The research team is the longest serving Media Team in the City (with a combined experience of over 55 years) and has been consistently voted in the top 3 in one or more of all the major surveys (Reuters, Extel and Institutional Investor) since 1987. The Media team was voted No.1 in the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey Awards 2009 and No 2 in 2010 for the Media sector and includes the No.3 analyst in the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey of 2009 for the Media sector. The team regards its unique selling point as seamless coverage of the UK media sector, applying the same rigorous approach and analysis to a small or mid cap media company as to a FTSE 100 constituent.