About Hooper Media
Hooper Media is a technology company specializing in media finance software for the entertainment industry. Our platform helps studios, networks, distributors, content owners, and digital media businesses automate the complex calculations, payments, reporting, and audit processes behind content creation, licensing, distribution, and monetization.
Built around the Hooper Media Calculation Engine, our software simplifies media finance workflows across residuals, participations, royalties, amortization, receivables, and related financial processes. Hooper enables finance and operations teams to manage complex business rules, validate results, improve accuracy, and reduce manual effort.
Originally founded as CEG Analytics Limited, the company has evolved into the Hooper Media brand. Today, Hooper Media serves as the sales and service entity for CEG Analytics Limited, bringing purpose-built media finance software to market with a focus on client delivery, implementation support, and long-term customer success.
Built by media finance and technology experts
Hooper Media is led by media finance and technology experts who understand the operational complexity behind rights, royalties, participations, residuals, and content accounting. Our leadership team brings decades of hands-on experience helping studios, networks, distributors, and digital platforms modernize the systems that support the business of entertainment.
Management Team & Strategic Advisors
Management Team
Steve Pitts
Chief Executive Officer, Hooper Media
Steve Pitts is CEO of Hooper Media and a media technology executive with more than 25 years of experience across the media and entertainment value chain. He has led operations, commercial strategy, software implementation, and service delivery for companies including Peloton, Rogo Scott, Mediamorph, Counterpoint Systems, Fox, PwC, and Sony Pictures.
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Steve leads Hooper Media’s business strategy, market positioning, and client-facing growth as the company delivers purpose-built media finance software for complex entertainment workflows including residuals, participations, royalties, ultimates/amortization, receivables, and related calculation processes. He brings a practical operator’s perspective to helping media companies modernize highly specialized finance and rights-based calculation processes with greater transparency, control, and auditability.
James Windsor
Senior Vice President, Product & Technology, Hooper Media
James Windsor leads product and technology direction for Hooper Media. He is a media finance technology specialist with more than 20 years of experience designing and implementing software for broadcasters, studios, distributors, and audiovisual rights management companies.
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James plays a central role in shaping Hooper Media’s platform, roadmap, and product capabilities, translating complex media finance requirements into practical, configurable, scalable, and auditable software. His expertise spans rights management, participations, royalties, broadcast usage rules, supplier payments, and media distribution accounting. Working closely with clients and internal teams, James helps ensure Hooper Media’s solutions reflect the operational realities of modern entertainment finance.
Peter Cook
Senior Vice President, Client Delivery & Client Success, Hooper Media
Peter Cook leads client delivery and client success for Hooper Media, overseeing the teams responsible for implementation, delivery execution, client engagement, and ongoing client support.
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Peter brings extensive experience leading complex media, technology, and business transformation programs. His background spans broadcast scheduling, asset management, rights management, finance transformation, workflow redesign, and enterprise system implementation. Known for his strength in client relationships, Peter helps ensure Hooper Media clients receive clear communication, strong delivery governance, practical change management, and effective support throughout their engagements.
Strategic Advisors
Ben Clasper
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Market Expansion, CEG Analytics
Media finance subject matter expert supporting Hooper Media
Ben Clasper is Senior Vice President, Strategy & Market Expansion at CEG Analytics and a senior media finance executive with deep expertise in rights management, royalties, participations, and media finance. He supports Hooper Media as a media finance subject matter expert and strategic advisor.
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Ben has led strategic reviews, software development, procurement, and implementation programs for broadcasters, studios, distributors, and content owners. His experience helps inform Hooper Media’s understanding of market needs, media finance complexity, and the operational challenges faced by entertainment companies managing rights, revenue, obligations, and payments across complex content portfolios.