Entertainment and media companies face intense pressure to reduce costs associated with ongoing operations and, in some cases, debt loads associated with transactional investments. Those pressures have only intensified in the current economic environment.
With the heat on, companies are looking to reduce costs in their core businesses without sacrificing service quality and jeopardising revenues. At the same time, executives are being challenged to meet customer requirements while continuing to scale back costs and satisfy heightened expectations for shareholder returns and profitability.
How PwC can help you
PwC’s entertainment and media professionals offer a host of services — from better revenue reporting to improved controls, from efficiency creation to more effective risk management — to help E&M companies reduce costs and boost efficiency in their core businesses, including:
- A statistics-based approach to improve revenue and EBIT-based forecasts for enhanced valuations; identify sources of future “winners” and “losers;” analyse revenue drivers; enhance commercial decisions to withstand internal and external scrutiny; and add a fresh perspective to existing management and market views.
- Broadband Profitability Maximizer – This unrivalled suite of solutions helps cable and telecom broadband companies identify, quantify, and capture lost profit. We also offer cable network affiliate revenue assurance services.
- eProfitability Maximizer – This suite of services reviews the entire revenue cycle of ad-based, digital content, or service provider Internet assets. PwC identifies lost profit, quantifies its recovery, and develops solutions to quickly capture all available profit.
- PARRTM Payables Analysis and Refund Recovery – PwC’s team of tax, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), accounts payable, and transactional analysis specialists can discover whether there is hidden profit in a client’s accounts payable system, and develop a plan to realise maximum profit.
- Cost Recovery Audit Services – This industry-leading group performs tests and reviews to ensure that companies are not overcharged by vendors and develops plans to address any ongoing or isolated overcharge.
