Tag: Mitch Clarke
Looking at the Monitronics acquisition
December 22, 2010Daniel Gelinas
YARMOUTH, Maine—Santa Monica, Calif.-based Ascent Media Corporation announced Dec. 17 it had bought Monitronics International, one of the largest third party monitoring companies in the U.S. with more than 650,000 accounts, in a deal worth $1.2 billion.
While many of the finer details of the deal are as yet unrevealed, industry observers have come forward to discuss the information made publicly available in a Dec. 20 Ascent investor call.
Jennifer Holloway, president of Holloway Security...
Monitronics rated Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan
December 17, 2010Daniel Gelinas
DALLAS—Following closely upon its reception of an Excellence in Best Practices Award from Frost & Sullivan, Monitronics has picked up the Company of the Year Award from the market research company. This is the second year Monitronics has been so honored by Frost & Sullivan.
What are they doing right?
“Monitronics has been able to overcome critical factors such as cost, scalability, coverage, and jamming issues that plague its competitors,” said Frost & Sullivan senior research analyst...
Monitronics honored by Frost & Sullivan
November 23, 2010Daniel Gelinas
SAN ANTONIO—Monitronics on Nov. 16 received 2010 Excellence in Best Practices Award from research company Frost & Sullivan at its annual awards banquet, held here.
“They do a lot of research on the sector and I think we made some predictions two years ago and did a lot of things that improved the business,” Mitch Clarke, VP marketing said. “The sustained growth that we've seen—even in a down economy—I think Monitronics has shown good management, good vision...