Networks often manage authorizations and headends independently of other affiliate information. This lack of integrated data prevents a network from accurately tying headends to a corresponding cable system that can be verified as making payments. Ultimately, this can result in the following ramifications for your network:

To effectively control your signal, you not only need to manage receiver and unit address information, but you also need to tie these receivers to a headend and the corresponding billing system(s) that the headend serves. Many networks lack the critical information and processes to establish and maintain these relationships.

To guarantee success, it is critical to have the headend/MSO contacts, the billing system to headend relationships, the understanding of the process for how to maintain this data and the manpower to process the responses from the headends in a timely manner.

Argo has this knowledge, data, and experience – we have executed headend reconciliations for both fully and partially penetrated networks for over 7 years. We have helped networks respond to audit issues, prepare for digital transitions, transponder changes and signal encryptions.