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Springbok Services Selected by Starz Entertainment for Consumer and Sales Incentive Prepaid Card Programs
Business Wire, August 23, 2007
Leading Innovator of Prepaid MasterCard([R]) Card Solutions to Provide Customized Programs to Premium Movie Service Provider
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Springbok Services, Inc., a leading provider of prepaid MasterCard card solutions, has been selected by Starz Entertainment, LLC to implement a customized, branded prepaid card program for the premium movie services provider. Starz will implement Springbok's solutions for both single value and re-loadable sales incentive programs, along with single value consumer focused gift with purchase programs.
Springbok Services has built a tradition of enabling its customers to achieve their goals through powerful branded prepaid card solutions for human resource programs, sales performance programs and product promotion campaigns. In recent months, an increasing number of large business customers have been turning to Springbok Services to help them motivate people and drive revenue. This growth in demand coincides with the growth of Springbok Services, itself, including a recent expansion of its fulfillment capabilities and corporate facilities, as well as a significant capital investment in the company by Goldman Sachs.
Starz Entertainment provides premium movie services throughout the United States, offering 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz([R]) and Encore([R]) brands, with approximately 16.1 million and 28.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo([R]).
"At Starz Entertainment, we constantly strive to find new and creative ways to reward our affiliate partners for achieving their performance objectives," said Karen Abene, director, point of sales, Starz Entertainment. "After examining several options, we chose the prepaid MasterCard solutions from Springbok Services because of their customization services, flexibility and the speed in which they can deliver programs through their one-stop shop solution center. We are confident that our affiliate partners and subscribers will enjoy receiving their prepaid MasterCard cards from Starz and most importantly, the program will help us achieve our business goals and objectives. "
"Everyone here at Springbok Services is excited to be working with Starz Entertainment," said Tim Birk, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Springbok Services. "Our new relationship with Starz demonstrates some of the many uses of a branded prepaid card solution for businesses of any kind. Customization, flexibility and speed are the cornerstones of our business, and we look forward to maximizing the many benefits of an effective prepaid card program with Starz."
About Springbok Services, Inc.
Established in 1998 as The Best Present Company, Springbok Services is a leading provider of prepaid MasterCard([R]) card solutions. Springbok Services is PCI certified for card processing and has a truly unique value proposition as the only one-stop shop for prepaid services including card personalization, embossing, encoding and fulfillment. Springbok Services delivers simplicity, speed and service to nearly 5,000 clients including over 100 of the Fortune 500. Springbok Services is a founding member of the National Branded Prepaid Card Association. For more information on Springbok Services, please visit http://www.springbokservices.com.
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