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| − | Hydra Associates was a media consultancy firm providing strategic advice to media and entertainment companies. The company was founded in 1987 by [[John Cummins]] and was based in the West end of London<ref>Nicola Hobday, [http://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.stir.ac.uk/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T7107902385&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T7107902388&cisb=22_T7107902387&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=244689&docNo=19 Hawkpoint buys consultant Hydra], ''Daily Deal'', ''Nexis UK'', 25-January-2001, Accessed 07-August-2009</ref>. Hydra Associates shared an office with [[SRU]] Ltd the media company co-founded by [[Peter York]] ([[Peter Wallis]]) and [[Dennis Stevenson]]<ref>Hydra Associates, [http://www.touchlondon.co.uk/business/list/bid/5078415 Address], ''Touch Local'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref><ref>Companies House (Hansard), [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1992/nov/30/companies-house HC Deb 30 November 1992 vol 215 c29W], ''House of Commons'', Accessed 09-August-2009</ref>. Hydra | + | Hydra Associates was a media consultancy firm providing strategic advice to media and entertainment companies. The company was founded in 1987 by [[John Cummins]] and was based in the West end of London<ref>Nicola Hobday, [http://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.stir.ac.uk/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T7107902385&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T7107902388&cisb=22_T7107902387&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=244689&docNo=19 Hawkpoint buys consultant Hydra], ''Daily Deal'', ''Nexis UK'', 25-January-2001, Accessed 07-August-2009</ref>. Hydra Associates shared an office with [[SRU]] Ltd the media company co-founded by [[Peter York]] ([[Peter Wallis]]) and [[Dennis Stevenson]]<ref>Hydra Associates, [http://www.touchlondon.co.uk/business/list/bid/5078415 Address], ''Touch Local'', Accessed 08-August-2009</ref><ref>Companies House (Hansard), [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1992/nov/30/companies-house HC Deb 30 November 1992 vol 215 c29W], ''House of Commons'', Accessed 09-August-2009</ref>. Hydra operated as strategy consultants for high profile media companies like [[BT]] and the [[BBC]]<ref>Guardian Media, [http://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.stir.ac.uk/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T7111790764&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T7111790767&cisb=22_T7111790766&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=138620&docNo=43 YOOF'S REBEL ROUSERS: NETWORK 7'S CLASS OF '87], ''The Guardian'', ''Nexis UK'', 12-May-1997, Accessed 08-August-2009</ref>. |
Revision as of 15:41, 8 August 2009
Hydra Associates was a media consultancy firm providing strategic advice to media and entertainment companies. The company was founded in 1987 by John Cummins and was based in the West end of London[1]. Hydra Associates shared an office with SRU Ltd the media company co-founded by Peter York (Peter Wallis) and Dennis Stevenson[2][3]. Hydra operated as strategy consultants for high profile media companies like BT and the BBC[4].
Scotland on Screen
Hydra Associates published the report "Scotland on Screen: the Development of the Film and Television Industry in Scotland". It was published on 18 April 1996, at a cost of £125,000[5].
People
Rodney Baker-Bates | James Purnell | Peter Wallis | John Cummins
Affiliations
Address
- Hydra Associates Ltd
- 78-80 St John Street
- London
- EC1M 4HR
Notes
- ↑ Nicola Hobday, Hawkpoint buys consultant Hydra, Daily Deal, Nexis UK, 25-January-2001, Accessed 07-August-2009
- ↑ Hydra Associates, Address, Touch Local, Accessed 08-August-2009
- ↑ Companies House (Hansard), HC Deb 30 November 1992 vol 215 c29W, House of Commons, Accessed 09-August-2009
- ↑ Guardian Media, YOOF'S REBEL ROUSERS: NETWORK 7'S CLASS OF '87, The Guardian, Nexis UK, 12-May-1997, Accessed 08-August-2009
- ↑ James Douglas-Hamilton, Film Industry (Hydra Associates), House of Commons, Accessed 07-August-2009
