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LOGICALIS HELPS ENHANCE THE PAY-PER-VIEW EXPERIENCELogicalis has teamed up with a leading electronic payment company to give their Client, one of the largest providers of cable and satellite-delivered premium movie channels in the United States, a premium digital service. This service allows users to buy Pay-Per-View movies and digital content subscriptions for download and view on personal computers.
The new service delivers a customizable, comprehensive approach to operating and managing premium digital services. It manages all the activities that occur before, during and after the purchase. Some of its features include the ability to create high value, custom offers for subscribers, immediately billing for sales, enabling operators to maintain a competitive advantage and drive their premium services.
The Challenge
The Client wanted to go further than they ever have gone before with this type of service allowing new customer care functionality and web service access for almost every connection point within the current system. And they wanted the work done in 12 weeks.
The Solution
Logicalis provided technical resources to help the electronic payment company meet the challenging requirements of this large, new customer by:
- Developing an external notification web service to communicate ownership messages to media licensing agents.
- Developing a reporting API for the Client so that periodic financial reports would be accessible via web services.
- Customizing existing user interfaces to meet the Client’s requirements for new customer care functionality.
- Providing dedicated, internal and customer integration testing support, resolving 11th hour issues and helping to drive final customer acceptance.
About Logicalis
Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. With over 1,200 people worldwide, Logicalis delivers smart solutions based on specific needs, not the latest IT trend. Logicalis provides options, direction and support to more than 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. The company attributes its success to the everyday positive experiences with its customers and strategic partners such as IBM, HP, Cisco and EMC.
Logicalis is a division of Datatec Limited (LSE/JSE:DTC), a $3.2 billion multi-national organization listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis has annualized global revenues of over $900 million from operations in the U.S., UK, Germany and South America. For more information about the Logicalis experience, visit www.us.logicalis.com.
