AI Strategy & Consulting for Media, Platforms & Forward-Thinking Teams
Custom strategies, automation roadmaps, and delivery support — from the studio floor to smart scheduling at scale.
🎯 What You Get With Strategic AI Consulting
Workflow Audit
Comprehensive assessment of your current workflows, data readiness, and automation potential across teams and platforms
Custom AI Roadmap
Tailored strategy aligned with your commercial priorities, budget constraints, and organisational capabilities
Tool Evaluation
Expert analysis of platforms, vendors, and build-versus-buy options to maximise ROI and minimise risk
Delivery Support
Hands-on project or product delivery assistance, available part-time or fully embedded within your team
Metrics & Governance
Establish feedback loops, performance indicators, and governance frameworks for intelligent, sustainable scale
Whether you're modernising legacy workflows, prototyping new AI capabilities, or just need to cut through the noise — we bring technical fluency and business strategy together. Our approach combines deep media sector expertise with practical AI implementation experience, ensuring recommendations are both ambitious and achievable.
We understand the unique challenges facing media and platform businesses: tight deadlines, complex stakeholder landscapes, and the pressure to innovate whilst maintaining operational excellence. Our consulting model is designed to deliver clarity, momentum, and measurable outcomes from day one.
📦 Flexible Consulting Engagements
Choose the engagement model that fits your timeline, budget, and organisational readiness. From rapid discovery sprints to ongoing fractional leadership, we adapt to your needs.
AI Discovery Sprint
Teams exploring automation potential
2-week audit, opportunity mapping, comprehensive strategy deck with actionable recommendations
Roadmap & R&D Advisory
Founders, Heads of Digital, Operations, or Product
4–6 week deep-dive, vendor evaluations, proof-of-concept development and testing
Fractional Delivery Lead
Live projects, launches, or pilots
Part-time leadership, delivery syncs, stakeholder communications, risk management
Bespoke Project
Larger rollouts or stealth initiatives (e.g. Nowcasting)
NDA-based, individually scoped with custom milestones and success criteria

Not sure which engagement suits you best? Book a 30-minute discovery call and we'll help you identify the right starting point based on your current challenges and strategic objectives.
📚 Real Results, Not Just Slide Decks
Our work spans product launches, R&D strategy, and cutting-edge prototypes across broadcast, streaming, and digital platforms. Here's a glimpse of recent engagements that delivered tangible business value.
Freely Product Launch
Led multi-partner streaming platform rollout, coordinating stakeholders across major UK broadcasters. Delivered on-time launch with seamless integration across legacy and modern infrastructure.
Adaptable International
Developed comprehensive R&D strategy for global creative agency, identifying AI opportunities across production workflows and content personalisation at scale.
Nowcasting Prototype
Fast-channel signal-based optimisation system enabling real-time content scheduling decisions. Project details under NDA — happy to discuss approach and outcomes confidentially.
🚀 A Strategic Partner — Not Just a Consultant
What sets Ancast apart is our unique combination of strategic thinking and hands-on delivery experience. We don't just create PowerPoint decks and disappear — we roll up our sleeves and help you ship.
Over a decade working across broadcast, streaming, and tech-led delivery environments has taught us what actually works versus what sounds good in theory. We've been the voice in the room with Channel 4, Everyone TV, and UC Berkeley, trusted to drive meaningful change from initial ideation through to on-air launch.
Our track record speaks for itself: shipping fast, under pressure, with clarity. We understand the unique constraints of media environments — regulatory requirements, union considerations, legacy infrastructure, and the constant tension between innovation and operational stability.
Deep Sector Expertise
Decade+ navigating the complexities of broadcast, streaming platforms, and media technology ecosystems
Proven Credibility
Trusted adviser to the UK's leading broadcasters and international media organisations
End-to-End Delivery
From strategic planning through implementation, we stay with you until the work is live and delivering value
Speed & Clarity
Battle-tested ability to move fast, make decisions under pressure, and communicate complex ideas simply