Cisco has launched its Digital Media Player device for pushing real-time, multimedia content to large computerized displays. The device, demonstrated at Cisco’s analyst conference last month, is a small Linux -based gadget aimed at delivering IP-based video , digital signage content or other information to large LCD and plasma displays in retail stores, public spaces, such as airports, or other outlets.
The digital media player device combined with a back-end content-management system, eliminates the need to deploy PCs in order to deliver high-quality digital content, as well as the security risks, space issues and power consumption involved in this practice.
Cisco® Digital Signage is a comprehensive offering for simple, flexible, and centralized management and publishing of compelling digital media across networked, on-premise digital signage displays. Cisco Digital Signage builds on the power of the Cisco Digital Media System, enabling organizations to create, manage, and publish high-quality and compelling digital media to easily reach customers, employees, and students-anywhere, anytime.
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The DMS has the size of a cable modem and plugs into an Ethernet network and streams video content to digital billboards or displays. Examples could include flight arrival/departure screens in airports, flat-panel monitors in retail stores showing advertisements or promotions, or information displayed in public spaces, such as government offices.
It lets customers deliver high-definition MPEG video over IP, as well as static digital images and other data.
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