Real-Time Production Cost Tracking — No More Waiting for Month-End

In television production, timing is everything. Schedules shift, costs move quickly, and decisions are made daily. Yet too many production teams are still managing finances in arrears, waiting for spreadsheets to be updated, reports to be reconciled, and month-end closes to reveal where the budget really stands.

By the time the numbers arrive, it’s often too late.

Just-TV changes that. Purpose-built for the realities of TV production and powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Just-TV delivers real-time production cost tracking. Giving producers, production accountants, and finance teams instant visibility into spend, without manual work or delayed reporting.

The problem with traditional production cost tracking

Most production accounting challenges don’t come from a lack of data, they come from fragmented systems.

Budgets sit in spreadsheets.
Actuals live in finance systems.
Cost tracking happens after the fact.

This disconnect forces teams into time-consuming workarounds:

• Manual reconciliations between production and finance
• Duplicate data entry across tools
• Budget reports that are already out of date when they’re shared

The result? Overspends are discovered too late, cost-to-complete is guesswork, and finance teams spend more time chasing information than providing insight.

Live actuals vs budget, exactly when you need it

Just-TV brings production budgets and actual costs together in one platform, one dataset, total control.

As costs are incurred and approved, they are automatically reflected against the production budget in real time. There’s no waiting for month-end, no spreadsheet updates, and no manual reconciliation.

For production teams, this means:

Instant cost-to-complete visibility
Producers and production accountants can see, at any moment, how much has been spent, what’s committed, and what remains. Cost-to-complete is calculated using live data, not estimates based on outdated reports.

Early identification of overspends
Because actuals are tracked against budget as they happen, potential overspends are flagged early. Teams can take corrective action while there’s still time, adjusting spend, reallocating resources, or making informed creative decisions.

One version of the truth
Finance and production are always looking at the same numbers. No conflicting reports. No last-minute reconciliations. Just accurate, trusted data across the business.

Eliminating manual budget tracking for good

One of the biggest time drains in production accounting is manual budget tracking across disconnected tools. With Just-TV, that workload disappears.

Production spend flows directly into the finance system, posting automatically to the general ledger while remaining fully visible at a production level. Reporting is built in, not bolted on, and budgets no longer need to be maintained separately in spreadsheets.

This reduces:

• Re-keying of data
• Risk of human error
• Time spent preparing reports for stakeholders

Instead, teams gain back valuable hours and can focus on what matters most—delivering the production on time and on budget.

Designed for fast-moving productions

Just-TV is built by Creative Total Media, a Microsoft Solutions Partner with over 20 years’ experience in TV, film, and media. That industry knowledge is embedded into the system, reflecting real production workflows, compliance requirements, and reporting needs.

For broadcasters, studios, and production companies managing tight margins and fast-moving productions, real-time insight isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s essential.

With Just-TV, production finance moves at the same pace as production itself.

Stop managing production costs in arrears. With Just-TV, your budget is live, accurate, and always up to date.

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