Partners helps clients navigate this complex landscape by providing end-to-end support at any stage of the site-based entertainment life cycle.

How we help

  • Commercial case development/revamp: We help clients understand their target audience, the use cases for their site, and how to stand out from the competition. We also help them develop a financial plan and prove ROI.
  • Financial performance evaluation/improvement planning: We help clients understand their key performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and develop plans to improve their financial performance.
  • Growth plan/market capacity: We help clients understand the market potential for their site, select the right locations, and develop a growth plan.
  • Marketing/product offering: We help clients develop a marketing strategy that resonates with their target audience and optimize their pricing and distribution strategies.

Television & Broadcasting

Overview

The TV industry is undergoing a major transformation, with traditional pay TV losing subscribers and over-the-top (OTT) services gaining traction. Blue Ocean Media Partners helps clients navigate this complex journey by providing insights and strategies for success.

How we help

  • Free to Air Operators – We can help identifying the best strategies to transition value from the traditional ad sales business to the AVOD, FAST arena; identifying winning partnerships to secure long- term growth and cost efficiencies.
  • Pay TV providers: We help pay TV providers understand the future of the industry, forecast subscriber trends, and develop strategies to compete with OTT in the new streaming arena.
  • Investors: We help investors identify good investment opportunities in the TV ecosystem and assess the risks and rewards of each investment.

Streaming & OTT

Overview

The traditional methods for reaching, engaging, and monetizing consumers are breaking down. Blue Ocean Media Partners helps clients navigate this complex journey by providing end-to-end support around the launch and growth of global direct-to-consumer digital services, focusing on over-the-top (OTT) services.

How we help

Commercial case development: We help clients answer key strategic questions, such as:

  • What is the core value proposition of our service offer?
  • How do we manage contention between OTT and other content distribution channels?
  • What is the audience/subscriber potential for our service offer?
  • What mix of business models should we employ?
  • What level of investment is required?

 
Content and feature planning: We help clients prioritize content and features, and assess their relative value to prospective subscribers.

Pricing and packaging: We help clients price their service and develop pricing tiers that maximize revenue.

Tactical subscriber growth support: We help clients drive incremental subscription and reduce churn.

International expansion: We help clients take their domestic service international and prioritize markets for localization.

EDUARD MARTÍ

senior partner, content

As Blueocean Media Partners client advisor, Eduard is responsible for supporting and guiding clients editorially from high-potential content opportunities, negotiating favourable licensing agreements with major distribution companies and securing exclusive content for broadcast.

He leads the trends, insights and data analytics of the media, content and entertainment landscape, keeping abreast of the latest genre trends and developments across multi-platforms.

Eduard further works closely with clients in understanding the optimum monetisation through windowing strategies. His expertise in developing business growth on the FAST market stems from his experience in a variety of markets creating a portfolio of competitive channels.

As an accomplished executive in content strategy, multi-platform programming, and rights management on acquisitions in a transforming era, Eduard´s established track record in the entertainment industry includes international companies from Paramount, FOX, and Mediaset across Free to Air, PayTV, FAST channels and SVOD services. This experience and knowledge has built a strong network of client relationships globally.

Eduard completed an MBA in media companies after graduating as a Telecommunications Engineer, between Madrid, Barcelona and Rome.

 

POLINA YAKOVLEVA

senior partner, business

Polina Yakovleva leads Blueocean Media Partners Content sales and partnerships business.

As a former Director of Content Acquisitions and Programming at Paramount Global, Polina has established a large network of contacts across major content distribution platforms and has negotiated multi millions contents deals with the major streaming plaftorms, free to air networks and pay tv channels across the international markets

With more than 15 years of experience in the media industry, Polina will provide to Blueocean Media Partners clients a strategic advise to define the most efficient content strategy and and then negotiate and obtain the best content agreement across the main international distributors.

RAFFAELE ANNECCHINO

MANAGING PARTNER AND CEO OF BLUE OCEAN MEDIA PARTNERS

Raffaele Annecchino, Managing Partner and CEO of Blueocean Media Partners is a reputable leader in the media and entertainment industry having led as President and CEO of Paramount International, one the world’s largest media and entertainment companies.

During his career Annecchino has led a unique ecosystem of free to air (as Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, Telefe in Argentina and Chilevision in Chile), Pay TV networks (as Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central) and Streaming platforms amnong others. He has driven the transformation of the company towards streaming positioning Paramount+ and Pluto TV as leading players, introducing innovative and transformative strategies that drove long-term growth and financial sustainability.

Annechino has served on the boards of Viacom 18 India, SBS Media in South Korea, and in the newly created streaming platform SkyShowtime. Annecchino is an MBA graduate from I.E Business School and has completed the Media Executive program at renowned Harvard Business School and INSEAD Fontainebleau.