Minicom Digital Signage (MDS), leading provider of advanced media delivery solutions and innovative digital signage network management platforms – and Scala – leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for digital signage and advertising management – are demonstrating the integration between MDS’ management platform Screengate Management Gateway™ (SMG) with Scala’s CMS Content Manager. The integration was recently shown at Scala’s 2011 Connected Signage Conference in Philadelphia, PA, May 3-5, and will also be shown at Screenmedia Expo in London, May 18 & 19, 2011.
Minicom Digital Signage’s ScreenGate Management Gateway™ integration with Scala’s Content Manager expands the management to all connected assets, from one unique interface. Up until now, with Scala’s CMS, network operators were able to manage content and to control and monitor the distribution of content to the player. With SMG integrated into Content Manager, network operators and end users will be able to verify that the content is being distributed from the server, through the players, and is being displayed to the screens.
Ronni Guggenheim, CEO of Minicom Digital Signage, says: “By using SMG’ patented Proof-of-Performance technology within the Content Manager, MDS & Scala are offering an integrated solution with a unified interface which will benefit the network operator by a fast intervention in case of problems, resulting in significant reduction of operational expenses and allowing for higher availability of the displays and thereby increased ad revenue. This Proof of Concept implementation demonstrates how Proof of Performance and instantaneous alerting of problems with any asset in a digital signage network, bring an important added value to the network owner/operator”.
Jeff Porter, Executive Vice President, Experts Group of Scala, adds: “By only recording proof of play logs where the screen is on, it means that there is no uncertainty of playback for advertisers.”
ScreenGate Management Gateway (SMG) is a digital signage management software solution which delivers advanced remote control of the display and performance monitoring, featuring patented Proof-Of-Performance technology. In case of display failure, SMG sends immediate alerts in order for network operators to solve the issue immediately, thereby maximizing the network’s efficiency.
Content Manager is a server-based application that allows you to schedule and manage the multimedia content to hundreds, even thousands of displays from any Internet-connected computer. Advertising, news, training or virtually any other visual communication can be easily distributed to the display.
About Minicom Digital Signage
As a leader in the Digital Signage industry, Minicom Digital Signage provides advanced media delivery solutions and innovative management platforms based on cutting edge technology in order to reduce OPEX and enhance the value of Digital Signage networks.
Our mission is to offer network operators, integrators and distributors, media delivery and management solutions which allow the distribution of rich content from a player to multiple remote digital displays, and to offer advanced network management capabilities in order to bring the highest added value to the network at the lowest capital and operational costs.
With more than two decades of experience and offices and partnerships all over the world dedicated to providing solutions in video distribution and display management, as well as 400,000 screen displays powered in all types of verticals, Minicom Digital Signage is a recognized leader in providing innovative and comprehensive solutions to the ever-growing challenges of the Digital Signage industry.
More information is available at www.minicomdigitalsignage.com
About Scala
Driving more than 500,000 screens worldwide, Scala is a leading global provider of digital signage and advertising management solutions. Scala is the world’s first connected signage company, offering the leading platforms for content creation, management and distribution in digital signage networks and the first unified platform for advertising management of both traditional and digital signage networks. The company’s digital signage customers include Rabobank, IKEA, Burger King, T-Mobile, Virgin MegaStore, Warner Brothers, The Life Channel, Rikstoto, Repsol, NorgesGruppen, Audi, ECE Flatmedia, Kaufhof (Metro Group) and thousands more. Advertising management customers include CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel Outdoor and Newad, among others. Scala is headquartered near Philadelphia, USA, and has subsidiaries in Canada, The Netherlands, France, Norway, Germany, Japan and India, as well as more than 500 partners in more than 90 countries. More information is available at www.scala.com
Contact for more information:
Minicom Digital Signage
Nathalie Garson
Marketing Manager
Tel +972 2 640 40 43
nathalie.garson [at] minicomds.com
Source: Minicom Digital Signage
