Entertainment and Media
PPI has extensive expertise in business process improvement for the entertainment and media industries. PPI uses proven methodologies and best practices to assist clients to address challenges around operational efficiency and cost reductions, re-engineering outdated processes, and aligning IT with end-user needs. PPI's focused approach increases project effectiveness and ROI in both small-scale and enterprise-wide projects, producing practical solutions that are guaranteed to improve client operations.
The media and entertainment industry is changing against a backdrop of digital, financial and global transformation. Organizations face constant pressure to embrace new technology, develop new distribution models and comply with new regulations at home and abroad. PPI has helped entertainment and media clients in many sectors including advertising (broadcast, print, digital, and social), publishing (newspaper, book, magazine, & digital, for consumer, educational and business markets), broadcast and cable, music, filmed entertainment, and interactive media. Areas of client operations addressed include:
- Attracting and retaining customers
- Compliance, regulatory and reporting issues around sarbanes-oxley
- Content delivery and distribution
- Content production
- Customer relationship management
- Digital infrastructure
- Finance and accounting
- Intellectual property, content rights and royalties
- Measurement and analysis of content consumption
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Reducing costs and enhancing efficiency in core business operations
- Startup growth
- Tax issues related to content sales and international operations