Case Study: Starz Play achieves high-volume, multi-country subscription management and billing across 19 countries with Gotransverse

Gotransverse helps Starz Play deliver high volume subscription management and billing to 19 countries

Starz Play is a subscription video‑on‑demand service delivering thousands of movies and TV shows across 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, with apps on more than three million devices. Facing rapid, high‑volume growth, complex multi‑currency and multi‑language requirements and a heavy reliance on Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) across many telecom partners, Starz Play selected Gotransverse as its billing and monetization platform to handle these challenging payment and subscription needs.

Gotransverse was integrated into the Starz Play Connect stack to provide flexible subscription options (weekly or monthly) and multiple payment methods (mobile carrier DCB and credit card), a payment‑retry engine, step‑down charging and a configurable revenue‑recognition engine. The Gotransverse solution enabled rapid rollouts across 19 countries and 25 carriers, supports more than 5 billion transactions per month and handles over 10 million general ledger postings a day, allowing Starz Play to scale quickly, improve customer adoption and accurately calculate fees per customer and invoice.

Starz Play

Saleem Bhatti

CIO