Broadcasting

Industry Expertise

The global broadcasting and cable TV market has grown in recent years to reach a value of $17.9bn in the UK alone. Subscriptions form most of the revenue generated - totalling some 39% of the market's value. However, according to Datamonitor - the industry research specialists - the sector is expected to decelerate over the next 5 years. Sapphire believes that broadcast companies worldwide that take steps to invest in the right solution to help manage their business now, will be those that are poised to make the most impact on the market in the next 5-10 years.

With all broadcasters operating in a highly competitive market - and faced by constant change and regulatory controls, a solution from Sapphire that takes care of the back-office means broadcasters can focus their efforts in increasing market share and revenues by attracting new subscribers and advertisers.

With solutions from Sapphire, broadcasting companies are benefiting from a range of solutions that offer:

Proven integration potential: with links to a range of billing systems.

Scalability: the ability to handle high transaction volumes.

Excellent analysis capabilities: for example: profitability by department, campaign, revenue streams and subscribers. Billings by town, area, region and audience demographic.

Opportunity Management: inbuilt capability to manage contract negotiations and sponsorships arrangements.

Workflow Management: automatic alerts relating to contract expiry dates, billing prompts, expenditure and authorisations.

Alerts Management: dashboard reporting allows you to view, for example: high value orders, debtors over 60 days

International Capabilities: multi-lingual, multi-currency capabilities for international rollouts.

Sapphire and the media industry:

- Download the 19 Entertainment case study

- Download the CPM UK Ltd case study

- Download the Kinetic Worldwide case study

- Download the National Geographic Channel case study

- Watch the GE Fabbri case study

For more information on the solutions that can meet these requirements and more please visit our business solutions section.

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