United Acquires Quadia Online Video

United is a full-service facilities company for video, TV and media productions. The company is responsible for the creation, management and distribution of a host of national and international media productions. Some examples: Boer Zoekt Vrouw, Expeditie Robinson, premier league and the MTV Europe Music Awards. In addition, United creates video content for commercial customers (like McDonalds and the Dutch Ministry of Defence) and supplies solutions for video-on-demand providers like Liberty Global.

Since 2004 Quadia has had a strong foothold in the corporate video market. Among its customers are KLM, Randstad, ABN AMRO, Ahold Delhaize and Achmea. Quadia’s medical division, which focuses on providing information and continuing education to healthcare professionals, will go on independently.

Meet Demands

“To me, this acquisition presents a huge opportunity for both organisations to complement and reinforce each other’, Nico Verspaget, Quadia’s director, explains. ‘Companies are increasingly using video for a variety of target groups, applications and purposes. This calls for an integrated approach to enhance the return on investments in technology; not least because messages including video have a greater impact. Most companies are done with pilots. They have learned what does and what does not work, and are now looking for end-to-end solutions for technological bottlenecks that help their organization work with video in a quick, flexible yet structured way. The alliance with United builds on our idea of full-service that dates back to our origin in 2004, because we will now be able to really meet all demands of our customers’.

Prominent Position

René Delwel, director of United: ‘For a long time we have known Quadia to be a highly professional supplier of online video productions. United sees growth opportunities outside the broadcast industry and would like to accelerate. The co-operation between Quadia and United will jump us to a prominent position in the commercial market. This is also why Quadia will be our label for the commercial market. Moreover, Quadia offers services that could be of interest to our broadcast customers’.

About Quadia

Specialising in online video, Quadia offers a full-service range including all online technology, concept development and video production. By integrating online technology and branded content Quadia improves the effects of webinars/webcasts, personalized and interactive video and online video channels. Quadia’s applications are used for marketing and promotion, online sales, communication, customer services and e-learning.

About United

Located in the Muziekpaviljoen in Hilversum’s Mediapark, United is a service provider offering technical and creative support to television and multimedia projects of customers in the Netherlands and abroad. We have state-of-the-art facilities and highly service-minded staff who always put the customer first.

Our experience, professional passion and flexibility have made us the partner of choice. Together with our customers we are always looking to innovate to maintain our high standards and keep our edge. Our trend-setting projects include Augmented Reality, Remote Broadcast and UHD/HDR. United is a member of the Euro Media Group