Encompass Digital Media Asia Builds New Value-Added Broadcast Management Service With Pilat Media's IBMS Express --
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LONDON May 23, 2013 Pilat Media today announced that Encompass Digital Media Asia, one of the world's top digital media services providers and a leader in global satellite and terrestrial connectivity, has launched a value-added service for its clients using Pilat Media's IBMS Express Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. IBMS Express is a modular and scalable entry-level business management system for broadcasters, based on Pilat Media's industry-leading broadcast management solutions.
Encompass, together with the digital media industry, continues to grow rapidly in the region and we recently announced the origination and transmission of 100 channels from our Singapore facility, said Deepakjit Singh, managing director, Encompass Digital Media Asia. We are very excited to deploy IBMS Express to make it simple for our users to add channels and services, and bring new operational efficiencies to their operations as their businesses expand.
Encompass Digital Media Asia provides an international teleport and the full range of playout, master control, media management, and global archiving services. With its new broadcast management service based on IBMS Express, Encompass is offering its clients three operational models: a fully managed service in which Encompass provides all staff and performs all data entry, scheduling, reconciliation, and other business management tasks; a dry hire service in which Encompass provides access and 24x7 support, but the client performs all business management tasks; and a hybrid service in which Encompass and the client jointly handle business management tasks and Encompass provides access and 24x7 support.
The new IBMS Express-based service will enable Encompass and its clients to operate more efficiently and profitably, with staff focused on value-added activities across the broadcast operation chain, said Fabrice Beer-Gabel, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Pilat Media. With a growing channel footprint across the region, Encompass Digital Media Asia is a powerhouse for a wide range of critical media services. IBMS Express will be key to the success of such an operation, giving it the ability to remain efficient and generate revenues while dealing with increased workloads, more services, and a growing number of clients and channels.
IBMS Express can be quickly deployed to address the full range of business management functions including scheduling, media, airtime sales, traffic, and reporting for linear and on-demand multiscreen services. Deployed as an SaaS to minimize IT investment and maintenance, IBMS Express is offered with a pay-as-you-grow pricing model. IBMS Express is designed to be easily configured and ready for use in a matter of weeks, with Pilat Media's professional services team providing configuration, training, and ongoing maintenance of the live system.
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About Encompass Digital Media
Encompass, a leader in digital media services, owns and operates state-of-the-art broadcast facilities throughout the United States, Latin America, United Kingdom, and Asia. The company's mission-critical media services provide broadcasters, cable networks, corporations and government entities with customized solutions for the management and distribution of content. With global access to large satellite and fiber footprints, Encompass has 24/7/365 teleport facilities and technical personnel in Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY; Stamford, CT; Lino Lakes and Minneapolis, MN; Burbank, CA; Buenos Aires, Argentina; London, U.K.; and Singapore. The company employs unparalleled expertise through its full range of service offerings such as network origination; centralcasting; cable neighborhood platforms; disaster recovery; satellite and fiber transmissions (full time and occasional use); a fleet of satellite uplink trucks; digital media encoding services; digital file transfers via satellite, fiber and IP; emergency communications; governmental SATCOM; production studios; and video production services.
About Pilat Media
Pilat Media Global plc (AIM: PGB) develops, markets, and supports business management software solutions for content and service providers in the media industry. Designed with the direct involvement of top-tier broadcasters, Pilat Medias systems improve business performance; accelerate time to market; and enable diversification and growth of content programming, advertising sales, traffic, and media operations for multiplatform linear and on-demand services. More than 60 blue-chip media companies around the world use Pilat Media solutions, including CBS, Bell Media, Discovery, BBC, SABC, Chellomedia, Showtime, Sky Italia, AT&T, Globosat, and FOXTEL. These and other deployments represent the management of billions of dollars in advertising revenue and programming that reaches hundreds of millions of viewers. Through its new subsidiary, OTTilus, Pilat Media also offers an end-to-end enterprise class OTT service platform that seamlessly integrates with broadcast operations. More information is available at www.pilatmedia.com.
