Kev, whomever told you that Claudio is gone/replaced either misled you or distorted the truth. I can now confirm that Claudio Lessa Friedrich is still very much TV2U's Business Development Director for LATAM and the Caribbean, based in Sao Paolo. A couple of days ago, he presented himself to reporters in Sao Paolo specifically as such. His wife Eveline was also presented as working for TV2U. Claudio would not have done so had he left the company. If his role or responsibilities changed, he would have presented himself differently, say as Consultant for example. Alternatively, he could have used his other title and work interest, as Business Development Director at NexMe (Next Media Entretenimento Ltda), something he clearly did not do. Conclusion: He was most definitely representing TV2U in a formal capacity.
That also explains why the TV2U website and his LinkedIn page still identify him as such.
That Claudio is no longer involved in negotiations with contents providers is something I can understand, particularly now that Mr Suzuki is expected to do these negotiations, if the deal with Slim Pack goes through. An informal comment by someone in TV2U dissociating Claudio from such activity does not preclude him from continuing with his other BusDev activities and taking on new activities such as within ABOTT.
Now that this minor distraction has been cleared, the questions raised in my earlier post regarding impact, effort, and cost remain perfectly valid.
I must say that I learned something from this episode, specifically that all those who claim to have information through their TV2U contacts are not necessarily given factual, and I must add sometimes truthful, information by their contact(s). Either intentionally or by omission, makes no difference. That also explains why HC posters who received emails from their TV2U contact are being asked not to share the info they are given. I was suspicious about this insistence not to share info, now I understand why. Depending on the day one asks and the person that answers they will receive the special massage of the day (not a typo).
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