Given the size and complexity of the PRC market, international investors and media, entertainment and leisure sector companies entering the mainland market place a very high premium on credible independent research services, and the very few companies able to supply them.

In addition to its strong in-house research capabilities and practical experience gained from implementing breakthrough projects across core disciplines, OMI is committed to building interests in the independent trade research and publishing sector through direct investment in companies with established reputations in their specialist field.

In 2000, OMI acquired a strategic stake in CMM Intelligence Limited. Established in 1998 from the Trade Press Division of RSA Media Relations, CMM-I is the leading supplier of strategic media information and research products and services to international and Chinese media companies, trade publishers and event organizers.

CMM-I publishes the China Media Monitor newsletter, the China Media Yearbook & Directory and The World TV Guide (Chinese edition). CMM-I co-hosts PRC media seminars and conferences inside and outside China. Event partners include the Asian TV Forum, Beijing TV Week, Changchun TV Festival, China Radio, Film & TV EXPO, DISCOP, HKFilmart, Kids World, MIP'TV, MILIA & MIPCOM, Shanghai Film & TV Festival and Sichuan TV Festival.

Long term information partners include ACNielsen, CSM, CVSC and SARFT Information Center, while trade press clients have included Asia Brand News, Asiacom, Asia PR News, Asia Image, Cable & Satellite Asia, EIU Business China, Hollywood Reporter, Kemps Directory, Media (English/Chinese), Media Circus, MIP'TV News, Television Asia, TBI Yearbook, TV International and other leading trade titles.

With its unrivalled services and trade relationships inside and outside the country, CMM-I has built a strong and growing client base that includes the following leading media companies:

BBC Worldwide, Beta Film, BRFT Group, Business Week, Carat, Carlton, CCTV, CETV, Cinar, Deutsche Welle, Disney, Discovery, Encore, ETVE, Granada, JWT, McCann Erickson, Proctor & Gamble, NBA, News Corp, Star TV, Turner, Viacom, Worldspace and Zenith Media.

Supported by Odyssey Investment Consulting, CMM-I established its Beijing representative office in June 2001. This office now manages enhanced mainland information gathering operations, further consolidating CMM-I's position as the leading source of independent market intelligence and generating new revenue streams from territory representation agreements.

Managing Director - Ms. Anke Redl