BMS – Broadcast Management System

Create an integrated, interconnected workflow, managing daily operations with SI Media Broadcast Management System.

Improve the efficiency and give value to your internal data, monetizing it to the maximum with YES!BMS.

What is a BMS?

What is a BMS?

Nowadays, competitiveness in the broadcast industry has grown to the point that every second counts, even more so, if we focus on programming and content planning. The crucial tool for managing daily operations is the Broadcast Management System (BMS).

The BMS allow you to create an integrated, interconnected workflow, where all departments can collaborate by sharing available resources and maximizing results. The BMS has the ultimate objective of

  • improving the efficiency of a broadcaster
  • give value to internal data, monetizing it to the maximum.

A BMS is a software that takes care of crucial processes for content producers, such as TV channels, streaming platforms, OTT or video on demand (VoD). Its main tasks are content programming and management of traffic, advertising and other spaces, as well as the management of broadcast licenses and their monetization.

The tight integration with content management systems such as MAM, playout automation and non-linear platforms is of crucial importance when it comes to ensuring a smooth, interconnected and uninterrupted workflow. 

Why adopting our solution?

Improve your
efficiency:

Give value to your data, monetize it to the maximum.

Create an interconnected workflow:

Manage playlist, rights, deals and ADV.

Share available
resources:

Make all departments collaborate to maximize results.

Deliver to multiple destinations:

Linear channels, VoD, promotional contents on social media, snippets, teasers.

Highlights

Highlights

From acquisition to transmission of content

Management of content from its source to the delivery not only to broadcast, but also to non linear channels as VoD, Social Media, other destinations.

Multichannel planning

A comprehensive tool to allow management of several channels at the same times, with a planning comparator and creating automatic rotations based on several rules. A revolutionary tool for your sports channels.

Advanced rights manager

A module that ensures to respect any validity, with complex analytics for preliminary verification and availability for transmission.

AD Sales

Management of commercials, tele sales, sponsorships or advertising graphics within the same AD contract, managing agent commissions, fixed costs and integrating 3rd party billing systems.

What’s in our BMS?

What’s in our BMS?

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Rights

Management of contracts and rights associated with contents. Starting from the contracts signed with content providers, broadcasters will be able to manage their own rights contracts and manage all metadata and rights associated with the content. This will allow them to correctly identify and use all their contents and manage their inventory within the BMS.

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Planning

Management and planning of the various alternative long-term programs. Users can plan multiple scenarios for long-term programming and analyze the benefits of each of these plans.

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Playlist

Management and completion of the daily schedule, down to the precision of the single frame. The resulting planning analysis is converted into the actual daily schedule, a ready-to-air playlist with all programming elements pre-planned by the rights and traffic departments.

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ad Sales

Management of advertising contracts and advertising programming. The user can manage different formats of advertising contracts. The data entry interface can be customized with optional fields. The planning periods are customizable and an automatic distribution function is available: this functionality helps the user to automatically find empty advertising spaces and where to insert the advertising schedule. The advertising playlist is managed separately from the daily playlist. The commercials are inserted one by one in the columns that identify the airing time of the break.

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Promo

Management of promos and their programming. Promos can also be managed and scheduled in the same way.

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Reconcile

Import and perform log reconciliation As Run The resulting frame-accurate playlist can be sent for transmission to the SI Media playout solution or alternatively to playout systems from third-party vendors. Once submitted, the As Run log will be imported for automatic reconciliation using pre-set rules, resulting in a recount and automatic updating of content rights.

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Report\Analysis

Management of reports and statistics. All the data collected by the as run can then be used to generate reports and statistics, which can be used internally or exported to external accounting / invoicing software.

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