The Digital Signage you’ve been waiting for, and it was worth the wait

That’s right, you get UNLIMITED screens and you pay exactly
$0.00. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it did. MediaSignage is proud to announce the finalized pricing model
(if you can call it that) and now it’s official. Use as many SignagePlayer licenses, and it’s all, FREE.

So what exactly do you get for FREE?

Join our mediaCLOUD Digital Signage network for FREE. This is also known as a Software as a service (SaaS). You get access to an advanced Digital Signage software that will allow you to manage UNLIMITED number of remote SignagePlayers. Get up and running with the mediaCLOUD in literally under a minute. It’s that easy as we take care of all the servers, network infrastructure and software maintenance. So you must be thinking FREE, there must be a catch, right? It’s gotta be a limited time trial? or it’s too good to be true? Well get a load of this, when you join the mediaCLOUD you simply get an extraordinary application that allows to build an elaborate Digital Signage or Kiosk presentation. Use advanced components like HTML web integration, Live TV, HD videos, Flash animations and more. So you get access to all that & you don’t even have to pull out your credit card.

Today Google announced their Chrome Web Store and we announced that MediaSignage is one of the first apps to join and the first to bring stunning presentation software to over 70 million Google Chrome users. Here’s what you need to know:
Welcome To Your New Office, The Browser
Today much of our personal lives are enhanced with interactions via online services. We send and receive emails and may visit and use upwards of 10 or more different web based applications a day. Increasingly business interactions are moving to the web and Google has created the Chrome Web Store to let you find and manage all you web apps in one one logical place.
One-Click Access / Single Sign-On
With Google’s Chrome Web Store you can install MediaSignage into your app tab in one click. Once installed MediaSignage is available to you at the top of every new browser tab you open in the new app section. One more click will launch MediaSignage and log you using the credentials you choose. After entering the your credentials the first time you won’t need to log in again and single sign-on will be enabled.

Click here to install the Free Digital Signage Chrome OS app

Now you can take advantage of all the features you love about our existing mediaCLOUD software as a service model, but within your own network. So what does this all mean? Full control over your own data, manage thousands of screens locally or over the web, faster content downloads within the LAN and best of all, a seamless migration from the mediaCLOUD onto your own mediaSERVER.
And that’s not all, with MediaSignage you can use any server hardware you want. When you order the mediaSERVER you will receive a USB key which can be plugged into any Microsoft Windows 2008 powered server that you provide. Go through a quick 15 minute installation process and power your network with a Digital Signage and Kiosk Server that is about to set a new level of quality in the industry.

Click here to learn more about the mediaSERVER

The mediaSERVER is designed to deliver uninterrupted service to thousands of concurrently connected Digital Signage and Kiosk screens. Managing a privately hosted mediaSERVER, delivers the a security level and independence from MediaSignage that many companies often require. And while the SaaS model is more affordable, when it comes to true ownership and management over your network, nothing beats a privately hosted mediaSERVER solution.

- Manage unlimited number of accounts
- Run over 1000+ SignagePlayers concurrently
- Self contained Player that is truly a Plug and Play installation and setup
- Receive live Server and player updates
- Get direct access to the backend including database and web services
- Collect and manage server and player statistics
- Works across the LAN / VPN / WAN and over the web
- Optimized OS and web services to deliver the best possible throughput

Choose between the software install kit or the mediaSERVER Appliance edition.

To learn more click here.

The Mac already works brilliantly, and now coupled with the awesome SignagePlayer from MediaSignage, you get the perfect, smallest form factor Digital Signage Media Player. This is great as you can take advantage of the all-in-one Mac Mini. The Mac Mini is a very small computer that makes for a perfect Digital Signage Media Player. By providing full support for OS X, we are helping businesses that are built around the Mac platform … well stay that way.
The SignagePlayer and SignageStudio Desktop versions, SignagePlayer Web version as well as the SignageController are all compiled and designed to work flawlessly on the Macintosh.

This means that you can manage all your remote Mac Minis directly from your favorite Mac workstation. And, you don’t have to feel like an outcast. With MediaSignage you always receive the latest software updates just like the other Windows and Ubuntu users.

Best of all, if you ever need to mix other flavored operating systems into your Digital Signage network such as Windows XP, Windows 7 Ubuntu etc, that’s not a problem. Simply build your Digital Signage presentation once, on any platform; and have it run everywhere, it’s just the way we do things…

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Release 2.0 includes many new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
In this release we focused on features that our customers requested.
We believe you will find that the our platform is advancing in a phenomenal rate. We have thousands of new users join every quarter and we keep listening to you, to drive product development.

New features that are available in release 2.0:

- Copy / Paste / Duplicate in SignageStudio for timelines, campaigns, scene, scene items & more.
- Enhanced reseller studio with added management and customer administration capabilities
- Enhanced SignageStudio navigation support
- Persistent SignageStudio layout
- System wide folder management for scenes, resources, campaigns and stations
- New enhanced Capture card support with super smooth filters and 100% reliability
- Reseller multi user support with concurrent user manager and source control
- Advanced Privilege manager with the ability to hide specific sections of the SignageStudio
- Advanced Access control lists with the ability to hide specific items in the SignageStudio
- New Custom RSS component with support for custom animation

Release 2.0 Video tutorials:
- New Reseller Video section: http://www.mediasignage.com/html/reseller_video.html
- Custom RSS: http://mediasignage.com/html/signage_video.html?videoNumber=customRSS
- Folder management: http://mediasignage.com/html/signage_video.html?videoNumber=folderFilter
- Enhanced Capture card: http://mediasignage.com/html/signage_video.html?videoNumber=CaptureCard

We also have updated the current road map:

http://mediasignage.com/html/road_map.html

So, be sure to test release 2.0 on your private networks and let us know if you find any bugs.
If you do find a bug, be sure to provide us with as much details as possible as to how to reproduce the issue (screenshots or video snapshots are welcome).

Download release 2.0:

SignageStudio Desktop:
http:// master.signage.me/Builds/2.0/AirStudio.air

SignagePlayer Desktop:

http://master.signage.me/Builds/2.0/AirPlayer.air

Thank you for your continued support of MediaSignage,

The MediaSignage support Team ( http://MediaSignage.com)

Digital Signage can now run EVERYWHERE!

The new SignagePlayer™ Embedded version
We are happy to announce the new addition to our family of Digital Signage and Kiosk SignagePlayers™. Our legacy SignagePlayer™ Desktop version is designed to run on a dedicated PC connected to a dedicated screen. The SignagePlayer™ Web version allows you to quickly preview and share your presentation via a web link that you can e-mail to customers and colleagues. And with this new release the SignagePlayer™ Embedded version, you can now embed a Digital Signage or Kiosk presentation right onto any Flash powered device/browser.

Build it once – run it EVERYWHERE!
Just imagine the possibilities, simply embed a snippet of HTML code and share your signage presentation with the world. It doesn’t matter which operating system they use, which browser or even which device; simply load the page and watch the latest revision of the same presentation that’s running everywhere else. Make a change in the SignageStudio, click File > Save, and all SignagePlayers (Desktop, Web and Embedded) display the latest version. You can use the SignagePlayer Embedded version for dynamic web banners, create multiple screen divisions, incorporate scheduling and take advantage of all of the SignagePlayer features.

Watch the Screen Cast on how to use it
Learn how to take advantage of the SignagePlayer™ Embedded version.
Watch the screen cast and get a step by step instructions on how this works.

Checkout some LIVE examples
Want to see the SignagePlayer™ Embedded version in action? No problem
We are sure you can come up with a ton of ways to take advantage of the this.
Follow the link to check it out.

And what’s next
Our next release 2.0 is full steam ahead. This will be a major milestone as it is a
Game Changer. Focused on reseller support, access control lists, player grouping and more. We hope to have it ready for you around the end of May / beginning of June 2010.

The MediaSignage.com Team

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The MediaSignage support team.