Digital Signage Solutions from ESC Digital Media

ESC Digital Media digital signage solution provides the ability to display a combination of video, text, images and live TV to displays via IP Set Top Boxes (STBs). By using a STB as the player device, the problems associated with a PC based solution are removed i.e. operating system crashes, failure of moving parts such as heard disks and fans due to heat and dirt ingress. The content is all stored in a central server on site, with each end device drawing on content as required, which removes the need to manage content to multiple end devices on a site, ensuring that global changes are implemented quickly and confidently.

The system can operate as a stand-alone application displaying text and images or be seamlessly our IPTV systems to provide a media rich environment for delivering a range of services including:

• Information
• Messages
• Advertising
• Corporate Branding
• Promotions
• Live TV
• Recorded video

Web based technology and HTML interfaces are used for configuration and management, providing the following features:

• Play list creation and content scheduling control
• Configuration of different screen layouts to a group of devices e.g. live TV video to some screens, mixture of live TV video and tickertape
• Different play lists and content to individual or multiple devices, group of devices, locations and regions within a complex
• Support for different user profiles e.g. scheduler, content management, organisational manager
• Support for displaying live data feeds e.g. weather, travel information
• Ability to run local based promotional offers through the display
• Display and management of multiple content types e.g. text, tickertape, images, live video, stored video
• Broadcast of local information or live video feeds

The Digital Signage solution has been designed as an additional module to enhance the value of the IPTV systems provided by ESC Digital Media.