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Pilat Media is a UK software company formed in 1998 that produces business management products for broadcasting companies. The company has offices in the USA, Israel, the Netherlands, and Australia. The most notable product produced by Pilat Media is IBMS (Integrated Broadcast Media Systems) that has been used by a variety of broadcasters and has been expanded to incorporate cinema, as well as advertising and sales.

IBMS
IBMS is the central product offered by PM. It functions as a multi-use tool for aiding broadcasters in managing their systems. It assists with:


 * program acquisition planning
 * content utilization monitoring
 * inventory metadata and rights management
 * linear and on-demand scheduling
 * promotional campaign management
 * media workflow processing
 * media asset management
 * system integration
 * conditional access and DRM integration
 * dynamic play-out integration
 * post transmission accounting

Modules
IBMS also supports a variety of modules that can be incorporated into the product.

Clients
Pilat Media serves a number of global clients such as:
 * CBS
 * Channel 4
 * The Discovery Channel
 * BBC World News

CBS won the 2010 Engineering Magazine Excellence Award thanks to it's use of IBMS.