A selection of commercial projects carried out by Dgen across strategy, streaming media, digital distribution, environment and technology. Clients range from UK government departments to FTSE companies, broadcasters, festivals and NGOs.

AMEE was designed to measure the environmental impact of everything on Earth, helping everyone quantify and reduce their impact. Dgen began developing the platform in 2005 and launched it in 2008 as a venture-backed company. It raised over $10M, helped define the emerging landscape of environmental intelligence, and worked with clients including BP, Siemens, SAS, Unicef and Radiohead. Sold 2015.

Strategic input into the 2016 charter review.

End-to-end management, production, design and streaming hosting of the award-winning Glastonbury Festival official webcasts (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005).

Strategic consultancy to accelerate ITV’s broadband strategy, covering both live and on-demand video services and archiving.
Strategic direction for local engagement, user-generated content, and global distribution of video assets for this exceptionally complex global event. Aimed to set new standards in the use of video at scale.

Strategic guidance for an innovative broadband TV project in London, nurturing a live channel run, operated and produced by local youth programmes.

AssetTV provides a dedicated broadband TV channel into over 150 financial institutions across the UK. Dgen provided technical strategy and architecture for the service design, implementation and roll-out.

Strategic advice and digital distribution for an innovative online video service for schools.

Strategic guidance and video distribution for a broadband video initiative, enabling global reporters to self-publish video easily from any location (2001).

Nurturing the live streaming of the only arts-based radio station in the UK for three years – providing all live transmission infrastructure and archive hosting for podcasts and recordings.

All live webcast production, live streaming and archive production for one of the most prestigious events in UK radio.

Strategic guidance and digital distribution for broadband video into schools across the UK.

World Radio Network combines all of the world’s public radio stations into a single site, retransmitting over radio, digital TV, satellite and the web. Dgen designed and built their website – combining complex scheduling, live streaming and podcasting, keeping it simple throughout.

Strategic guidance and digital distribution for broadband video into schools, in conjunction with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

AOL’s first ever festival experience: backstage at the Carling Reading Festival, providing all lighting, sound, filming and webcast support for an exclusive 80-capacity venue across 18 performances in 3 days. Artists including Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand and Roots Manuva in an intimate setting.

Special webcasting services for special acts. Venues ranged from a bedroom in Glasgow to Peter Gabriel’s RealWorld Studios.

In January 2007, the UK Government (via Defra and COI) commissioned Dgen to apply its AMEE technology to the Act on CO2 campaign. Six months of intense development led to ingestion of all available official Government figures. The campaign launched June 2007 and ran for five years.

IFI Watch increases the visibility of International Financial Institutions’ behaviour by making and collating video documentaries. Dgen provides video digital distribution and strategic consultancy.

Global Cool asked: how do we get 1 billion people to reduce their CO2 emissions by one tonne per year? Dgen supported the due diligence process in 2006, helped raise substantial funds, and launched the site from a standing start in 3 weeks (in English and Japanese). Gavin was appointed to lead the steering committee defining the “Global Cool tonne” – accredited as one of only 5 UK Government Gold Standard schemes in January 2007.

Created in 2003, EXEQUO is a non-profit digital media distribution service (video, audio, webcasting) for NGOs, charities and grass-roots organisations. Dgen provides support to nurture projects into existence.

A world-leading digital distribution company delivering music, audiobooks and video to iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Vodafone and hundreds of digital retailers on behalf of the independent music sector. 20% of the music available in the Amazon download store at its launch was delivered by CI.

Working with Avenue A / Razorfish, Dgen assisted in the implementation of Google’s “UK Carbon Footprint” gadget using AMEE technology, including hosting of the gadget itself.
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