Nov 28, 2025
•1 minute read
Media and Entertainment
SAP Media and Entertainment is helping companies deliver personalized media experiences in response to changing consumer tastes and habits, emerging new technologies, and disruption across traditional business models. Today, roughly 83% of the global media companies in the Forbes 2000 are running SAP. Although content remains important, it can no longer be the only focus. A holistic approach that considers all aspects of the user experience is now necessary to succeed. To stay at the forefront of competition, media and entertainment companies must align the best content with the best customer experience. SAP Media and Entertainment is enabling sustainable business model innovation across the industry.
SAP Media and Entertainment key capabilities:
SAP Media and Entertainment is helping companies deliver personalized media experiences in response to changing consumer tastes and habits, emerging new technologies, and disruption across traditional business models. Today, roughly 83% of the global media companies in the Forbes 2000 are running SAP. Although content remains important, it can no longer be the only focus. A holistic approach that considers all aspects of the user experience is now necessary to succeed. To stay at the forefront of competition, media and entertainment companies must align the best content with the best customer experience. SAP Media and Entertainment is enabling sustainable business model innovation across the industry.
SAP Media and Entertainment key capabilities:
- Customer experience includes customer data management, consent management, omnichannel engagement, loyalty management, experience management, and smart recommendation
- Content management includes content development, content production management, distribution and monetization rights/license tracking, audience insights, and content financials, such as royalty management.
- Content monetization includes commerce solutions, business model configuration, entitlement management, customer data management, customer behavior insights, and profitability analysis.
- Business model transformation includes content development management, content production budgeting, spend management, subscription and revenue management, content financials
SAP Road Map for Media and Entertainment include:
- Current release highlights: 360-degree customer view with data insights, profitability analysis on content, multi-sided revenue sharing management
- Upcoming innovations: Smart content recommendation/discovery, AI/ML-driven customer consumption intelligence, AI/ML-driven monetization intelligence
- Future Plans: Virtual digital identity management, blockchain-based payments, pay-to-earn models, NFTs enforced and executed by smart contracts
SAP software solutions to meet your needs include SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SAP Business Network Starter Pack.
Key Considerations for SAP organizations:
- Explore SAP CRM-IPM implementation to enhance pricing models for Media and Entertainment organizations. Understand the different types of entertainment industry pricing models, and how they support your company’s needs for calculating royalties and inputting data into SAP CRM-IPM systems.
- Learn how SAP helped validate the growing priority of experience management. This article highlighted the SAP acquisition of Qualtrics which set the stage for continued innovation across SAP Media and Entertainment industry solutions and best practices. For SAP organizations, this transaction helped enable the combination of Qualtrics experience data and SAP operations data to drive core business processes within the media and entertainment industry.
- Evaluate a risk-based approach to optimizing core financial processes. Read this article to see how a well-known technology company in the Media and Entertainment industry, Dolbly Laboratories, reduced its SAP testing burden with automated testing. As a result the company was able to provide end-to-end testing coverage of its core business process housed within SAP,
René Linsner: Leading Horváth’s Global SAP VisionThe digital age presents businesses with a complex web of challenges and opportunities. Navigating this maze requires not just technological prowess, but a deep understanding of business processes, industry dynamics, and strategic vision.
This feature story explores Horváth USA CEO, René Linsner’s leadership, Horváth & Partners’ key achievements, and the firm’s strategic approach to driving digital success with a particular focus on SAP solutions.
CIO Study: How to Build Crisis-Resilient IT in Volatile TimesIT today is far more than just a cost-effective service provider – it is evolving into a strategic enabler of value creation, transformation and efficiency. IT organizations face intense innovation pressure and rising expectations. At the same time, they must manage tight budgets, explore new sourcing approaches, and develop more flexible governance models.
Nov 28, 2025
•1 minute read
Navigating the Uncertainty of U.S. TariffsThis paper explores the broader implications of tariff exposure on business models, from corporate governance and transfer pricing to tax planning and commercial strategies. By analyzing recent and historical tariff regimes, it provides actionable insights, highlights key organizational risks, and proposes strategic levers to enhance resilience.
Nov 28, 2025
•1 minute read
Horváth CxO Priorities StudyThe 6th annual CxO Priorities Study, was conducted via interviews with over 1,000 top executives worldwide from 33 countries and 15 industries. The analysis reveals their strategic priorities and how organizations are adapting investment decisions in response to increasing complexity. While global relocation trends remain nuanced, there is a clear shift in workforce and capital allocation within Europe and other key markets. Innovation, R&D and resilience are high on the agenda. In contrast, sustainability has taken a back seat in the face of more immediate business challenges.
Nov 28, 2025
•1 minute read
How Grainger Saved Costs While Fast-Tracking SAP S/4HANA AdoptionGrainger faced mounting data challenges while preparing for an SAP S/4HANA migration, with rapid database growth and complex legacy structures. Through expert-led data archiving and optimization, they achieved a 66% volume reduction, saving over $1.5 million in annual costs and accelerating their migration timeline. The project highlights how clean core strategies and efficient data management can dramatically improve performance, lower costs, and streamline the path to S/4HANA adoption.
Nov 4, 2025
•3 minute read
The Role of Accruals Automation in Streamlining Financial WorkflowsAutomating the accrual process transforms financial closing by enhancing accuracy, compliance, and transparency while reducing manual effort. Tools like accrual automation engines and integrations with ERP systems streamline approvals, enforce regulatory standards, and provide audit-ready reporting. By leveraging automation, organizations can improve financial reporting, mitigate compliance risks, and increase productivity across finance teams.
Nov 4, 2025
•2 minute read
5 Ways Accrual Process Automation Helps Ensure Compliance within SAPAutomating the accrual process transforms financial closing by enhancing accuracy, compliance, and transparency while reducing manual effort. Tools like accrual automation engines and integrations with ERP systems streamline approvals, enforce regulatory standards, and provide audit-ready reporting. By leveraging automation, organizations can improve financial reporting, mitigate compliance risks, and increase productivity across finance teams.
Nov 4, 2025
•3 minute read
Is My Business AI Ready? Laying the Data Foundation for Successful AI ImplementationSuccessful AI adoption requires more than enthusiasm; it depends on the readiness of an organization’s data and infrastructure. Companies must focus on data quality, governance, accessibility, integration, and security while managing both structured and unstructured data to create a cohesive AI-ready environment. Coupled with strategic alignment to business goals, these practices lay the foundation for reliable, impactful, and compliant AI initiatives.
Nov 4, 2025
•5 minute read
6 Best Practices for Setting Up Retention Policies in SAPSetting up effective SAP retention policies is essential for regulatory compliance, data security, and operational efficiency. Organizations should categorize data, apply automated retention rules via SAP ILM, and maintain audit-proof records while customizing policies to meet global and industry-specific regulations. Regular testing and monitoring ensure that retention policies function correctly, enabling organizations to manage data responsibly, minimize risk, and support ongoing business and compliance requirements.
Nov 4, 2025
•2 minute read
Building a Budget for Your Journey to SAP RISEA successful SAP RISE transformation starts long before cloud migration approval, with careful budgeting, data analysis, and requirement gathering. Reducing data volumes through cleaning and archiving helps lower migration costs, simplifies system integration, and ensures regulatory compliance. By planning early, defining clear requirements, and aligning timelines with the SAP ECC end-of-life, organizations can create a realistic, data-driven budget that maximizes ROI and enables a smooth, cost-efficient RISE journey.
Nov 4, 2025
•5 minute read
Featured Insiders
Research
View All
Events
Mastering SAP Connect – Gold Coast 2026Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
SAPinsider New Orleans SummitNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
