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Media and publishing. Cash: advertising sold on credit and paid late.

Grip reads ad bookings, subscriptions and rights contracts, title by title, and names the money owed and the rebates unclaimed, in AED.

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SAR 507.3 millionA Saudi broadcaster's client bills more than 90 days overdue at end 2025, 29.7% of all it was owed.
Proven at MBC Group

Source: MBC Group, MBC GROUP Annual Report 2025. Of MBC Group's SAR 1,705.5 million of trade receivables and contract assets at 31 December 2025, SAR 507.3 million (29.7%) was more than 90 days past due and carried a 36.41% expected loss rate; the typical credit period is 60 to 90 days and no interest is charged on overdue balances.

3 workflows

Where we start.

9 of 35 changes other media and publishing companies made. Open one to see the company.

01

Price and margin

Production rebates claimed, catalogue margins compared, print run as its own business.

ReadsProduction profit and loss by titleCatalogue and format sales ledgerProduction budgets by locationIncentive applications and approvals, receivables ledger
Before taking the next big commission, compare its margin with re-selling titles you already own.
Proven at ITV

Source: ITV plc, ITV plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025.

List every production eligible for a government cash rebate, what you claimed, and how long the money is outstanding.
Proven at Netflix

Source: Netflix, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025.

Run print as its own business for cash, cutting its costs faster than its sales fall.
Proven at RELX

Source: RELX PLC, RELX Annual Report 2025.

02

Cash and working capital

Advertiser balances aged, subscriptions checked, rights paid as they earn.

ReadsReceivables ageing by advertiser and agencyCredit limits, booking systemBalance sheet: deferred income and receivablesLicence agreements with payment schedules
Age every advertiser and agency balance, and stop booking airtime or charge late fees once it passes 90 days.
Proven at MBC Group

Source: MBC Group, MBC GROUP Annual Report 2025.

Check each quarter that subscribers' payments in advance exceed what they still owe, or renewals are being billed late.
Backed by research

Source: Gartner, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025.

Match what you pay for programme rights each year to the years those titles are watched.
Proven at Netflix

Source: Netflix, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025.

03

Sales and demand

Streaming ads sold on viewing data, subscribers tracked by the month they joined.

ReadsSubscriber billing records with start and cancel datesPromotion and trial codesStreaming app viewing logs by programme and dayTV ratings or panel reports by programme
Group subscribers by joining month and trial, and show how many still pay after 1, 3 and 12 months.
Proven at MBC Group

Source: MBC Group, MBC GROUP Annual Report 2025.

Sell advertising on your own streaming app using its viewing data, alongside the TV ratings.
Proven at Fox

Source: Fox Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 June 2026.

Sell vendors data on what your registered readers are researching to buy, not just ads.
Proven at TechTarget Holdings

Source: TechTarget Holdings Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2023.

The money at stake.

Public figures, each with its company and year. An estimate is marked.

USD 2.8 billion

A US research company's customer payments received in advance at end 2025.

Backed by research

Source: Gartner, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025. Gartner says the majority of its Insights contracts are paid in advance; at 31 December 2025 it held $2,810 million of current deferred revenue against $1,690 million of gross fees receivable, and generated $1,290 million of operating cash flow in 2025.

USD 1 billion

A global streaming company's production costs cut by government tax incentives in 2025.

Proven at Netflix

Source: Netflix, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025. Production tax incentives lowered Netflix's amortisation of produced content by approximately USD 1,000 million in 2025 (USD 899 million in 2024); USD 552 million of incentives earned but not yet received sat in receivables at year end.

Grip at work

What your Grip looks like.

A sample company, in AED. Yours is built from your own files.

Ask Grip a question in a sentence, answered from the record. Sample figures.

What we stand on
01Money first

Every project shows the revenue, cost or cash it is worth, in your currency, from your own files, before you agree to it.

02Every project has proof

Every project runs on a client's Grip, was designed on our own Grip, or comes from a play a named company published, with the document we read it in.

03Your systems as they are

We read the systems you already use. Nothing to move, replace or clean up first.

04Value and money found in 2 weeks

A two-week pilot on one department, your first project live and its money delivered by Day 30, then one fixed monthly fee.

Questions

What media and publishing companies ask first.

Three answers, each with one public figure, its company and its document.

Question 1How can AI reduce airtime given on credit in media and publishing?

AI reads ad bookings, subscriptions and rights contracts, title by title, and names the money owed and the rebates unclaimed, in AED. For scale: SAR 507.3 million, A Saudi broadcaster's client bills more than 90 days overdue at end 2025, 29.7% of all it was owed (MBC Group).

SAR 507.3 millionA Saudi broadcaster's client bills more than 90 days overdue at end 2025, 29.7% of all it was owed.
Proven at MBC Group

Source: MBC Group, MBC GROUP Annual Report 2025. Of MBC Group's SAR 1,705.5 million of trade receivables and contract assets at 31 December 2025, SAR 507.3 million (29.7%) was more than 90 days past due and carried a 36.41% expected loss rate; the typical credit period is 60 to 90 days and no interest is charged on overdue balances.

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in media and publishing start with?

It starts with the revenue, cost and cash you are losing today, read from the systems you already use. One workflow goes first, usually price and margin, read from production profit and loss by title and catalogue and format sales ledger. For scale: USD 2.8 billion, A US research company's customer payments received in advance at end 2025 (Gartner, Inc., 2025).

USD 2.8 billionA US research company's customer payments received in advance at end 2025.
Backed by research

Source: Gartner, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025. Gartner says the majority of its Insights contracts are paid in advance; at 31 December 2025 it held $2,810 million of current deferred revenue against $1,690 million of gross fees receivable, and generated $1,290 million of operating cash flow in 2025.

Question 3How fast do media and publishing companies see results from AI?

A two-week pilot on one department finds the value and money in your own data before you commit. Your first project goes live, and its money is delivered, by Day 30. For scale: USD 1 billion, A global streaming company's production costs cut by government tax incentives in 2025 (Netflix).

USD 1 billionA global streaming company's production costs cut by government tax incentives in 2025.
Proven at Netflix

Source: Netflix, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025. Production tax incentives lowered Netflix's amortisation of produced content by approximately USD 1,000 million in 2025 (USD 899 million in 2024); USD 552 million of incentives earned but not yet received sat in receivables at year end.

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Tell us what you want to fix. In a two-week pilot we find the value and money before you commit.

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