Digital Signage

Digital Signage Meets Video Streaming
VBrick’s Digital Signage solution bridges the video streaming and digital signage worlds to provide a unique integrated visual communication solution, opening up many new applications.  By combining streaming video and digital signage content, organizations can broadcast an executive presentation, deliver a benefits training video, and even deliver television content such as news, weather, or sporting events to displays in common areas to help educate employees and improve morale. In a higher education environment, digital signs replace bulletin boards and can display live or stored video of campus events.  And there is no more powerful way to get your message across in retail environments and public venues.

The Old Way vs. The Right Way
Through the centralized management and distribution of the streaming and digital signage content using VBrick's Enterprise Management Systems (VEMS) combined with VBrick encoders and set top boxes, the cost of deploying digital signage is decreased by up to 75%.  Until today, distributing video to digital signage displays was both physically restrictive and cost prohibitive. You would have to implement and maintain a separate coaxial distribution network. Not only do you have the cost of implementing and maintaining this separate video network (running cables, distribution systems, and power) but also you are physically limited to where that cable system can reach. There is a better way.

VBrick’s Digital Signage solution leverages your current network infrastructure by delivering both your digital signage content and streaming video over your existing IP network and the public Internet. You can deliver compelling content that integrates live and on-demand video anywhere that your IP network extends. VBrick’s flexible distribution solution enables you to deliver high definition digital signage to remote locations without having to install a stand-alone digital signage solution at each location. You can even leverage areas that only have Wi-Fi coverage. The result is a solution that provides maximum reach and cost savings.

Broadening the Reach of Your Digital Signage Content
The integration of video streaming and digital signage doesn’t just allow new applications to be delivered. It also broadens the type of devices on which the content can be displayed enabling you to reach a much larger audience.

VBrick’s Digital Signage solution leverages our award-winning video streaming solution to deliver content to a variety of devices.  A high definition video stream can be viewed by PCs and Macs as well as on large format displays such as plasmas and LCDs.   Owners of iPhones, iPads, Blackberries and Android devices, on the other hand, will benefit by viewing lower resolution streams intended for mobile devices..

Creating and Managing Content
Our user-friendly web based interface allows you to create visually captivating digital signage content by allowing you to incorporate rich media elements such as Flash, tickers, PowerPoint, graphics, RSS feeds, and of course streaming video. Publishing your content is as easy as creating a playback template, selecting a playlist, and scheduling when you want the content to play.

VBrick’s Digital Signage Content Management software is a module of the VBrick Enterprise Media System (VEMS), and also includes access control functionality providing content creation and content approval privileges to different users. For example, certain users can create content that displays in a particular region of the screen, but is not published until a moderator approves it. This allows many users to create content without sacrificing quality control.

Displaying Content

The Digital Signage Player, a small purpose-built device that connects to a television display, receives high definition content over the IP network and displays it on plasma or LCD display. The Player supports a wide variety of display resolutions allowing it to accommodate multiple types of displays and screen orientations. The output of the Player can also be inputted into a High Definition VBrick encoding appliance to deliver a single stream over the network.