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Roku's BrightSign digital signage solution now includes networking

November 25, 2008

LAS VEGAS, Nev. —  Roku has announced that it is bundling network solutions as a standard feature of its BrightSign HD2000 digital sign controller hardware. Now there is no subscription charge for BrightSign HD2000 customers hosting their own applications. BrightSign non-PC hardware includes all the software a customer needs to perform remote content delivery with networking, looping video playback, multimedia playlists, time scheduled playlists, multiple zones, interactive demos and more.

Roku now offers two options for customers wishing to network their BrightSign plug-and-play digital sign and kiosk solutions. The recently announced BrightSign Network Manager is a secure Web-based application available free of charge to customers installing it on their own servers, with an all-in-one hosted service also available as an option through a low-cost subscription. A second networking option is also available and called BrightSign Simple Networking, which offers customers a less feature-rich but simpler solution.

"We've dramatically lowered the cost of running networked remote digital signage applications," said Roku CEO Anthony Wood. "Our network options are included in our hardware price, and don't require an extra software purchase. These network management solutions show no compromise in capabilities, performance or ease-of-use."