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Want a Closed-Loop Satellite System for Digital Signage? Well, Thank BrightSign, Convergent and KenCast for Delivering It

BrightSign has joined forces with Convergent Media Systems Corporation and KenCast to debut a new platform for large organizations to distribute and manage media files with their existing satellite networks, including digital signage networks.

Although terrestrial networks are used for a broad range of digital signage applications, bandwidth constraints and other inherent limitations have limited their appeal for many organizations. Meanwhile, larger organizations from national retail chains to government institutions that multicast to thousands of locations via satellite networks have had limited ability to customize and confirm complete delivery of their video, audio and image files to all end-points.

Convergent has developed a solution to take full advantage of satellite network infrastructure using BrightSign and KenCast technologies. Convergent integrated KenCast’s client software with BrightSign’s media players and KenCast’s head-end software with BrightSign Network Enterprise Edition (BSNEE), to create a cost-effective means of distributing large files to networked players via satellite.

Convergent’s INSPIREEnterpriseSM content automation service is a complete digital-signage-as-a-service package that includes the media player and software, content and support for a flat monthly fee. INSPIREEnterpriseSM makes it easy for organizations to broadcast a wide range of employee-facing content including live townhall meetings and Video-on-Demand, which enables users to access stored media files using a touchscreen display or IR remote control. Convergent also provides custom-branded motion graphic templates that can be dynamically populated from a web form or customer database/application. This ensures the content is always fresh and engaging, yet only requires minimal effort to produce.

KenCast pioneered the use of satellite networks for reliable and secure file and stream distribution in the early ’90s. Its Fazzt digital delivery system is a sophisticated and widely used tool that securely and efficiently manages content delivery via satellite and terrestrial networks. Although terrestrial networks are an excellent option for corporate communications videos — driving costs down as the number of players increases — this approach is not ubiquitous. As part of this joint solution, KenCast client software is loaded onto BrightSign players that are connected to each end-point. The KenCast server software tags and then multicasts every data packet to each of the designated end-points, ensuring precise content distribution.

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