Top 10 Companies in the UK Media Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

Introduction
This databook provides estimates of IT spending for the top 10 companies in the UK Media industry. The databook is a comprehensive source of IT spending by company, including assessment by technology and channel. The databook also provides information on the IT contracts of these companies where available.

Scope of the report

* Datamonitor's view of the top 10 companies in the UK Media sector in terms of IT spending
* A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies
* A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies
* Details of IT services contracts by company where available

Highlights

The top 10 companies in the UK media industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on hardware, a segment that accounted for about 27% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on services and software.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 33% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies. Pearson plc remained the leading company in terms of IT spending, followed by British Broadcasting Corporation and British Sky Broadcasting Limited.

Reasons to Purchase

* Gain insight into IT budget breakdown of top10 companies in UK media industry and identify notable areas of allocation
* Identify organizations with top IT expenditures in your target markets
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
LIST OF FIGURES 5
LIST OF TABLES 7
INTRODUCTION 11
Reasons to purchase 11
Definitions 11
UK MEDIA INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 14
Overview 14
Estimated spending by technology segment 16
Estimated IT spending by channel 18
PEARSON PLC 20
Budget overview 20
Pearson plc, estimated spending on IT 21
Pearson plc, estimated IT spending by channel 25
Pearson plc, IT contracts 27
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION 33
Budget overview 33
British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending on IT 34
British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 38
British Broadcasting Corporation, IT contracts 40
BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LIMITED 49
Budget overview 49
British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending on IT 50
British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 54
THOMSON REUTERS PLC 56
Budget overview 56
Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending on IT 57
Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated IT spending by channel 61
Thomson Reuters PLC, IT contracts 63
REED ELSEVIER 70
Budget overview 70
Reed Elsevier, estimated spending on IT 71
Reed Elsevier, estimated IT spending by channel 75
Reed Elsevier, IT contracts 77
REUTERS GROUP PLC 79
Budget overview 79
Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending on IT 80
Reuters Group PLC, estimated IT spending by channel 84
Reuters Group PLC, IT contracts 86
ITV PLC 88
Budget overview 88
ITV PLC, estimated spending on IT 89
ITV PLC, estimated IT spending by channel 93
ITV PLC, IT contracts 95
YELL GROUP PLC 101
Budget overview 101
Yell Group plc, estimated spending on IT 102
Yell Group plc, estimated IT spending by channel 106
NEWSCORP INVESTMENTS 108
Budget overview 108
Newscorp Investments, estimated spending on IT 109
Newscorp Investments, estimated IT spending by channel 113
MECOM GROUP PLC 115
Budget overview 115
Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending on IT 116
Mecom Group PLC, estimated IT spending by channel 120
APPENDIX 122
Methodology 122
Further reading 123
Disclaimer 124

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top ten companies in the UK media industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and
2010 14
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the UK media industry, estimated spending by technology
segment ($m), 2009 16
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the UK media industry, estimated spending on IT by channel
($m), 2009 18
Figure 4: Pearson plc, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 21
Figure 5: Pearson plc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 23
Figure 6: Pearson plc, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 25
Figure 7: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 34
Figure 8: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 36
Figure 9: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 38
Figure 10: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 50
Figure 11: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 52
Figure 12: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 54
Figure 13: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 57
Figure 14: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 59
Figure 15: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 61
Figure 16: Reed Elsevier, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 71
Figure 17: Reed Elsevier, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 73
Figure 18: Reed Elsevier, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 75
Figure 19: Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 80
Figure 20: Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 82
Figure 21: Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 84
Figure 22: ITV PLC, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 89
Figure 23: ITV PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 91
Figure 24: ITV PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 93
Figure 25: Yell Group plc, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 102
Figure 26: Yell Group plc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 104
Figure 27: Yell Group plc, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 106
Figure 28: Newscorp Investments, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 109
Figure 29: Newscorp Investments, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 111
Figure 30: Newscorp Investments, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 113
Figure 31: Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 116
Figure 32: Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 118
Figure 33: Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 120

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 12
Table 2: Definitions: channels 13
Table 3: Top ten companies in the UK media Industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and
2010 15
Table 4: Top ten companies in the UK media Industry, estimated spending by technology segment
($m), 2009 17
Table 5: Top ten companies in the UK media Industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m),
2009 19
Table 6: Pearson plc, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 20
Table 7: Pearson plc, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 20
Table 8: Pearson plc, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 22
Table 9: Pearson plc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 24
Table 10: Pearson plc, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 26
Table 11: IT contract: Pearson plc – Ness Technologies 27
Table 12: IT contract: Pearson plc – IBM Corp 29
Table 13: IT contract: Pearson plc – IBM Corp 31
Table 14: British Broadcasting Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 33
Table 15: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT
budget), 2009 33
Table 16: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 35
Table 17: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 37
Table 18: British Broadcasting Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 39
Table 19: IT contract: British Broadcasting Corporation – iQor 40
Table 20: IT contract: British Broadcasting Corporation – Siemens IT Solutions and services (SIS)42
Table 21: IT contract: British Broadcasting Corporation – Capita Group 44
Table 22: IT contract: British Broadcasting Corporation – Energis 46
Table 23: IT contract: British Broadcasting Corporation – Siemens IT Solutions and services (SIS)47
Table 24: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 49
Table 25: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT
budget), 2009 49
Table 26: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 51
Table 27: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 53
Table 28: British Sky Broadcasting Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 55
Table 29: Thomson Reuters PLC, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 56
Table 30: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 56
Table 31: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 58
Table 32: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 60
Table 33: Thomson Reuters PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 62
Table 34: IT contract: Thomson Reuters PLC – Ness Technologies 63
Table 35: IT contract: Thomson Reuters PLC – Savvis 65
Table 36: IT contract: Thomson Reuters PLC – Savvis 67
Table 37: IT contract: Thomson Reuters PLC – BT Group 68
Table 38: Reed Elsevier, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 70
Table 39: Reed Elsevier, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 70
Table 40: Reed Elsevier, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 72
Table 41: Reed Elsevier, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 74
Table 42: Reed Elsevier, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 76
Table 43: IT contract: Reed Elsevier – ZEDA Ltd 77
Table 44: Reuters Group PLC, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 79
Table 45: Reuters Group PLC, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 79
Table 46: Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 81
Table 47: Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 83
Table 48: Reuters Group PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 85
Table 49: IT contract: Reuters Group PLC. – Unisys 86
Table 50: ITV PLC, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 88
Table 51: ITV PLC, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 88
Table 52: ITV PLC, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 90
Table 53: ITV PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 92
Table 54: ITV PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 94
Table 55: IT contract: ITV PLC – Unisys 95
Table 56: IT contract: ITV PLC – Ness Technologies 97
Table 57: IT contract: ITV PLC – Wipro Technologies 99
Table 58: Yell Group plc, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 101
Table 59: Yell Group plc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 101
Table 60: Yell Group plc, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 103
Table 61: Yell Group plc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 105
Table 62: Yell Group plc, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 107
Table 63: Newscorp Investments, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 108
Table 64: Newscorp Investments, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009108
Table 65: Newscorp Investments, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 110
Table 66: Newscorp Investments, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 112
Table 67: Newscorp Investments, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 114
Table 68: Mecom Group PLC, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 115
Table 69: Mecom Group PLC, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 115
Table 70: Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 117
Table 71: Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 119
Table 72: Mecom Group PLC, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 121
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