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MediaTile adds emergency alerts to MediaCast for education, corporate digital signage
October 6, 2009
The MediaTile Company has announced the addition of a new emergency broadcast-triggering system to its MediaCast content-delivery and management system.
According to a news release from MediaTile, the new Emergency Media Trigger is designed to integrate with existing rules and workflow of campus emergency IT-based notification systems and control centers. The new EMT facility is entering a customer-test phase, with final release and general availability expected in late October.
Using MediaTile's all-in-one cellular digital signage and SaaS-based management solutions, educational institutions and corporate enterprises can deploy digital signage networks across their campuses with the added benefit of providing an efficient mechanism to deliver emergency messages.
"Our new Emergency Media Trigger facility gives emergency communications teams instant access and complete control over their campus-wide networks in crisis or emergency situations," said Simon Wilson, CEO of The MediaTile Company.
The EMT will enable network operators to use an external-triggering mechanism, such as an automated e-mail system, to interrupt a regularly scheduled program while automatically triggering an emergency message to play across a campus-wide digital signage network. A second "all clear" external trigger will reset the network to its previously scheduled programming.
The EMT feature will be supported by MediaTile displays and networks, and requires a specific customer set-up for each trigger and associated emergency broadcast.
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