Digital Signage Video System Publisher’s Description

AV Manager is a Digital Signage , Multimedia display, Digital Video Management software which can operate multiple display units ( plasma, LED, LCD displays, VGA projectors and video walls) AV Manager supports various types of contents, such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2,, AVI, WMV, ASF, QuickTime, TV channel, cable TV, web cam, text, BMP, GIF, JPEG image, and RSS on-line information, etc. AV Manager supports all these contents running on plasma TVs

http://www.soft32.com/download/63-302507/avmanagerdemosinglever.zip

*not verified by digital signage central - download with caution.

System Requirements
directx , window media format runtime

CaptiveMeetings, an enterprise web conferencing product, has been selected by Xceed Financial CU to be their corporate web conferencing product.

Louisville, KY - July 24, 2008- Captive Indoor Media announced today that Los Angeles based Xceed Financial CU, formerly Xerox FCU, has selected CaptiveMeetingsTM as the platform to be used for their corporate web conferencing tool. Xceed Financial was previously a customer of Webex.

‘We have been working with Captive’s digital signage software product for some time now and recognized their ability to produce and support a quality product,’ said Kathy Walker, Executive Project Coordinator for Xceed Financial CU. ‘When we learned of their web conferencing product, CaptiveMeetings, we were very intrigued. And after we saw how easy it was to use and the quality of the video feeds which accompany the platform, we knew we had found the product we wanted,’ added Walker.

CaptiveMeetings is an enterprise level conferencing tool that includes up to 4 simultaneous, live video feeds with VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), screen sharing, meeting record, pass the ball, chat and whiteboard functionality. Even still, possibly the most unique trait of the product is the ability for customers to integrate live video, via Captive Meetings, to any digital sign connected to their digital signage platform. Through this feature, executives can address employees or customers at the screen level in a fully interactive and immersive way.

‘The addition of CaptiveMeetings to our product portfolio fills a void in the marketplace that our retail customers have voiced to us over the years,’ said Brian Nutt, President and CEO of Captive Indoor Media. ‘The bottom line is that our customers experience turn-over at the store level and they are continually challenged to solve the issue of training employees at an acceptable cost. CaptiveMeetings helps them to do this. Whether they need to hold a traditional web meeting at the browser level or address an audience of employees at a store via a digital sign, we’ve got the solution for them,’ added Nutt.

‘The next step for us is to integrate CaptiveMeetings with our digital signage network. We are very excited to add this feature to our system,’ added Kathy Walker.
About Captive Indoor Media
Captive Indoor Media is the leading provider of networked digital signage software solutions. Captive Indoor Media manages content creation, equipment procurement and software design and has installations across the United States. Its headquarters are in Louisville, KY. For additional information, call (502) 779-8981.

About Xceed Financial CU
Xceed Financial CU formed in 1964 as a credit union for associates of Scientific Data Systems, later acquired by the Xerox Corporation. Today, Xceed serves not one company, but hundreds of Select Employer Groups nationwide, with a total membership of more than 77,000 members across 50 states.

ROANOKE, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 14, 2006–IntelliMats, LLC announces it has been certified by 3M Digital Signage to run 3M’s content management software on its on-floor digital mat displays.
According to IntelliMats Director of Manufacturing and Technology Dave Strickland, the alliance allows IntelliMats to provide its customers with a turnkey product: an engaging, full-color, on-floor video display with the content management software needed to control the messaging from any location.

“3M’s software gives our customers the ability to manage content (schedule play times, change for day parts, and track and provide reports) from a central location,” Strickland said. “This certification comes at a time when IntelliMat(R) continues to gain visibility in the marketplace.”

3M Digital Signage Director of Operations Dana Gosney verified 3M granted certification to IntelliMat(R) following extensive testing of the mat’s hardware performance.

“We look forward to working with IntelliMats to support their customers,” Gosney said. “3M software can help retailers improve business results by leveraging Intellimats’ unique technology to better promote products and brands within the retail environment where it really counts - at the point of decision.”

3M software enables changing messages easily and quickly on the mat’s LCD video displays. Retailers can target customers by demographics or day parts, highlight specific products and sales, or break away from marketing messages completely to display time-specific information important to consumers, such as missing child alerts or severe weather messages.

The IntelliMat(R) is a wireless computer embedded in a thin mat made of a lightweight thermoplastic alloy with four LCD screens, creating a 30-inch diagonal display with full multi-media capability. Translation: lots of color, motion and sound from a high quality video display–right at your feet, right in the store and right at the point of purchase decisions. The engaging video display can be seen clearly from more than 10 feet away.

“The IntelliMat(R) combines the best of digital wall signage and static floor advertising,” IntelliMats President and CEO Jim Currie said. “The mat lies on the floor, in the consumer’s natural line of vision, and easily provides information to influence buying decisions, by delivering a unique one-to-one communication in an individual’s ‘personal space.’ Because of its floor position, the IntelliMat(R) does not displace product on shelves - or force consumers to look up at TVs hanging from the ceiling.”

The IntelliMat(R) is the product of IntelliMats, LLC, a new company formed to manufacture, market and distribute the mats after extensive market research proved the mat was a powerful advertising tool. IntelliMats(R) have been successfully tested at the Sony Style Store in New York City, Kroger stores in Virginia and other retailers.

About IntelliMat(R)

IntelliMat(R) is a patented, portable dynamic floor display that delivers digital advertising and informational messages - at the point of decision. It provides consumers with valuable information in an engaging manner to influence buying decisions and to communicate important information. IntelliMat(R) provides a new source of recurring revenue through both the sale of in-store advertising and increased sales. In addition, because each IntelliMat(R) display is capable of becoming part of a network, it represents a new media network opportunity to reach consumers out of home. IntelliMat(R) is manufactured, marketed and distributed by IntelliMats, LLC. Currently, IntelliMats has 17 issued patents in U.S. and foreign countries and more than 70 patent applications pending worldwide. The company’s Web site is www.intellimat.com.

About 3M Digital Signage

3M Digital Signage is a full-service provider of active and interactive digital signage and interactive kiosks networked for retail, financial services, entertainment, education and other industries. The company’s products and services have powered thousands of digital signage locations nationwide. Applications range from single screen installations to over 4,200 interactive kiosks and large-screen displays controlled and monitored through a single network. The company is headquartered in Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, Wa.

Wherever you look nowadays there are more and more advertising posters being converted to digital screens. Whether in the form of plasmas in pubs, LCDs in shopping centres or touch-screen kiosks in department stores it is obvious that they are here to stay. The adverts and information content on the screens will have been put together, usually by a specialist agency, using some kind of digital signage software.

“As the digital signage market continues to expand rapidly, customers are realising the importance of engaging content. They are beginning to understand the need to be able to manage their content 24 hours a day so that it doesn’t become boring. A typical company running a digital network does not have the kind of resource that the BBC has in order to change their content, so Acquire 3.0 has been developed to automate many of the key elements of content management”, commented Amanda Toon, Business Developer – Working Solutions Ltd.

The software has been designed to accommodate different software “plug ins” called ACQs. A few examples of ACQs are; a ticker-tape, on-screen scrolling message controller, an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) data feed organiser and a background music manager. “As Acquire has grown over the past few years, our customers have driven the development of many new ACQs. We wanted the new version to be more powerful so one of the things we have done is to bundle many of these ACQs with Acquire 3.0″, added Neil Farr, Managing Director – Working Solutions Ltd.

Acquire 3.0 also comes with the added benefits of the ‘Site Manager’ network administration package and the Sentinel security product which is based on the proven Kiosk Monitor Watchdog product. This enables customers to securely deliver digital content to all units in their network. And, allows them to proactively manage the screens in real time. Any screens which, for whatever reason, lose connectivity can be easily identified, with alert messages being sent to network administrators and site engineers via SMS and email.

More details of Acquire 3.0 applications including case studies and testimonials are available for download on the Acquire website.

Dynamic Info Screen is a Windows program that allows you to show different types of information on a standard PC screen like it is an electronic info display.

Limassol, Cyprus July 9, 2008 — XemiComputers has just presented a new software product named Dynamic Info Screen that works as a digital signage solution for Windows platform. It allows you to create so called info screen projects that will run on standard PC computers under Windows XP and Vista.

An info screen project consists of one or more scenes where each scene can be assembled from different media objects showing various types of information. Those objects include a slide show, media player, three forms of rss/text feed, flash content, web/html page, tv tuner, live camera and static text label.

You have full freedom to compose a scene from available media objects, then add more scenes with different layouts and put everything together in a project timeline with each scene set to its own duration. A completed info screen project gets its own player executable that allows you to transfer it easily to other computers and maintain a network of displays showing information to the public.

Dynamic Info Screen is priced at $49.00 for a Home License and $199.00 for a Business License. You can try it free for 30 days with no restrictions. The program is available for Windows XP and Vista computers.

2008-06-19 07:26:36 - In addition to its many users world-wide The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel also now uses Digital Recalls’ Free Digital Signage Software. Full instructions, and the ability to use your own equipment and internet/ LAN connection make this an inexpensive option for even the smallest business.

In addition to their many users around the world, Digital Recall is proud to announce that The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel is now a user of Digital Recalls Free Digital Signage Software.

Digital Recall is a world-first provider of free digital signage software for the centralised online control (over LAN or Internet) of a network of one or more monitors
at one or more locations.

Simply download it from their website. Complete User manuals are provided, and users can use their own equipment and their existing internet service.

Michael Marcus a Director of the Company says: “Digital signage is a technology that should be accessible to businesses and organizations of all sizes. Until now it’s cost & complexity have restricted it primarily to “the big boys”. In addition, the ability to obtain custom-made content should be simple and inexpensive enough to make it easily accessible and affordable to even the smallest businesses. Digital signage is a valuable tool that can assist in increasing sales and brand awareness. It should be affordable for every businesses”.

Marcus also advised that Digital Recalls’ inexpensive custom-content-creation services make it easy to afford the ongoing cost of keeping content fresh. ‘We recognize that keeping content fresh is critical to the success of an installation. We make Flash adverts for just US$30, and these can be ordered off our website”.

Digital Recall was specifically founded in order to make digital signage software & content accessible & affordable to even the smallest business with minimal cost or hassle. It’s free software is functional for up to 2 locations. Additional features & locations may be purchased IF these are required. Read ‘About Us’ on our website.

“We are proud that we have many small & larger businesses, as well as schools, universities and Not For Profits making use of our Software. We continually strive to improve and add additional features to our software. Visit our website for more information.”

As has been mentioned here in the past, I have been tinkering with quartz composer for use as dynamic, digital signage. It is a good fit: extremely fast, can talk to the internet, usable on a lot of different systems. There are a growing number of locations within the museum where we’d like to apply dynamic signage, but off the shelf systems to do it are often convoluted and proprietary, not to mention expensive. Currently in the Walker Cinema, we use a DVD that I render in After Effects and update periodically. This affords a lot of control, but also takes a fair amount of labor to update.

It is this kind of an application where Quartz Composer can work well. Any quartz composer movie can be saved as a quicktime movie, but there are some limitations:

* no mouse and keyboard events
* no contents download from Internet (RSS feeds, images…)
* edition of the input parameters of the compositions

Notice that second one? That’s the doozy if you want your quartz comp quicktime movie to use an RSS feed to get the text.

There is a simple workaround, though, and that is to simply download the RSS feed to the local machine before you open the movie in quickitime. You simply build the composition (before saving it as a movie) to look for that file on the local drive. Here’s a quick command to grab our RSS feed and save it:

/usr/bin/curl http://calendar.walkerart.org/news/today.wac > /tmp/today.html

And then your path for the RSS feed inside quartz is:

file://localhost/tmp/today.html

Problem one solved. This lets us manually open up the quicktime movie and export it to any format quicktime can export to. Once you have it in that format, you can transform it, play it or transfer it with much more ease.

I’ll post about how to automate the whole process in the future, and the problems that occur when you try to deal with HD resolution screens. In the meantime, here is a short demo of what I have been able to achieve with quartz composer and our identity system (a work in progress).

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ — NRF 95th Annual Convention & Expo — Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) today announced its Managed Digital Signage Service, the first of several new services planned in 2006 under the company’s Digital Media Services umbrella. This offering will facilitate the trend in the retail industry towards increased use of electronic in-store branding and promotion.

According to a recent AMR Research report, “Shoppers make 70% of their actual buying decisions only after they are inside the store, so retailers that enhance customer interaction can distinguish their in-store experience from competitors’ and provide the service that customers demand — enabling them to satisfy customer expectations, increase conversion and market baskets, and garner long-term loyalty.”(1)
With its Managed Digital Signage service, Hughes is making it easier for retailers to capitalize on this market opportunity and stay competitive through “on-the-fly,” targeted customer communications. The service enables retailers to change content based on anything from time of day to weather conditions. Moreover, it allows different content to be automatically displayed at different times of the day in order to send a more precise message to the target audience. For example, if a retailer has a different demographic in the morning than in the late afternoon, messages can be customized to address distinct buying traits and to showcase products appropriate for each audience, thereby increasing likelihood of purchase.
“Hughes’ Managed Digital Signage service gives retailers the power of their own television network at their fingertips,” said Ken Cohen, assistant vice president of marketing, HNS. “With traditional media and static displays, retailers are limiting their ability to communicate with target audiences. Our offering gives them the flexibility to customize their message at every site, at every moment. And because of Hughes’ deep retail technology experience, our team can quickly assess a retail operation and recommend the right technology to maximize brand investments and expedite ROI.”
Hughes’ Managed Digital Signage service is a single-vendor solution for retailers to solve a logistically complex operational challenge. The result is a complete, integrated electronic branding and promotional infrastructure that includes:
* Installation and operation of the entire in-store media network;
* Provisioning of high-definition video screens;
* Media optimization and resolution reformatting; and
* Playback affidavits.

“This as an opportunity for retailers to focus on brand building and increasing customer loyalty while Hughes, an experienced managed services provider, handles all aspects of technology management,” Cohen added. “We believe that our service will allow retailers of every size to realize the benefits of digital signage.”
Hughes is already managing digital signage implementations for retail customers across Europe, including Tesco PLC, and is in the process of introducing the service in the U.S. Other existing and planned offerings under the company’s Managed Digital Media Services umbrella include business IPTV and distance learning.
Visit the Hughes booth, #1455 at NRF 2006 to learn more about Hughes’ Managed Digital Signage Service or call (866) 240-3875.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS) is the world’s leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 850,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks, which it markets globally under the DIRECWAY(R) brand. DIRECWAY terminals are based on the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and ITU standards organizations.
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales and support offices worldwide. HNS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SKYT) .
HUGHES and Hughes Network Systems are trademarks of Hughes Network Systems, LLC. DIRECWAY is a trademark of The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
(1) AMR Research, “The 21st Century Store Tech Trends Survey: TargetedInvestments to Enhance Customer Interactions,” August 2005, Garf, Robert and Scott, Fenella

First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: Hughes Network Systems, LLC

CONTACT: Judy Blake of Hughes Network Systems, +1-301-601-7330,jblake@hns.com; or Leslie Tullio of Brodeur, +1-202-423-3905,ltullio@brodeur.com, for Hughes Network Systems

Today Roku announced its BrightSign plug-and-play networked digital sign solution.

Targeted at mid-range signage deployments, BrightSign achieves the best price-performance levels in the industry. “By combining our innovative solid-state media players, industry standard web technologies, and Roku’s Networked Sign Management software into a single integrated solution, BrightSign delivers unmatched reliability and robustness without complicated PCs,” says Anthony Wood, Founder and CEO of Roku.

BrightSign digital sign performance is maximised easily and inexpensively with networked content delivery to remote BrightSign units from a central, secure web server.

The BrightSign HD2000 high-definition solid-state media player is designed to drive high-impact digital signs and kiosk displays in both stand-alone and networked environments. While individual BrightSign solutions require manual content updates via removable flash memory, networked BrightSign units support remote updates using an Internet connection.

In networked mode BrightSign supports remote updates as well as two-way communication. By connecting BrightSign units to a network, targeted content such as media files, playlists and software updates can be delivered to installed units quickly and cost effectively without ever leaving the office.

BrightSign supports the creation of multiple networking groups to deliver updates to specific sets of installed BrightSign units. In addition, the usage tracking data from a networked interactive kiosk can be uploaded to a central database for analysis. With a networked BrightSign solution, content stays fresh and digital sign performance is maximised – all from a remote location.

Another new feature for BrightSign is the addition of on-screen display zones which divides the display into windows. Each zone can be individually scheduled to playback particular content such as video, still images, clocks, and ticker widgets. Security BrightSign network connections are secured using high levels of industry standard encryption. Server and client authentication are also supported, to eliminate any hacking threats to your digital sign network.

Our networking software leverages standard, open web-based technologies where possible, to provide lower cost deployment and operation. Content is hosted on a central web server and delivered using SSL and HTTP.

The Roku provided software runs on the lightweight non-PC players and along side the web server to schedule deliveries and provide a web services UI. BrightScript files, playlists, state files or BrightSign software can be scheduled to update at recurring intervals or on an as needed basis. The central web server itself can be hosted by the customer, or by Roku as an optional service.

The BrightSign networking software will be available in June for VARs and end-customers.

Omnivex will continue showing its Moxie digital signage software, and President Jeff Collard sees InfoComm as unique opportunity to reach a different A/V audienc

Omnivex Digital signage software takes over the world. 1 install at a time. Read on for information on their reuters digital signage roll out.