Nathan Hull (CSO, Beat Technology) in conversion with Greg Miall (MD Digital Ventures, Antenna Group) discussing how Antenna Group, the international entertainment and media organisation, is partnering with Beat Technology and 10 major Greek Publishing houses to launch its own audiobook service as a standalone business to engage audiences.
Presenters
Nathan Hull
CSO, Beat Technology AS
Nathan Hull is Chief Strategy Officer at Beat Technology and takes responsibility for its expansion beyond the Nordics. Already the pulse within Skoobe (DE), Fabel (NO), Chapter (DK) Jukebooks (GR) and Echo (RO), Beat will soon be adding publisher-backed platforms in a further 6 markets in the coming months to add to its portfolio. Prior to Beat, Nathan launched the curated Dutch service Bookchoice in 9 markets and was Chief Business Development Officer at Denmark’s Mofibo launching in two further markets. Notably Nathan was also Penguin Random House’s Digital Product Director, with strategic responsibility for its award-winning digital portfolio and innovation strategy working closely with the likes of Stephen Fry, Jamie Oliver, Jeff Kinney, and Roald Dahl’s estate.
Greg Miall
MD Digital Ventures, Antenna Group
Greg leads corporate ventures for Antenna Group, the largest media business in SE Europe. Antenna operates across TV, radio and digital media and is present in 18 countries. They recently bought Sony's TV assets in Central Europe. The Digital Ventures arm leverages the core media assets to build fast-growth businesses in adjacent sectors. It operates the regional businesses of Vice Media, Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global, the fastest growing car insurance comparison business in Greece (Pricefox.gr), a flash sales retail site and several others.
Greg has 25 years experience setting up and running ventures for corporates. He worked at Kinnevik's Metro International, Sport Magazine, Time Out and Yahoo, where he headed up Business Development in EMEA and APAC.
Antenna will shortly be launching Jukebooks.com, the first subscription audiobooks business in Greece, in partnership with Beat Technologies and the major Greek book publishers.