Pilat Media Global plc Ireland's Public Broadcaster RTÉ Goes "Live" with IBMS

Press Release: 05 July 2007

Pilat Media Global plc. ("Pilat Media" or the "Company"), the London-based AIM-listed supplier of business management software to broadcasters around the world, is pleased to announce that RTÉ Television, Ireland's Public Service Broadcaster, went to air on Tuesday, 19th June 2007 with its first Integrated Broadcast Management System (IBMS) produced schedules for RTÉ One and RTÉ Two. This follows Pilat Media's announcement on 22 November 2005 which outlined its contract with RTÉ Television for the licensing, implementation and longer term maintenance of IBMS.

RTÉ selected Pilat Media's IBMS as their channel management solution for its capacity to greatly improve long-term planning and scheduling processes, and for its ability to assist with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) requirements. Linda Graves, Broadcast Administration Manager & Business Lead for the Channel Management project at RTÉ, said of its decision to go with Pilat Media: "As IBMS is a fully-integrated planning and scheduling system that is already installed in a number of leading broadcast organisations around the world, we felt confident that the system would satisfy all our key requirements and provide us with a robust solution, capable of growing and adapting to the rapidly changing broadcast environment in which we operate."

IBMS replaces a number of legacy systems at RTÉ and provides a robust, yet easy-to-use platform to aid future expansion. Dermot Horan, Director of Broadcast and Acquisitions for RTÉ Television indicated that "IBMS is a simpler environment to support. Not only will we see important enhancements to RTÉ Television's on-air presentation, but there will also be a beneficial simplification of operations as well as the addition of key new functionality. Importantly, the new system will facilitate the addition of extra channels."

Avi Engel, Chief Executive of Pilat Media said, "Having worked very closely with RTÉ to deliver a solution that not only supports existing business processes but also enables RTÉ to capitalise on the new opportunities appearing in broadcasting, we are delighted to see real value being delivered to RTÉ's operations. Since public broadcasters are increasingly concerned with achieving productivity gains whilst maintaining operational flexibility, IBMS is a natural fit."

About RTÉ

RTÉ (Radio Telefís Éireann) is the distinctive leader in Irish media, providing a comprehensive broadcasting service to the Irish public on television (RTÉ One and RTÉ Two) and radio (RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta). RTÉ News and Current Affairs delivers a comprehensive diet of daily news bulletins, services and current affairs programming via RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television and on-line via www.rte.ie. Interactivity, publishing and developmental aspects of the business are managed by RTÉ Publishing. The RTÉ transmission network, RTÉNL, is a wholly owned subsidiary and operates the nationwide transmission network. RTÉ Performing Groups is an integrated business division that funds and manages the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir; and Cor na nÓg, the young people's choir.

About Pilat Media

Pilat Media develops, markets and supports operations and business management software for the global multi-channel broadcasting market. The company's key solution is Integrated Broadcast Management System (IBMS), which supports broadcasters and content providers in efficiently managing programme content and television channel administration from content acquisition to transmission. The company has approximately 260 staff worldwide. Its target sectors include IPTV, free-to-air or pay television services, broadcasting via terrestrial, cable or satellite, based on digital or analogue technology, offering single, multi-demand or on-demand services.

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