Digital Signage Software

Scala Digital Signage at ISE 2020

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Scala ISE 2020

Scala highlights how organisations can modernise physical spaces and personalise messaging on any display at ISE 2020 with a showcase of a full range of solutions, including software, hardware and sensor-based insights.

Hardware from the company on show comes in both media player and display flavours. Scala media players include single-, double- and quad-output players, all designed for performance, stability and compatibility while ensuring reliable and timely delivery of rich media experiences. Scala also presents the results of a January 2020 partnership with Stratacache, bringing displays able to “unlock new functionality and capabilities including advanced power management, intelligent retail sensor support and extended lifecycle products for commercial 24x7 always-on use.”

The displays feature a slim bezel and commercial-grade durability, and promise high quality playback with "unmatched" optical clarity in a variety of sizes. Another offering seen at ISE 2020 are all-in-one intelligent tablets, a product combining high-performance computing with a slim design to deliver interactive retail experiences.

On the software side Scala has a preview of a cloud-based version of Scala Designer, a flexible web-based composition and design tool allowing users to create beautiful and engaging digital signage experiences. The tool uses established workflow and usability patterns to distribute projects to a Scala Enterprise solution. ISE 2020 also has experts showing how to leverage real-time analytics, mobile sensors and artificial intelligence using the Stratacache in-house platforms from Walkbase and X2O Media to optimise location-based messaging.

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DSE 2019: Netipbox Focuses on its Nsign.tv Platform

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Nsign.tv

At its booth at Digital Signage Expo 2019, Netipbox Technologies gave special focus to its Nsign.tv platform, the flagship for its Smart Digital Signage solutions.

Nsign.tv enables clients to set up all kinds of communication channels, ranging from menu boards for sales outlets to information points for the Hospitality sector, as well as decorative options for AV projects or corporate channels for specific business environments.

Nsign.tv is an easy to use solution that enables control over screens connected in network with a user interface in 10 languages, offering features such as a market place to access image banks, a survey launcher in points of sale, wayfindings implementation, etc.

Their built-in Syncro WOW software can create synchronized effects across various screens (whether these are different or not) adding contents and value to existing digital signage installation.

The core hardware with the Nsign.tv platform is the Nbox, an Android-based player developed in conjunction with MINIX from Hong Kong who specializes in manufacturing this kind of hardware device. Nbox is a plug & play player that transforms any digital support (screen, totem, kiosk, etc.) in a window that interacts with the consumer while at once capturing audience data for business holders, among other kinds of possible interactions. Netipbox Technologies has developed a native APK that allows the screen to be controlled 100% in a robust, totally scalable solution easy to use for all kinds of customers.

Toni Viñals, CEO and co-founder of Netipbox Technologies explains why they are exhibiting for the first time at DSE in Las Vegas, “… our goal is to position our Smart Digital Signage products and solutions for the whole American market at the very birthplace of our industry. Thanks to our portfolio of products, the company has grown and evolved towards an integrated concept of ‘Contents + Interaction + Data’ to give our clients added value. Our slogan is ‘Concentrate on your audience, Netipbox Technologies will take care of the rest’. We are also developing our presence in the AV sales channel in the supply and installation of Netipbox solutions.”

Netipbox Technologies has more than 10 years of experience and has invested more than 2 million euro in R&D over the last 4 years to develop a “platform + player” solution with its own technology. Netipbox Technologies offers turnkey end-to-end Smart Digital Signage solutions, also including the creation of contents for t/he client through IMPACTIVA, its own creative agency.

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Debut of SaaS-based Carousel Cloud Platform

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Carousel Cloud

Carousel Digital Signage will come to Digital Signage Expo later this month with its Carousel Cloud platform for the first time (alongside its on-premise solutions).

Carousel Cloud is a subscription-based SaaS platform for organizations seeking an off-premise, hosted digital signage service with limitless scalability. Carousel Cloud brings the standard benefits of any cloud service, eliminating the expense and maintenance associated with traditional hardware servers in favor of a lightweight, software-defined architecture that is centralized within an offsite IT infrastructure.

“Digital signage is no longer a novel technology that sells itself through a “wow factor”, says JJ Parker, CEO of Carousel Digital Signage. “Deployments fail and ROIs fade when organizations fail to leverage the true communications power that digital signage offers. Our latest Carousel innovations give end users new flexible and easy to use tools that invite collaboration, and help businesses keep their content and messaging up to date. This is especially important in the corporate and education markets where Carousel Digital Signage brings especially strong value.”

Carousel Digital Signage’s embrace of Apple TV devices for content playout will continue to be a key focus. Parker notes that K-12 school districts have been the quickest to adopt the technology, due to familiarity of the device and a non-intrusive profile. For added value, a Carousel Player app, available through app stores or mobile device management (MDM) software, quickly turns Apple TV devices into enterprise-grade media players.

“Whether deployed in the cloud or on-premise, Carousel Digital Signage will help our customers deliver content that is always up-to-date for classrooms, conference rooms, and common areas, with exceptional ease of use and management,” notes Parker. “With our cloud solution and the Apple TV as a media player, we’ve made significant strides in making the technology disappear from the classroom and the corporate environment. Instead, we’re putting the focus on how to effectively use your digital signage network to support your educational, business and even experiential initiatives.”

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SpinetiX shows ARYA at ISE 2019

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SpinetiX ARYA

SpinetiX shows ARYA at ISE 2019-- a turnkey digital signage solution for small and midsize businesses the company says provides an affordable visual communication solution combining cloud and hardware-based technologies.

ARYA allows customers to quickly set up visual experiences from own devices-- and deliver content in a highly secure way to any screen, any size and orientation. A guided user experience enables easy creation of visual content with personalised colour codes and logos, as well as images and videos readily available on the device.

The solution comes with a free tier service, enabling the user to gain hands-on experience with the cloud application through 9 templates with pre-built animations and transitions.

In addition, users can get different contents on any number of screens, and have access to a live help chat to get guidance and provide feedback.

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Navori Brings Out its QL 2.1 Software

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First shown at ISE 2019 and soon at Digital Signage Expo, Navori brings out its QL 2.1 software, with new features to capture the trend of greater intelligence in digital signage today.

Navori IPR3

The QL 2.1 software release also extends Navori’s System on a Chip (SoC) interoperability to new platforms, adds IPR technology-- and introduces Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) support for the first time.

“Navori is amplifying the power of data in digital signage for more sophisticated needs such as audience analytics, inventory tracking, room scheduling and emergency notification,” says Jeffrey Weitzman, MD, Navori. “Our customers want content to be dynamic and responsive as opposed to being pre-planned and scheduled. The QL 2.1 digital signage software release delivers that flexibility.”

Navori will directly address these trends with its new conditional playback and triggering software. The application leverages data-tagging of media assets, players and scenarios, along with real-time data integration with systems. For example, now retailers can use inventory levels or deliveries to base decisions on what to play on specific screens in stores. Or they can be remove a sales promotion from digital signage playlists if inventory levels run low—or set a threshold that triggers the promotional spot to expire.

Navori’s new conditional triggering capabilities will analyze data sets and respond with relevant content based on what’s happening at the moment. For the end user, there is no need for extra programming or to face complex technical operations.

Other new features for QL 2.1 on demonstration at Digital Signage Expo included:

Navori’s “wow factor” in QL 2.1 is its IPR technology, which drives 8K video walls or four clusters of 4K digital signage displays from a single media player. IPR uses only 20% of the CPU when displaying 8K content due to its efficient processing power, and can frame-accurately synchronize with any content type, including HTML5 and tickers, since the entire workflow is centralized on one workstation.

Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Support: To be introduced for the first time at DSE, QL 2.1 now supports the XML-based data format for CAP, which exchanges public warnings and emergencies between alerting technologies.

New mobile interaction app: that streamlines digital signage content management for businesses and organizations.

The QL 2.1 software release extends Navori’s native support for SoC displays to LG’s webOS platform.

“The mobile interaction app is an especially exciting development that extends the potential pool of content contributors, and makes it easy to update content from iOS and Android devices,” notes Jerome Moeri, CEO, Navori. “Pre-defined control reduces the number of steps it takes to review, manage and publish digital signage content, which ensures that content and messaging is fresher, more dynamic and quickly up-to-date.”

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