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Source: The post is based on the article “Implementation of Broadcast Air-Time Scheduler(BATS) for all Commercial Operations of All India Radio” published in PIB on 8th November 2022.
What is the News?
Prasar Bharati has inaugurated a fully integrated Traffic & Billing application software “Broadcast Air-Time Scheduler (BATS)” for all Commercial Operations of All India Radio”.
What is a Broadcast Air-Time Scheduler (BATS)?
BATS is a fully integrated Traffic & Billing application software.
It allows monitoring of booking, billing and payment receipts at various stages and the system can provide various reports which are very essential in taking many management decisions.
Advantages of BATS
– It will make the Receivable Management more effective and transparent. This will ensure that revenue leakages are avoided and will ensure 100% revenue assurance for the services rendered.
– Increases operational efficiency and reduces cost.
– Contracts are handled seamlessly from Release Order entry to single or multi-invoice billing.
– Ensures accurate billing by effectively managing account hierarchy, different Packages and Products.
